Zak Brown has confirmed that the just lately reported stake sale is “all completed”, which means McLaren Racing has reached a price of $4.1billion, in response to Bloomberg.
It was reported initially of September 2025 that the Bahraini sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat and automotive funding group CYVN Holdings, which already personal McLaren Group, had been trying to purchase an additional 30% stake in McLaren Racing. “We’re all completed,” Brown confirmed of the stake sale, which means the 2 firms have gained 100% possession of the racing arm.
He added: “The game is on hearth, , each metric, demand for groups. It wasn’t way back that Liberty [Media] acquired the game and put a value cap in place, which sort of ensured everybody’s monetary stability and on- observe stability and competitiveness.
“So it has been a beautiful factor. The followers are popping out within the tens and tons of of tens of millions, sponsors, companions within the sport, not like we have ever seen earlier than, so the game is on hearth, and lengthy might it proceed.”
The McLaren chief went on to shoot down claims that valuations throughout the championship had reached their peak.
“I do not suppose so. I believe if you happen to have a look at sports activities basically, and I would not say I am an skilled in any respect sports activities by any means, however they’ve solely been going north without end. Each time there is a file deal and no matter sport it’s, everybody goes, ‘Oh, that was loopy’.
“And you then look again and in 5 years, they’ve nonetheless gone up. So I believe our sport particularly has lots of room for development. We’ve 24 races, we have now demand for in all probability 30 grands prix, so the demand is powerful.
“Our automotive has one of the best manufacturers on the earth, the Credit cards, the Googles, and so forth. The competitors is superb. Final yr, 4 groups gained, seven completely different drivers gained a number of races.
“It is the primary time I’ve seen that in my 30 years of following the game, so the on-track competitors is nice. The off-track drama, as captured by Netflix, is incredible. The demand for grands prix has by no means been stronger, so I believe the game, in some ways, is simply getting going.”
