KUALA LUMPUR: Motul has become the official lubricants partner of McLaren Endurance Racing.
This expands on its partnership with McLaren’s Formula 1 team announced last year.
Thanks to its long heritage in endurance racing, Motul will support the McLaren United Autosports WEC Hypercar Team with advanced lubricants for the engine, the transmission, and the differential.
In addition, Motul will provide technical collaboration to McLaren Endurance Racing as the team prepares for its debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship 2027.
McLaren Endurance Racing team principal James Barclay said, "Today marks an important milestone for McLaren Endurance Racing as we look ahead and continue to build on the great preparations and support for the McLaren United AS Team’s Hypercar debut in 2027."
"Welcoming Motul to this exciting project strengthens our team for the challenge ahead. Motul brings invaluable expertise across performance, technology and innovation. In a sport where every aspect matters we’re proud to have Motul alongside us as we continue building momentum towards our return to endurance racing.”
Motul head of R&D Julien Plet said, “Endurance racing is about sustaining performance over time, hour after hour, under constant mechanical stress. Working closely with McLaren Endurance Racing is a particularly exciting collaboration, allowing us to co-create bespoke fluid solutions focused on consistency, durability and reliability, qualities that truly define performance in endurance competition.”
Long-standing partner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the 1950s, Motul has been an integral part of the history of the world’s most iconic endurance race.
This commitment was further strengthened in 2016, when Motul was appointed official lubricants partner of the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, reaffirming its central role in endurance racing at the highest level.
Built on decades of racing experience, Motul’s expertise lies in the craft of developing tailor-made fluid solutions designed to deliver reliability and performance over time in the most demanding conditions.
Motul’s endurance heritage also extends beyond the circuit, with a strong presence in other iconic long-distance challenges such as the Dakar Rally.
This endurance-proven know-how now directly supports McLaren Endurance Racing, as Motul applies its technical heritage to co-create bespoke lubricants for the Hypercar programme.
