He said in a McLaren press release: “Today is a big milestone in our journey in the fight for the 2025 title, it’s great to get our championship challenger, the MCL39, on track for the first time and to launch the culmination of the team’s hard work.
Zak Brown believes “every team will have made progress” over the winter break as McLaren boss looked ahead to defending their F1 constructors’ title in 2025.
McLaren claimed the constructors’ championship by 14 points to Ferrari last year, with Red Bull finishing third despite Max Verstappen winning the drivers’ title.
The Woking-based team claimed their first teams’ championship since 1998 as they fought off a late challenge from Ferrari to seal the trophy at the final race of the 2024 season in Abu Dhabi.
As excitement builds towards the first race of the season – the Australian Grand Prix on 16 March – Brown conceded that McLaren must be “realistic” in anticipating improvements from their rivals this year.
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