McLaren’s new car for the 2026 F1 season has appeared for the first time in testing.
Lando Norris drove the MCL40 out of the garage on day three of the first test at the Circuit de Catalunya.
The car has been painted in a special, predominantly black pre-season testing livery. Norris, as the reigning world champion, has exercised his right to race using the number one this year instead of his regular number four.
The world champions are the ninth team to run their new car. Aston Martin have indicated their AMR26 will make its debut on track tomorrow, however Williams confirmed its new car will not be ready before the end of the first test this week.
Teams may participate in up to three days of running over the five-day event at the track this week. McLaren plan to continue running on Thursday and Friday.
McLaren will hold its official launch event for the MCL40 on February 9th.
This article will be updated.
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