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McLaren plans MCL36 filming day debut ‘very close’ to first test

McLaren plans MCL36 filming day debut ‘very close’ to first test

McLaren unveiled its new car for the 2022 season in a launch at its Woking headquarters on Friday, sporting a revised aerodynamic design and a tweaked papaya and blue livery.

It was only the second team after Aston Martin to provide a true look at what the 2022 grid will look like by presenting a physical car. Haas opted to reveal its new model via renders, while Red Bull used a show car to present its 2022 livery.

Aston Martin followed its launch on Thursday by giving the AMR22 car its first on-track runout on Friday, completing a filming day at Silverstone.

Teams typically use one of their two permitted filming days for each year ahead of testing as a first shakedown before the start of official on-track running.

Asked by Autosport about McLaren’s plan to give the MCL36 a first run-out, team principal Andreas Seidl set a target for just prior to the first Barcelona test.

“Similar to probably every other team, we’re also planning to do a filming day very close to the…

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