McLaren tarihinde üretilen 52. araç olan MP4-24, 2009 yılında Neil Oatley ve Paddy Lowe tarafından tasarlandı.
Yakıt ve yağ olarak Mobil1’i tercih eden İngiliz takım, Mercedes’in FO 108V model 8 silindirlik motoruna sahipti.
Heikki Kovalainen ve Lewis Hamilton’ın kullandığı araç sezon içerisinde 8 kez yarış dışı kaldı. Bunlardan 4’ü kaza, 1’i spin, 1’i vites kutusu, 1’i konfigurasyon ve 1 tanesi ise fren problemiydi.
MP4-24 17 yarışlık macerasında 4 pole pozisyonu, 2 galibiyet ve 5 podyum elde etti.
Yarış Sonuçları
| 1 | 2009 | Avustralya | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 18 | – | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 12 | Yd | Kaza | |||
| 2 | 2009 | Malezya | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 12 | 7 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 14 | Yd | Spin | |||
| 3 | 2009 | Çin | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 9 | 6 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 12 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | 2009 | Bahreyn | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 5 | 4 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | 2009 | İspanya | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 14 | 9 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 18 | Yd | Vites Kutusu | |||
| 6 | 2009 | Monaco | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 19 | 12 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 7 | Yd | Kaza | |||
| 7 | 2009 | Türkiye | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 16 | 13 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | 2009 | Britanya | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 18 | 16 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 13 | Yd | Motor | |||
| 9 | 2009 | Almanya | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 5 | 18 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | 2009 | Macaristan | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 4 | 1 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 11 | 2009 | Avrupa | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 1 | 2 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | 2009 | Belçika | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 12 | Yd | Kaza |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 15 | 6 | ||||
| 13 | 2009 | Italya | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 1 | Yd | Kaza |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | 2009 | Singapur | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 1 | 1 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | 2009 | Japonya | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 3 | 3 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 16 | 2009 | Brezilya | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 17 | 3 | |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 16 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | 2009 | Abu Dhabi | McLaren | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 1 | Yd | Fren |
| McLaren | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 18 | 11 |