The 'Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' Launch thread

[Giuseppe F1]

Didnt realise it was happening so late toda - 19:00 CET!!!!

Here is the timetable of launch festivities from http://www.mclaren.com
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VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES TO LAUNCH NEW TEAM IN VALENCIA
10 January 2007 16:28

On Monday 15th January there will be a launch in Valencia, Spain, to present the new Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team and our two new drivers, double World Champion Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton as well as test drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett.

The Team Presentation will be taking place at the Cuidad de las Artes y las Ciencias, starting with a street demonstration around the venue from 19:00 local time, with the drivers in a series of Mercedes-Benz road cars. This will be followed by a breathtaking demonstration in the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes liveried MP4-21 Formula 1 cars by both Fernando and Lewis. This event is accessible to the public and information can be found in the local Valencian media.

Further information on the event and imagery can be found on http://www.mclaren.com during the course of the day.

[Ranger]

With the predicted Vodafone red covering quite a bit of the car, I predict I'll be disappointed with the McLaren livery this year.

EDIT: When is the car coming off the production line? Doesn't say anything on that press release about the MP4/22 being released today.

[Mark]

Good, it's about time they got rid of the silver. It has always looked horrid.

[RJL25]

still waiting.. been a couple of hours now since the little countdown reset itself!!

[Storm]

its 1900 CET!......its not even 1800 here right now. but for some reason the countdown clock shows 40 mins to go

[Ranger]

So when is this anticipated launch?

[jens]

Pics from yesterday.

[Ranger]

Looks like an MP4/21 with a leaner number. Not that it tells me much about what it will look like.

[jwhite9185]

Looks like theyre keeping most of it hidden with brown paper. Apart from the number 1 sticking out!

Does look like an MP4/21 though...

[PSfan]

Is this it?

http://www.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlin...15140542.shtml

Well even the zoomed in pic isn't that great, but it does look promising...