McLaren Fan-Sticker Livery for 2026 Mexico City GP

Key Takeaways

What changed on the McLaren MCL40

The sidepods, normally dark, are now blue and covered edge to edge with black line-art stickers drawn from fan submissions. The regular papaya orange and dark bodywork otherwise stays.

Readable texts include “Welcome to the Papaya Hotline”, “Matcha made in Woking”, “Fan 4 Lyf”, “Pottery lessons”, “It’s race week”, “Meet the team” and “Live Your Fandom”. Motifs include checkered flags, aeroplanes, tyres, cactus icons and flowers.

The race numbers are drawn as stickers with a peeling corner: Oscar Piastri’s 81 and Lando Norris’s 1, in light blue with a white and yellow outline. Separate colour stickers on the papaya bodywork include “MTC” with an orange flower, a “Mexico City Grand Prix — Meet the Team” sticker with a globe, and a “Fan 4 Lyf” banner with a peace-sign hand.

Where the fan artwork came from

The artwork comes from the season-long “Live Your Fandom” campaign, in which fans worldwide were invited to share their most imaginative motorsport wishes and experiences. A selection of light-hearted ambitions, memorable moments and creative expressions of fandom became sticker-style graphics.

The artwork also appears in the garage and on other McLaren-owned assets across the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend. Some fan dreams became reality during the season, with selected fans taking part in experiences with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the McLaren Technology Centre. McLaren created the design with one of its partners.

Louise McEwen, Chief Marketing Officer, McLaren Racing, said: “The Papaya Family is united by a shared passion for McLaren, and this special livery puts their stories at the heart of the team. By bringing individual ideas together in one collective design, we are celebrating the creativity of our fans on one of the biggest stages in motorsport.”

Race suits match the car

The race suits carry the same sticker theme: white fronts with blue side panels, “LN1” with the British flag for Lando Norris and “OP81” with the Australian flag for Oscar Piastri.

A small “Live Your Fandom” mark sits on the leg, while the black backs show large numbers, 1 and 81, in the same peeling-sticker style. McLaren captioned the suits “A fresh new look for a fiesta”. Explore McLaren display replica helmets in the McLaren collection.

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