Earlier than McLaren’s 1000-strong employees flicked on their ‘out of workplace’ messages and set their batteries to recharge mode for Components 1’s obligatory two-week summer time shutdown, they congregated en masse on the boulevard that overlooks a serene lake and the Surrey countryside at their Woking HQ to share a champagne toast.
Their haul of 14 trophies (12 driver podiums and two items of silverware because the successful constructor) from 2024 have been displayed on a collection of plinths to point out in actual phrases simply how far McLaren have come from the darkish days of 2019, once they completed ninth within the constructors’ championship.