Ahead of the 2015 season, McLaren revealed the MP4-30 car with a black and silver chrome livery with red trim on 29 January 2015. The initial livery was criticized by fans because it included the silver element which was considered as Mercedes-Benz's "de facto" official corporate colour that caused disappointment for most McLaren fans. Later in the season, McLaren ditched the original black, silver and red trim livery and thus unveiled a revised livery featuring dominant black and red colours starting from the 2015 Spanish Grand Prix.