McLaren will ditch their chrome livery for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Following their switch from Mercedes engines to Honda engines over the winter, many had hoped that McLaren Honda would revert back to their iconic white and red Marlboro inspired livery for 2015.
But without a title sponsor, McLaren unveiled their new car and it looked much the same that it has done for the last few years, with a chrome colour similar to that of when West sponsored McLaren or under the Mercedes partnership.
However McLaren are neither switching due to signing a deal with a new title sponsor, nor are they switching to their iconic white and red.
Instead they are switching to graphite-grey, a scheme that they believe will look better on television for bright sun light and floodlight conditions.
?We have revised our car?s livery, improving its visual impact, optimising it for not only bright sunshine but also for the floodlights increasingly used in twilight and night races,? a McLaren-Honda spokesman said.
?The result is a dynamic, predatory, graphite-grey colouration, complemented by McLaren-dayglo ?Speedmarks? and keylines, reducing the reflection issues caused by our latest chrome-silver treatment.?
McLaren to change livery in Spain
