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McLaren has been very infamous recently, from the Ferrari copyright scandal to this recent one. However, McLaren's luck might be about to change.
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Lewis Hamilton's new ride has just been launched, and it's not too...especially with the number 1 on the nose
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The entire manual of the Ferrari F2007 Formula One car is approximately 780 pages. Now imagine a company such as McLaren recieving a copy of that manual. You do the math.
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Michael Arndt is a man of matchsticks. Over the course of six years, using 956,000 matchsticks, 1686 tubes of glue, and at least three different varieties of mustache, he built a full-scale replica of a McLaren 4/14 F1 car, at a cost of around 6000 Euros. The giant model takes up Arndt's entire kitchen and probably his social life. It can be broken down into 45 parts for easy transport to various matchstick-builders conventions.
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Two days ago we saw Ferrari launch its F2008, and yesterday McLaren Mercedes unveiled its MP4-23 at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart. Lewis Hamilton was on hand for the launch, and it being his birthday, called the MP4-23 the “coolest birthday present you can get.” The car certainly looks delicious, no doubt a reflection of the 14,000 man-hours spent engineering the vehicle and the additional 14,000 man-hours in manufacturing. Hamilton’s first test of the new car is set for Thursday, January 9th.
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McLaren has moved to bind Lewis Hamilton to the team until at least 2012 by inking a (US) $138 million deal with the British youngster, according to reports. The British tabloid News of the World claims that Hamilton, who turns 23 on Monday, will make an average of more than $27 million per season for the next five years, despite making just $700,000 plus points bonuses while he raced to second place in the drivers’ championship in 2007.
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McLaren completed its 2008 race driver lineup on Friday by confirming that Heikki Kovalainen has been signed to team up with fellow rookie Lewis Hamilton.
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The car that’s taking the world by storm – the Fiat 500 - is to be driven in the Celebrity Challenge race at the 2008 FORMULA 1™ ING Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
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Renault on Monday confirmed that Fernando Alonso will return to the team in 2008, with Brazilian rookie Nelson Piquet Jr as his teammate.
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On the verge of missing a flight, seven-time F1 Champion Michael Schumacher jumped behind the wheel of a taxi and arrived in time at the airport with his family, according to a report emanating from AFP.
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Heikki Kovalainen's career at the highest level of motor racing is not over, Renault boss Flavio Briatore suggested on Monday.
As the French team announced that the rookie Finn had not been included in the 2008 race or test line-up, Briatore played down the obvious conclusion that Kovalainen is therefore facing dark days.
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The Mercedes SLR is one car not in need of an upgrade but that hasn’t stopped the guys at Brabus from increasing the car’s performance to the level of the world’s top supercars. To minimize lift on the front axle, designers developed a front spoiler that attaches to the production bumper. The spoiler is made from exposed carbon fiber and its shape was fine-tuned in the wind tunnel. A corresponding rear diffuser made from exposed carbon fiber can be added as an option.
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McLaren’s appeal over the ‘cool fuel’ issue was deemed inadmissible by the FIA court on Friday, thus confirming that Kimi Raikkonen is officially the 2007 world champion. The FIA’s four-man appeals panel met in London on Thursday and then reconvened in Paris on Friday to deliberate.
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Rock legends Kiss are to perform a special concert in Melbourne’s Albert Park after next season’s Australian Grand Prix. The band, who have recorded 32 albums, will perform immediately after the March race.
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More than a year after his retirement, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher stole the show on Tuesday, setting the pace, as F1's first post-season test kicked off in Barcelona.
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World champion Casey Stoner handed over his MotoGP bike to Formula One legend Michael Schumacher before showcasing the dominant form which won him the crown this season.
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Two new youngster's test F1 cars
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Michael Schumacher will test a Formula One car in earnest next week for the first time since his retirement at the end of last season. Schumacher will get behind the wheel of this year’s Ferrari F2007 as part of the team’s 2008 preparations.
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Renault are hammering out the terms of a new contract to offer their former driver Fernando Alonso, Spanish sports dailies reported on Saturday.
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PRESSURE is building on Melbourne over hosting the Formula One grand prix with the Victorian state government today reporting a loss of $34.6 million for this year's race.
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