McLaren liveries down the years: A history of colours as orange returns
Friday 24 February 2017 14:44, UK
McLaren revealed a striking new orange livery on their MCL32 when they launched the 2017 challenger in a jazzy ceremony. But how much have the team's colours changed through the years?
Image:McLaren first ran a white and green colour scheme in F1 in 1966.
Image:Bruce McLaren sports a red livery on his McLaren at Monaco in 1967
Image:1968 saw the introduction of the orange, or what we are told is technically 1375 CVC Pantone
Image:McLaren continued with orange into the 1970s
Image:Orange was then slowly phased out, with the Yardley-liveried cars of 1971 and 1972 predominantly white
Image:Emerson Fittipaldi's arrival saw the red of white of Philip Morris Tobacco on the McLaren. The colour stuck...
Image:There was, however, a miniscule break from red and white at Estroril in 1986 as Keke Rosberg had a gold livery fitted
Image:Red and white stuck with McLaren for two decades, with Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna creating many headlines in the livery
Image:In 1997, West replaced Marlboro and silver replaced red. There were modifications, but it didn't change for a while
Image:Chrome helped McLaren shine from 2006 - though their first season in the colour didn't bring about any wins
Image:McLaren started the 2015 season in a similar chrome colour, though the sidepods were much darker
Image:The livery changed to a dark grey/black halfway through the 2015 season and remained for one and a half years
Image:And now back to a predominantly orange livery for 2017, with the MCL32 also featuring the white of engine suppliers Honda plus the black of recent years
THE ORANGE EXCEPTIONS McLaren haven't started a Formula 1 season in orange since 1971, but they have briefly fitted for the bright livery twice in the last 20 years...
Image:A McLaren-West car in orange at Jerez testing in 1997
Image:Pedro de la Rosa driving an orange McLaren at pre-season testing , 2006
The first F1 pre-season test starts on Monday February 27 and the Sky Sports F1 Digital team will be providing live commentary from dawn until dusk on all four days while Sky Sports News HQ will also deliver live updates from trackside.
