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

The team clinched their first F1 constructors’ title since 🍸1998 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix earlier this month, narrowly beating Ferrari to the crown, with just 14 points separating the two teams.

It’s been a remarkable resurgence for McLaren, who were the slowest tea🐲m at the start of the 2023 campaign.

With the rules remaining stable o😼ver the winter, McLaren are expected to be the team to beat, given thei🔯r strong second half of the year.

Despite havingಞ an advantage, Brown has admitted the team will be bold when it comes to design and developme꧋nt decisions.

"We're going into n꧂ext year at full strength,”♉ Brown said, as quoted by Motorsport.com.

“I think we're in a different mindset now in terms ofꦕ 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: 'let's just tweak a little here and th𒁃ere. 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 just be as good as theꦫm.'

"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 bette꧑r next year and secure the drivers’ crown.

Their last drivers’ champion🍷ship victory came back i🅺n 2008 with Lewis Hamilton.

Lan♉do Norris finished a distant runner-✨up to Max Verstappen in 2024 after the Dutchman wrapped up the title at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. 

Norriܫs has conceded he needs to improve in several areas to topple Verstappen.

Operationally, McLaren will need to do the same, having thrown away several potential wins dur🐠ing the season.