Off to Spa for the first Grand Prix after the summer break. Red Bull get pole once again, but McLaren – who need a result – are in second place with Hamilton. Did it rain? Spa is a proper Grand Prix Circuit. It’s not a huge circuit in the way the Nurburgring was, but it’s […]
New McLaren F1 in 2012.
The new McLaren dealers have been pushing McLaren to deliver them more than just the MP4-12C, so the new McLaren F1 should now arrive by 2012. Away from Formula One the focus at McLaren recently has been about building their new ‘Factory’ for producing a new line of cars. And the push in to the […]
McLaren MP4-12C Goodwood hillclimb video
McLaren took a more production-ready version of the MP4-12C to Goodwood to tackle the hillclimb in the hands of Button and Hamilton. This is the video. As we reported last week, McLaren used the Goodwood Festival of Speed to give their new road car – the McLaren MP4-12C – its first proper public outing. But they didn’t […]
Goodwood Festival of Speed: McLaren MP4-12C debut
McLaren are out in force at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, with the public debut of the MP4-12C, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and a McLaren F1 GTR. I know, you probably already know that McLaren are going to give the MP4-12C its first public outing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year. In fact […]
Salon Privé 2010: Hypercar Heaven – including Panther Six
This year’s Salon Privé will have a ‘Hypercar Concours’ which will include the Panther Six and the McLaren F1. It’s getting closer to Salon Privé 2010, that annual festival of all things ‘Super’ in cars at the Hurlingham Club, and this year there’s an extra reason to toddle along for a day of petrol and […]
McLaren UK Dealers named
McLaren has revealed that its three UK dealerships – Manchester, London and Birmingham – will be run by Sytner, Jardine and Rybrook respectively. Last month McLaren trailed a bit of info on the setup of the McLaren dealer network round the world, although it wasn’t naming names at that point. But now it has. The […]
Canadian Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
Back to Montreal after a miss last year, with Lewis Hamilton sitting on pole. Will he make it to the finish line, or will the Red Bulls dominate once again? In truth, there were five contenders for the Canadian Grand Prix this year. Both McLarens, both Red Bulls and Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari. In the end […]
McLaren MP4-12C: There WON’T be a 2+2
Following recent rumours that McLaren are to build a 2+2 version of the MP4-12C, McLaren has made it clear that under no circumstances will it happen. The Interweb is full of rumour. Some would say it’s full of rumour and conjecture and little else. Which would be a tad too harsh. But there is plenty of rumour […]
Turkish Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
Turkey’s turn to host the F1 circus this week, with the Red Bulls & McLarens filling the front two rows of the grid. Will it stay like that through the race? Turkey is all about East meets West. The Turkish Grand Prix was about two different comings together – that of the fight between Red […]
McLaren F1 241mph record video
With McLaren F1 celebrations going on, we thought it was a good time to show the video of the McLaren F1 – XP5 – hitting 240.1 mph – a world record. The last few weeks have been a bit of a McLaren F1 festival on Cars UK. But then it is 20 years since the […]