Jenson Button has acknowledged the possibility that McLaren might not be on the pace early in the 2011 season. The MP4-26 has been hailed as the bravest of the new ...
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Later season start gives McLaren ‘more time’ – Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is not too disappointed that the 2011 season will begin two weeks later than originally scheduled. The early life of McLaren’s radical 2011 car, the ...
Read More »McLaren still stuttering with 2011 car
Compared with fellow grandees Red Bull and Ferrari, McLaren’s pre-season is not running as smoothly. After finding out that Mark Webber had done nearly 140 laps on Sunday in the ...
Read More »Reports – new McLaren too radical for 2011 success?
Less than a month before the 2011 season begins, one major unknown is the likely performance of the new McLaren car. Specialist reports in Italy (Autosprint) and Germany (Auto Motor ...
Read More »McLaren to supply electronics to NASCAR series
McLaren will supply standard electronic engine control systems to the NASCAR series from 2012. At the Singapore grand prix, NASCAR vice chairwoman Lesa Kennedy’s attendance coincided with rumours the American ...
Read More »McLaren testing forward exhausts at Jerez
McLaren was testing a Renault-like forward-exiting exhaust concept on its newly launched MP4-26 car at Jerez on Thursday. The car debuted by Lewis Hamilton at the Spanish circuit therefore differed ...
Read More »New McLaren ‘looks different’ to rivals – Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton had a sharp-eyed return to formula one on Wednesday after a long winter break. The McLaren driver was in action at the Valencia test at the wheel of ...
Read More »McLaren, Mercedes, to ape Renault exhaust trick?
Like the innovative new Renault, McLaren’s unlaunched 2011 car reportedly also features a trick exhaust system. That is the claim of Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, after the Lotus-sponsored R31 ...
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