Ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, McLaren has revealed the special livery with which its drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will race in the Principality and at subsequent weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.
The special design is a part of McLaren’s sixtieth anniversary celebrations and can run not solely in Monaco this weekend but additionally on the following race, the Spanish Grand Prix.
The livery embraces and honours McLaren’s Triple Crown achievements in successful the three most prestigious races in motorsport: the 1974 Indy 500 with Johnny Rutherford, the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix with Alain Prost, and the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans with JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas and Masanori Sekiya.
McLaren has opted to run the special livery in Monte Carlo as its holds essentially the most victories in the historical past of the Monaco Grand Prix with 15 triumphs recorded since 1984, making the group essentially the most profitable at one in all motorsport’s most iconic occasions.
One livery that embodies our biggest group achievement.
In our sixtieth yr, introducing the MCL60: #TripleCrown Edition. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com/IEN2n1qoqj
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) May 23, 2023
The special color scheme will sport three distinctive surfaces with the rear of the automobile that includes placing papaya parts from McLaren’s maiden Indy 500 successful M16C/D.
The centre of the automobile will sport a pointy ice white part which commemorates Alain Prost’s 1984 Monaco Grand Prix successful MP4/2. The entrance finish of the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix automobile is completed in black in tribute to the F1 GTR that gained the 24 Hours of Le Mans on McLaren’s first try.
