McLaren CEO Zak Brown has revealed his team are taking ‘brave risks’ with their 2025 F1 challenger.

The team clinche🃏d their first F1 constructors’ title since 1998 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix earlier this month, narrowly beat♉ing Ferrari to the crown, with just 14 points separating the two teams.

It’s been a remarkable resurgence for McLa🐲ren, who were the slowest team at the start of the 2023 campaign.

With the rules remaining stable over the winter, McLaren are expected to be the team to be🌟at, given their str🎉ong second half of the year.

Despite having an advantage, Brown♋ has admitted the team will be bold when it comes to design and development decisions.

"We're going into 🧸next year at f🐽ull strength,” Brown said, as quoted by Motorsport.com.

“I think 💖we're in a different mindset now in terms of the confidence of the team and the amount of bravery that the team is prepared to take in the development in next year's car.

“The team is not: 'ꦛlet's just tweak a little here and there. The car is pretty good.' We've got some stuff on next year's 🎉car that is like ‘brave risk’.

“I think you only get to the front if you try and beat everyone, as opposed to the mindset when we started this year which was like ‘let’s juไst be as good as 𝓰them.'

"The mind shift is now: ‘Let's beat everyone.'”

McLaren eyeing the F1 drivers’ title

After taking the▨ constructors’ title, McLaren will be hoping to go one better next year and secure the drivers’ crown.

Their last drivers’ championship victoꦡry came back in 20🔥08 with Lewis Hamilton.

Lando Norris finished a distant runner-up to Max Verstappen in 2024 after the Dutchman wrapped up the title at the Las Vegas G🥂rand Prix. 

Norris🔯 has conceded he needs to improve in several areas to topple V♏erstappen.

Oꦬperationally, McLare🔴n will need to do the same, having thrown away several potential wins during the season.