McLaren is getting ready to unveil its new 2023 McLaren F1 car for the coming racing season.
Set to be called the MCL37, the 2023 McLaren F1 car will be released on February 13, the same day Aston Martin’s 2023 car, the AMR23, is unveiled.
It will be the first official event showcasing McLaren’s new driver line-up for 2023 featuring 2021 Formula 2 champion Oscar Piastri along with Lando Norris – both of whom will drive the Mercedes-powered machine.
Piastri was signed to the team after Daniel Ricciardo was dropped from the roster a year before his contract was scheduled to end.
The new car will be unveiled at the live event by the drivers and Andrea Stella, the new McLaren team principal who took over last month when Andreas Seidl left for Sauber.
“Piastri will spend his rookie season alongside Norris, who goes into his fifth F1 campaign looking to build on an impressive year in 2022 that saw him finish seventh in the standings,” according to the Motorsport website. “Norris was the only driver outside of Ferrari, Red Bull, and Mercedes to score a podium finish all season.”
The launch will be broadcast online at 5 pm local time for the event, which will be held at the McLaren Technology Center in Woking, England.
This is the third year that Mercedes will team with McLaren as the power supplier. The partnership has spawned one win and five other podium finishes since it began in 2021. Their previous partnership from 1995 to 2014 delivered a whopping 78 wins, including a constructors’ title and world championship titles.
Alex Palou, the IndyCar champion in 2021, will serve as the team’s reserve driver for 2023.
However, Palou’s IndyCar campaign with Chip Ganassi Racing will be his priority for 2023, according to media reports. But he will remain available to McLaren on four race weekends before his season ends and he is free to join the team for the final leg of the McLaren F1 calendar in Asia and the Americas, according to media reports.
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