The F1 75 livery-launch event saved the best for the last as reigning champions McLaren were the last Constructor to reveal their 2025 colors. Naturally, with some of the most appealing paint schemes unveiled by some of the teams, fans were hotly anticipating what the Woking-based team had in store.
But McLaren team principal Andrea Stella dimmed the atmosphere even before the covers were off of the MCL39 as he revealed that the livery had remained majorly unchanged from the 2024 season.
And when the covers did come off, the MCL39 looked like an almost mirror image of its predecessor — decked in the iconic Papaya and Black paint scheme from the season they finally won their first Constructors’ championship since 1998.
You don’t need to change much, you just need to go faster ⁰⁰#NeverStopRacing | #F175LIVE pic.twitter.com/HILCxSLRKq
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) February 18, 2025
Naturally, many fans will be taking a sly dig at the team on social media. But RB beat them to it as they took to their X (formerly Twitter) account to troll the 2024 Constructors’ champions.
https://t.co/VwMn8wQH3F pic.twitter.com/ays6VZUIzg
— Seppo (@Sanches00098) February 18, 2025
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it I guess♂️
What we all thinking?? https://t.co/OhUZTl1s69
— Harry (@LFC_Macca06) February 18, 2025
Referencing Stella, who said that the decision to not change the livery was to honor their title triumph, the Faenza-based team wrote, “You don’t change the livery after winning a Championship? Does this mean that we can’t change the VCARB 03?”
Truth be told, RB had earned the right to troll other teams at the F1 75 launch event. RB was probably the only team that revealed the most authentic and spiced-up livery for the 2025 season up and down the grid.
The Faenza-based team disclosed a dashing V-CARB 02 — painted in the iconic yellow and red of Red Bull but with a dominating foreground of white.
