Reports that McLaren may appear with a radical new livery this weekend in Barcelona - possibly even reverting to the old Marlboro dayglo colors or the historic orange livery - are apparently well wide of the mark, and the changes are merely dropping the chrome bits in the livery.
A McLaren spokesperson confirmed: "We have revised our car's livery, improving its visual impact, optimising it for not only bright sunshine but also for the floodlights increasingly used in twilight and night races."
"The result is a dynamic, predatory, graphite-grey colouration, complemented by McLaren-dayglo 'Speedmarks' and keylines, reducing the reflection issues caused by our latest chrome-silver treatment."
Earlier this week an official McLaren 'tweet' triggered a new wave of speculation when the team published a poster including the words 'A legend returns', the date 7 May and an image of an iconic Ayrton Senna-piloted red and white McLaren alongside Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.
The small print even suggested TAG Heuer is involved, sparking suggestions McLaren may finally be unveiling a title sponsor and a return to its iconic livery of the 80s.
Actually, the 'poster' was referring merely to a TAG Heuer event taking place in Barcelona on Thursday, where the late Senna will appear as a hologram.
The social media-powered misunderstanding is undoubtedly the result of McLaren-Honda having not yet met expectations in 2015.
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