"I'm immensely proud of the entire team today," Brown said. "We have changed a few areas, the bodywork is following a trend of very narrow sidepods, which is quite an exercise in packaging and you have to plan quite early for that sort of thing because it involves the engine installation and so on. By Matt Morlidge. Our positive on-track momentum and the renewed energy in the team has seen us grow our valued partner family and global fan base and we look forward to a hugely competitive season. Your first look at McLaren’s challenger for the 2020 Formula 1 season, the MCL35. Speaking at the launch, drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz claimed to have an input in the final design.The car also features prominent branding from tobacco company BAT, with the message "A better tomorrow" on the sidepods and front wing. play. McLaren has launched its new car for the upcoming Formula One season at an event at its factory in Woking. McLaren have revealed a striking and sleek MCL35 for the 2020 season – featuring a matte finish for the first time – as they bid to continue their F1 revival. Equally, there are a lot of fun technologies around the front of the car, which would only have been possible to do with a new car.So that's the new stuff, but having said that it is based around what we learned last year and the MCL34 is very much the father of this car and we have tried to carry forward what we learned last year and add opportunities we couldn't unlock on the MCL34 with the geometry we had. McLaren launches 2020 F1 car. "I think a set of new concepts were looked at alongside what we learned on the MCL34," Key said of the new design. McLaren's 2020 challenger, the MCL35, is unveiled at its factory in Woking. "The reality is we need to try and improve upon where we were last year.

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Renault offered only a glimpse of its 2020 car at an event in Paris a week ahead of testing. "Last season we delivered what we set out to do -- secure a hard-fought fourth in the constructors' championship. "Continuing a trend that started in 2017 with the arrival of CEO Zak Brown, McLaren has stuck with papaya orange paintwork and blue details on the car, albeit with a matte finish this year. Sky Sports' Craig Slater speaks to McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz about the 2020 season and their expectations and ambitions. A lot of hard work and development have gone into this car from the design team, the engineers, the car build team and Carlos and myself, and it's a special feeling to have been involved in its evolution." Every team member has invested a great deal of time and energy during this pre-season in designing, engineering and producing the MCL35 ready to take to the track for the first-time at pre-season testing.A look at Lewis Hamilton's commanding win in Spain and why Max Verstappen's expected challenge never materialised. Last Updated: 15/02/20 8:40pm. Mar 11, 2020: McLaren’s 2020 F1 car still has “some issues to solve” heading into the new season, according to the team’s technical director James Key "Yesterday evening, after many months of hard work from all the men and women at McLaren, our people were the very first to see the MCL35, before we showed it to the world today. Get a first look at McLaren's MCL35 (1:40) (1:40)McLaren has launched its new car for the upcoming Formula One season at an event at its factory in Woking.The former champions hope the new MCL35 will continue the progress the team made last year when it finished fourth in the championship behind F1's big three, Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.Although McLaren has a long history of fighting for titles in past decades, it has struggled in recent years and has not won a grand prix since 2012. "Technical director James Key added: "You have to have a target to work to because you have to figure out where you need to be. "We're just getting started with our trajectory back to the front," proclaimed McLaren CEO Zak Brown at Thursday's unveiling of the MCL35.McLaren's impressive 2019 featured their first podium in five years, heralded the start of an exciting era with new drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris, while it finished with a fourth-placed finish in the standings - and a comfortable points advantage over the midfield rivals they were previously trailing.The only issue now is, such a strong campaign makes improving on it in 2020 - in terms of positions, at least - extremely difficult. Try our car setups designed for specific track conditions, weather, car, qualify or race. "Continuing a trend that started in 2017 with the arrival of CEO Zak Brown, McLaren has stuck with papaya orange paintwork and blue details on the car, albeit with a matte finish this year.