It's shiny! The Launch of New 2012 McLaren F1 Car MP4-27
by The Badger on Feb 1st, 2012McLaren's latest Formula 1 challenger was launched on a very cold day in Woking. The design, intended to stop Red Bull's recent dominance of the sport, is certainly more attractive than many were expecting. Earlier this week, the team were quoted in Autosport as having come up with a radical design that may see their rivals question its legality - it's really good to see a team being aggressive with their design work (or at least with the exhausts!). No 'duck' nose either - phew!
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So, here it is, the MP4-27A
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- The MP4-27A
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Read about what Jenson and Lewis think of the car and 2012 - read more....
Read about the technical developments and challenges in the Q&A here - read more...
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"As you can see this is a beautiful car – many of them will not be! So that is important to me." - Jenson Button
"Felipe will be pleased with the new wing mirrors - helps us to see better" - Lewis Hamilton
Comments and Discussion
Pedantry alert! Re: "it's legality...", there's no apostrophe in "its". Cheers.
Anyone else think this looks ALLOT like the '09 MP4-24?
Ta, corrected -it's a habit/addiction I need to sort out pronto!
[...] Some nice photos of the new McLaren car here. It looks really menacing from the front although I'm not sure where they're hiding all the ground [...]
RT @BadgerGP: For hi-res photos of the new McLaren head here: http://t.co/M7fkmFUO links to technical Q&A too.