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McLaren is once again using a special livery for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
The team has made a habit of varying its livery for F1’s iconic race through the streets of Monte-Carlo. It will use the same design, which it has created in conjunction with sponsor OKX, at the Spanish Grand Prix next week.
It has named this year’s design ‘Riviera’ and it is styled on the livery used on their first race-winning F1 car, the M7A, which the team raced in 1968 and 1969. Team founder Bruce McLaren scored their first victory in the car at Spa in 1968 and Denny Hulme took it to three further victories.
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Pictures: McLaren’s recent Monaco Grand Prix liveries
This is the fourth occasion in the last five years McLaren has significantly varied its livery for the Monaco Grand Prix. It began with a tribute to sponsor Gulf in 2021 which recreated a design seen on many past racing cars.
For the 2023 race McLaren tied its livery in with three special designs it used for the Indianapolis 500, held on the same day. The team marked its victories in the ‘triple crown’ of races: the Monaco Grand Prix, Indy 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours. Last year’s design was a tribute to its former driver Ayrton Senna in the year which marked the 30th anniversary of his death.
The only time McLaren has not produced a special livery for the Monaco Grand Prix was in 2022. This was the year F1 introduced its ‘ground effect’ technical regulations, when many teams were having difficulty getting their cars down to the minimum weight limit, and teams tended to avoid using different liveries which might add weight.
2024: Ayrton Senna
2023: Triple Crown
2021: Sponsor (Gulf)
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