German Car Forum

McLaren to begin work with interim car

Team McLaren Mercedes is returning to the track this Wednesday, 11th January,
at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain, for the first test of 2006. Test drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett will be at the wheel of two interim MP4-20's, which will be running in an orange livery, prior to the launch of the new Team McLaren Mercedes livery in mid-February.

The orange is synonymous with the origins of McLaren, as the team ran its Formula One and CAN-AM racers in the colour for a number of years starting with the M5A in 1968.

This week marks the start of 28 intensive on-track test days currently scheduled for the team in Valencia, Barcelona, Imola and Jerez leading up to the opening race of the 2006 World Championship, the Bahrain Grand Prix, on Sunday 12th March. Kimi Räikkönen and Juan Pablo Montoya will be starting their programmes during the week commencing Monday 16th January.




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so this is it.. it look damn evli .. i like that they kept the horns

PS
I love this colour combo.. just put a bit more silver and black in it.. and you have one hell of a combo
hopefully this will be mclarens year

its a nice collor combo ,,, but hands down the black silver and red is a better combo , it gives the car an agresive , scary look ...
anyways i hope this is a successor ..

this is last years car with a v8 engine and a couple of other body modifications....btw i read earlier the last time they were orange was when they changed over to west.....and er.....vodafone are trying to negotiate with ferrari to allow them to sponsor mclaren in 2006 also!! a year early, btw ive been in there where that car is when i went on a tour of the factory! in that actual part of the factory lol