McLaren’s new look for its 2022 Formula 1 and IndyCar liveries came about due to the positive reaction to the special colour scheme it ran at last year’s Monaco Grand Prix.
The team ran a one-off Gulf livery in Monaco last year. It has adopted some of the colours from that car on its new contender for the 2022 F1 season.
“We’ve been evolving our livery since we’ve gone back to papaya,” explained McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown. “We wanted something that was very vibrant, changed the shade of our papaya, and it’s a darker blue.”
Gulf recently became the official ‘first-fill’ supplier of lubricants for McLaren’s road car division. But although the new F1 car makes greater use of their heritage colours, Brown confirmed the lubricants producer has “not increased their commitment to us”.
“The livery changes that we did last year, both in Monaco and Abu Dhabi, we got a lot of great fan reaction,” said Brown. “They like to see a lot of energy.
“I think it’s…