McLaren Formula 1 Team took the covers off their 2022 Formula 1 car, the MCL36, during the team launch event held at the McLaren Technology Center in Woking.
McLaren Racing held a group launch for their 2022 racing activities with their Arrow McLaren SP, McLaren Extreme E and McLaren Shadow teams featuring during the launch event.
The star of the show however, remained the team’s 2022 F1 charger, the Mercedes-powered MCL36, with which Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris will contest the upcoming F1 season.
Ricciardo will be racing for his second season in Papaya colors, as Norris who recently extended his contract with the Woking squad up till the end of 2025, enters his fourth season in top flight.
McLaren have been on an upward trajectory lately, with Ricciardo giving the team their first win since 2012 in Brazil, the Australian leading his teammate home in a famous one-two at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.
However, that was not enough for the team to achieve their set target of third in the 2021 Constructors Championship, as a resurgent Ferrari beat them to it, but the team remain hopeful to continue their progress in 2022, especially that all teams are starting from a clean slate with the new generation F1 cars built under the new aero regulations.
The MCL36 became the 65th F1 car to be produced by the legendary outfit founded by Bruce McLaren in 1966.
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