McLaren Mercedes Formula One Unveiling & Shakedown


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http://www.mclaren.com/interactive/video_mp4-23-first-test.php

Finishing behind Ferrari last year in the World Driving Champ standings was McLaren Mercedes in 2nd and 3rd. Lewis Hamilton with his then teammate Fernando Alonso both finished the 2007 season just 1 point behind WDC Kimi. This vid is Hamilton's first test of McLaren Mercedes MP4-23, 2008 Formula One car.

Preceding the car's shakedown was the unveiling of it at the Mercedes Benz Museum, one of the world’s largest and most renowned car museums, in Stuttgart. The opening shot gives you a sense of how massive the structure is at 53,000 sqm.

Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Daimler Board (remember him?), and Ron Dennis, Chairman and CEO of the McLaren Group, and drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen joined on stage.

http://www.mclaren.com/interactive/video_mp4-23.php
 
Yup they didn't do too badly last year at all. After all they were using the Ferrari B team car as they later admitted.

Let's see how they do this year after admitting that braking system and other key elements came from the Ferrari drawings they received.
 
And a big bucks fine, loss of prize money, humiliation...