McLaren is a historic F1 team, and has also participated in many other championships. That’s why his cars are orange.
Great news for F1 fans is the return to the top of the McLarenwhich about a year ago, with a package of developments that made British cars make a leap in quality, began its rebirth. The great work done by team principal Andrea Stella is bearing fruitand the second part of the 2023 season was truly remarkable, with Oscar Piastri winner of the Qatar Sprint Race.
After a slightly muted start to this season, the development brought to Miami on the MCL38 has made the difference, with Lando Norris finally taking the long-awaited first victory of his career. Subsequently, the Briton came second in Imola and Canada, with Piastri repeating the same result in Monte-Carlo. The Woking car, in the current state of affairs, seems to be the best, but Max Verstappen is making a difference, as is the Red Bull in the management of competitions.
McLaren, the story behind the color orange
For a few years now, the color orange has returned to dominate the livery of McLarenas happened many years ago. The first appearance of the papaya orange in recent times occurred in 2017, and then acquire more and more space later, until the dominant color returns as it happened in the past. But why has the Woking team always been linked to this colour?
The origin is quite distant in time, and the idea came from founder Bruce McLaren, who wanted orange to make his cars appear clearly in the mirrors of rivals. At the time, McLaren raced not only in F1, but also in F2, CAN-AM and other various championships, with the idea of orange making its debut in 1968, right at the dawn of this glorious team, which written the history of motorsport.
At the time, the orange did not last long, obviously for sponsor reasons. From the early 1970s to 1996, the McLaren livery became white and reddue to the agreement with the tobacco giant Marlboro. From 1997 to 2005 they were renamed the silver arrows, with the arrival of the sponsor Westbefore the silver-red of Vodafone. Afterwards, everything was back to the old days, with papaya orange taking its place again.
