LIVE! McLaren F1 2019 car launch

Joas van Wingerden Thursday 14 February 2019 11:39

McLaren will become the eighth team to break cover on livery for the 2019 Formula 1 season when Valentine's Day becomes McLarentine's Day a little later. The MCL34 will be unveiled at the team's Woking base, with new driver pair Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz in attendance.

McLaren count 20 titles among their F1 honours, but lurched to another disappointment in 2018 as the ending of the latest Honda era gave way to a partnership with Renault which failed to fire.

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The team began 2018 promising a return to the podium by the end of the season, but their best result came in the year's first race through Fernando Alonso's fifth-place finish in Australia.

Alonso has departed in order to chase the 'Triple Crown', while Stoffel Vandoorne was cut after being comprehensively thrashed by the Spaniard, paving the way for Sainz and Norris to come in.

We're expecting another papaya-based colour scheme, but will know for sure when the cover is lifted a little after 12:00 GMT.

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