Norris reacts to special livery: 'Zak Brown wasn't convinced'

19:33, 16 May 2021
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Commenting on McLaren's newly unveiled Gulf Oil livery, British driver Lando Norris states that his car will be by far the most beautiful on the grid this weekend, and reveals a minor disagreement with McLaren CEO Zak Brown regarding the new design.

"It's beautiful", begins Norris as quoted by Formula1.com. "I think everyone can agree it will be the best-looking car on the grid by a very long way." In addition to McLaren's classic papaya, the new livery is also adorned by the blue of Gulf oil, long a sponsor of the British racing stable.

"It’s awesome, it’s a cool opportunity for both of us, and especially at Monaco, so I think it brings it all together, it’s pretty unique", Norris said.

Brown disagrees

Norris continued, referencing a disagreement he had with Brown over the design compared to the classic MCL35M: “I said to Zak it looks even better than our current livery but he didn’t sound so convinced by that.”

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Tim Franklin 18 May 2021 at 19:40+ 0

The Gulf logo is very small - the Coke logo is bigger.

Neil Henderson 17 May 2021 at 05:01+ 3182

they're both good but i think i tend to agree with norris in that this is pretty special

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sicnarF 16 May 2021 at 21:26+ 8761

It’s definitely better than their current livery.