McLaren to take ‘brave risks’ with 2025 F1 car FTW
- McLaren says it will take ‘brave risks’ with its F1 2025 car design
- The F1 team won the F1 constructors’ title at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- McLaren has ambitious plans for next year
Published on Dec 23, 2024 at 1:07 PM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Dec 23, 2024 at 2:50 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
McLaren has said it has ‘taken risks’ with its 2025 Formula One car as it sets its sights on an F1 title double.
McLaren secured its first F1 constructors’ title in more than two decades during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
However, driver Lando Norris missed out on a driver’s crown with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen taking home the title.
But looking to next season, it seems McLaren is keen to rack up another title and isn’t afraid to take some risks to get there.
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McLaren has said it will ‘take brave risks’ to win titles
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix took place earlier this month, with Supercar Blondie – aka Alex Hirschi – one of the lucky attendees.
It was the first time since 1998 that McLaren has scooped an F1 constructor’s title after narrowly beating Ferrari.
With this win securely under its belt, McLaren is looking to the future when it comes to the design and development of its next F1 car.
“We’re going into next year at full strength,” McLaren CEO Zak Brown told Motorsport.
“I think we’re in a different mindset now in terms of the confidence of the team and the amount of bravery that the team is prepared to take in the development in next year’s car.
“The team is not: ‘let’s just tweak a little here and there. The car is pretty good.’ We’ve got some stuff on next year’s car that is like ‘brave risk’.
The team has ambitious F1 plans in 2025
Brown went on to say that there’s been a whole mindset shift when it comes to the team’s ambitions.
“I think you only get to the front if you try and beat everyone, as opposed to the mindset when we started this year which was like ‘let’s just be as good as them’,” he said.
“The mind shift is now: ‘Let’s beat everyone.’”
A very solid mindset, to be fair.
Brown says the only way for the team to fight off the stiff competition in Formula One from Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes is to ‘out-develop, out-drive and out-strategize’ them.
The CEO made his bold ambitions clear, telling the publication that he wants to ‘win the drivers’ and constructors’ world championships’.
So watch this space, because it could be a very exciting year for F1 in 2025.
Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Across her career she's covered a wide variety of topics, including celebrity, cryptocurrency, politics, true crime and just about everything in between.
