Overview
- The team will unveil its 2026 challenger on February 9 at the Bahrain International Circuit.
- The car is scheduled to run at the first official pre-season test that begins in Bahrain on February 11.
- By confirming its date, McLaren becomes the last of the 11 teams to formalize a 2026 launch.
- The car’s official name has not been announced.
- McLaren won the 2024 and 2025 constructors’ titles, clinched 2025 in Singapore with six rounds remaining, and Lando Norris secured the drivers’ crown.