McLaren has yet to confirm the name of its new flagship, which is currently codenamed P18. The long-awaited successor to the McLaren P1 appears set to launch on October 6, and to live up to its iconic predecessor,

McLaren is readying itself for the launch of a new flagship ‘1’ car, which it has now confirmed will be revealed on 6 October at 13:00 BST. It follows the legendary McLaren F1 from the nineties and its successor, the hybrid P1, which launched in 2013.

A decade on from the P1, pictured above, McLaren is preparing to announce a successor to its first hybrid hypercar. The British supercar maker published a teaser video this week (25 September) asking “what makes a ‘1’ car?

Do you know what makes me suddenly feel super old? Realizing that the McLaren P1 was launched in 2013 and that was 11 years ago. I still remember when the P1 was the pinnacle of automotive performance.

McLaren will reveal the next model in its Ultimate Series of hypercars on 6 October, just over a decade after the P1 arrived as the successor to the iconic F1. A video published by the company features those two hallowed hypercars and reveals that “the next benchmark” is inbound.

Hard as it may be to believe — in part because the automaker continues to find ways to celebrate it — it's been almost nine years since production wrapped on the McLaren P1 hypercar. It certainly doesn't hurt that the P1 is as exotic and thrilling as it was a decade ago,