McLaren were big at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed, with the debut of the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 on the hillclimb driven by Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. We’ve covered just about every car that went up the hillclimb at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. We also managed to send Claire up the hillclimb […]
European Grand Prix (2011) RESULT
It’s a Red Bull lockout of the front row as Vettel attempts to reset the default settings for F1 2011 after Jenson Button upset him in Canada. Did it work? It’s probably as big a shift in weather and conditions as we’ve had this F1 season, from the deluge of the island track in Canada […]
Monaco Grand Prix (2011) RESULT
The Monaco Grand Prix is usually a procession, so with Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel on Pole and Jensen Button in second, is that how F1’s most glamorous race will end? Far from being a long line of very expensive F1 cars following each other round the streets of the Grimaldi Empire, the 2011 Monaco Grand […]
McLaren MP4-12C Performance Press Release
McLaren Automotive and the groundbreaking new MP4-12C: the vision McLaren MP4-12C high-performance sports car on sale worldwide in 2011 McLaren Racing DNA runs through the development of the 12C and a range of future high-performance sports cars from McLaren Automotive New McLaren Production Centre due for spring completion A new short film presenting the McLaren […]
McLaren MP4-12C: Now it’s the performance photos & video
After last night’s performance data from McLaren, this morning we have performance photos and performance video on the McLaren MP4-12C We should probably call today ‘McLaren Day’, not Valentine’s Day. For today is the day we get every last morsel of detail on McLaren’s first new car in almost twenty years – the McLaren MP4-12C. Keen readers […]
McLaren MP4-12C: Performance & technical specs
McLaren has revealed performance figures for the McLaren MP4-12C. It will hit 62mph in 3.3 seconds, 205 mph, 592 bhp and 443lb/ft of torque The roll-out of the McLaren MP4-12C has been extensive. And drawn -out. But, in the age of the Interweb, that’s the name of the game. We – the online media – […]
McLaren MP4-12C: The build begins +video
McLaren has started to build the McLaren MP4-12C for real, with 1,000 MP4-12Cs due to customer in 2011. Plus a ‘Best of the MP4-12C’ Video You could be forgiven for thinking that McLaren had already started building their Ferrari 458 challenging car – the McLaren MP4-12C. After all, it’s been turning up all over the place for […]
Italian Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
Just for a change, the Red Bulls failed to dominate in qualifying, so we have a Ferrari and McLaren front row, with Hamilton back in fifth. Did Ferrari get glory at Monza? It does make you wonder when you see one team – McLaren – using two completely different strategies whether they know what will […]
Belgian Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
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 […]
Hungarian Grand Prix (2010) RESULT
On the face of it more Red Bull domination on the grid, with a resurgent Ferrari snapping at their heels and McLaren a poor relation. Is that how it finished? Back to back with the German Grand Prix, the Hungarian Grand Prix looked like it would be a backward step for the McLarens, with Hamilton wringing the […]