Woking’s most intricately detailed livery is coming to six cars – all of which are sold.
Formula 1 driver Lando Norris whipped the covers off the firm’s most exacting bespoke livery yet in order to celebrate its ‘Triple Crown’ motorsport success.
The intricately detailed paint on the McLaren 750S commemorates McLaren winning the Monaco Grand Prix, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Indianapolis 500 and is part of wider celebrations of the company’s 60th birthday.
IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward and Le Mans winner Derek Bell joined Norris at a motorsports festival called Velocity International, in California, to reveal the 750S supercar.
Five more cars, which will be either coupe or Spider, will have the ‘3-7-’59’ livery. All six have been sold.
The three numbers in the name represent the number of the 1974 Indy 500 winner, the number seven is the company’s first win at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1984 and the number 59 belongs to the McLaren F1 GTR Le Mans won the 24 Hours in 1995.
This fluid work took more than 1,200 hours to paint and combines 20 different colors. The work was carried out by McLaren Special Operations (MSO) paint technicians.
Color inspiration comes from race winning cars. The white and red livery of the McLaren MP4/2, with that car’s racing number ‘7’, worn on the bonnet.
Both sides of the 3-7-59 theme pay homage to the McLaren F1 GTR, with a gray color scheme and racing number “59”.
Even the car keys feature hand-drawn artwork that mimics the car’s multicolored exterior.
Inside, the Triple Crown logo is stitched in McLaren orange on the headrests of the carbon fiber racing seats. The seats also feature Triple Crown artwork embossed in graphite Alcantara and finished with contrasting white stitching.
The pedals, which are marked with laser etched artwork matching some of the paint details on the exterior of the car, are finished with a ceramic coating and white, black and orange Triple Crown stars.
Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Automotive, Michael Leithers, said: “The most challenging project ever delivered by McLaren Special Operations is a truly stunning expression of McLaren’s industry-leading paint expertise, on a supercar that sets a new benchmark in its class.”