 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwemwaka weAustralia Grand PrixFernando Alonso akawana nzvimbo yechishanu mumakwikwi e2016 Monaco Grand Prix. Alonso akati chinangwa chechikwata ichi chaizove Red Bull Racing. McLaren yakava nekutanga kwakanaka kwemwaka nemapoinzi mumakwikwi mana anotevera, asi mumakwikwi gumi nematanhatu anotevera mushure meSpain, McLaren akangowana mapoinzi makumi maviri nemaviri, mapoinzi masere pasi pechikamu chakafanana muna 22. Musi wa14 Nyamavhuvhu 2018, Fernando Alonso akazivisa kuti aisazokwikwidza muFormula One muna 2019, achipedza makore ake mana echikwata. Carlos Sainz Jr. akasainwa somutsivi wake pachibvumirano chemakore akawanda. Musi wa 3 Gunyana 2018, zvakaziviswa kuti Stoffel Vandoorne achasiya timu pakupera kwemwaka, naLando Norris achisimudzirwa kubva kumutyairi wekuchengetedza kuti amutsive muna 2019. McLaren yakatambura nekushanda mumwaka wese, vatyairi veMcLaren vakaburitswa ka21 mumusangano wekutanga wekukodzera, uye McLaren ine yechipiri yakaipisisa yekukodzera chinzvimbo chechikwata chero chipi zvacho, pamberi peWilliams chete. Chikwata chakapedza mwaka unovhiringidza mushure mekubatsirwa nekubviswa kwemapoinzi eForce India kubva kumakwikwi gumi nemaviri ekutanga munzvimbo yechitanhatu nemapoinzi makumi matanhatu nemaviri, 357 mapoinzi kuseri kwechinangwa chavo, Red Bull Racing, ine injini imwechete. 