Eye-opening McLaren MCL39 prediction made in ‘extraordinary’ F1 2025 regulations claim

McLaren’s current MCL39 wouldn’t be making it out of Q1 in a little over 12 months if the regulations remained stable for F1 2026.

While the dominant car in F1 at present, the MCL39 would be quickly overhauled and become a backmarker in a little over 12 months if a particular set of circumstances were to unfold.

Dan Fallows: McLaren’s MCL39 would be left behind against ‘extraordinary’ progress

Former Aston Martin technical director Dan Fallows has said the rate of progress in development of the F1 cars is so vast that, even at this late stage of the current regulations, the headroom is still available to make the current dominant car, the McLaren MCL39, a backmarker.

F1 2025 is the final year of the current ground-effect regulations, which will be thrown out in favour of active aerod