Alistair Ball from Classic Automotive has sent over some stunning images of the McLaren MP4-25 Formula One car that will be driven by Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton in 2010.
The reveal at Woking last week is described most amusingly in an article from the Telegraph:
It was like something out of Romeo and Juliet; two lovers on a balcony, giddy with excitement, extolling the other’s virtues in the most glowing terms.
Except that, for Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, the lines were delivered using microphones while the entire workforce of Vodafone UK stood beneath them snapping away at the blossoming courtship on mobile camera-phones.
The highly anticipated launch of McLaren’s 2010 challenger, the MP4-25, at Vodafone’s UK headquarters in Newbury was the perfect opportunity for a choreographed love-in. Two hundred or so of the world’s press, row upon row of television cameras, a shiny new car with the number one painted on the sides, a controlled environment. The first chance to bury reports that this team might not be big enough for two world champions.
The photos do seem to reveal the two drivers at ease with each other, and seemingly rather enjoying a Q&A session.
During their mutual admiration society meeting, Button described Hamilton as ‘an exceptional driver’, while the 2008 world champ said Button was ‘the best there is’, also revealing that it was he who had first suggested Button as his new team-mate.
The MP4-25, for its part, looks like a radical departure from last year’s MP4-24, boasting a shark-fin engine cover, double diffuser, dorsal fin, silver and red corporate colour scheme, and restyled aerodynamics.
With Schumacher back on the scene, the all-English McLaren set-up and a McLaren-Mercedes rivalry to look forward to, the 2010 F1 season is unlikely to be a dull one.
• Hit up the gallery below for more images of the McLaren MP4-25 reveal
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