Fernando Alonso will use a special livery for his final Formula 1 race at the Abu Dhabi Gran𓄧d Prix after being granted per♏mission by McLaren and the FIA.

Alonso will end his 1😼8-year career in F1 this week൲end at the Yas Marina Circuit and will celebrate his final race with a one-off paint-job on his MCL33.

The livery takes inspiration from his helmet design, the blue, yellow and red colours of his home region Asturias in Spain, which will cover the engine panels along with a special ‘FA’ ins🐟ignia on the cockpit𝓰.

It marks the first time McLaren has raced a one-off livery since its yellow car for Keke Rosberg at the 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix – which was his last F1 race in Europe and third to last o🦩f his career before retiring. McLaren were granted special dispensation from the FIA for the one-off livery.

“We’re incredibl♛y pleased and proud to be able to race a special one-off livery for Fernando in Abu Dhabi this weekend,” Zak Bro♒wn, McLaren Racing CEO, said. “We want his last grand prix to feel special in every way, and this was just one of the ways we could reflect that.

The two-time F1 champion will enter his 314^th and final race this weekend having become just the fourth driver to compete in o🌌ver 300 races. Alonso is second on the all-time list of total F1 entries only behind Rubens Barrichello on 326.

Stoffel Vandoorne will also celebrate his final race with McLaren and in F1 in Abu Dhabi but is currently not expected to run a special livery at the Yas🐲 Marina Circuit.