Our man Sean Bull mocked up the F1 challenger with the full colour scheme from the Indy racer

It's the biggest story in motorsport right now - and it hasn't even happened yet.

Fernando Alonso is ditching F1's most glamorous event, the Monaco Grand Prix, to instead take on the challenge of the Indy 500 as part of his bid to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport.

Last week the double F1 world champion tested his IndyCar racer on the the Indianapolis oval for the first time - with more than two million fans tuning in on social media to watch.

It was also the day McLaren unveiled the car Alonso will be racing in, and it featured a striking orange design, in homage to the cars of founder Bruce McLaren.

The Andretti-McLaren-Honda that Alsono will race in the Indy 500 The Andretti-McLaren-Honda that Alsono will race in the Indy 500

This year also saw the F1 team return to the traditional orange colour for their livery, but some thought their eventual design was a missed opportunity, given the amount of black used.

The McLaren MCL32 The McLaren MCL32

But what if the F1 team had gone 'full orange' like the IndyCar version?

Our designer Sean Bull wondered the same thing, so he's mocked up the MCL32 with the McLaren IndyCar livery.

Does it work better than the real F1 design?

The blue and orange looks great on the F1 car The blue and orange looks great on the F1 car

It just... works It just... works

Does the blue work better with the orange than the black used on the real car? Does the blue work better with the orange than the black used on the real car?

From the front it looks like an absolute beast From the front it looks like an absolute beast