What’s this then? Very orange…
Papaya, actually. It’s McLaren’s (yet unnamed) race car for the 2027 24 Hours of Le Mans. McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown – the man you usually hear congratulating Lando and Oscar from the F1 pit wall – took the covers off it today in Le Mans ahead of this year’s race.
Why show a race car at a race you’re not entering for two years?
Because 2025 marks the 30th anniversary since McLaren rocked up at the Le Mans 24 Hours as a novice team, and took home a 1-3-4-5 (and -13) finish on its debut. The race car that year was the GTR version of the McLaren F1, a road car that its creator – one Gordon Murray – always proclaimed was never designed to compete because that would have compromised its design.
