McLaren is commemorating its 2024 F1 Constructor title with special editions of its Artura and 750S road cars.
Shown Tuesday ahead of an F1 livery reveal event involving all 10 teams, the MCL38 Celebration Editions take their names from the McLaren MCL38 race car that carried the team to the Constructors’ Championship, which McLaren clinched at the Abu Dhabi season finale.
While McLaren’s Land Norris couldn’t quite overcome the early season lead in the drivers’ standings built up by Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen, he and teammate Oscar Piastri delivered McLaren’s first Constructors’ title since 1998, and its ninth overall. The latter number is reflected in the limited production runs of the Celebration Editions, with just nine examples of each model planned.
McLaren MCL38 Celebration Editions
Both the Artura and 750S MCL38 Celebration Editions wear a combination of Papaya Orange and Anthracite paint similar to McLaren’s current F1 racing livery, along with a nine-star graphic representing those past Constructors’ Championships.
Inside, the Celebration Editions have carbon-fiber trim pieces signed by Norris and Piastri, as well as dedication plaques incorporating pieces of the carbon-fiber bodywork from an actual MCL38 F1 car. A few more splashes of papaya complete the changes.
McLaren MCL38 Celebration Editions
Those changes are wholly cosmetic. The Artura retains its twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 plug-in hybrid powertrain, good for 671 hp, while the 750S sticks with a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 producing 740 hp.
Meanwhile, McLaren last week previewed the MCL38’s successor when it released photos of the MCL39 undergoing testing in a camouflage livery. The company will save the full reveal for this week’s mandatory preseason hype fest. The MCL39 is then scheduled to join the rest of the 2025 F1 grid at the Bahrain International Circuit on Feb. 26 for preseason testing. That will be followed by the season-opening 2025 Australian Grand Prix on March 16.