McLaren will race with a one-off livery in the colours of the Gulf Oil company at next weekend's Monaco Grand Prix. Gulf's iconic blue and orange colour scheme has featured on a number of racing cars in the past -- including the McLaren F1 GTR that finished second at the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours -- but has never before raced in Formula One. McLaren was motivated to push ahead with the one-off colour scheme after a number of fans sent mock-up designs to the team following the announcement of Gulf's partnership deal last year. McLaren opted to create the design after interest in the initial sponsorship deal from fans. McLaren The two companies worked together in Can-Am and F1 in the late...
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