2013 McLaren MP4-28 F1 Car Unveiled

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team have finally revealed its newest Formula-1 car, the MP4-28 at McLaren Technology Centre, the car however looks all similar to the previous one, except the new nose. The new F1 race car was unveiled by McLaren’s star drivers Jenson Button and Sergio Perez, although Lewis Hamilton wasn’t there.

Button  who unveiled the vehicle said that everything under the carbon fibre is brand new. The parade brought to life a string of race- and championship-winning McLarens from across the decades, including 1970s M8D CanAm sportscar, Emerson Fittipaldi’s iconic 1974 M23, Ayrton Senna’s dominant 1988 MP4/4, our 1995 Le Mans-winning F1 GTR, Mika Hakkinen’s MP4-13 car from 1998, and the most recent championship winning car to wear the McLaren badge, the MP4-23 from 2008.

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez arrived at the event in a 12C Spider finished in heritage McLaren Orange, while his teammate followed closely behind in a camouflaged XP prototype version of the McLaren P1™. These two models brought proceedings fully up-to-date as they joined a spectacular grid of racing cars showcasing the brand’s history, and kicked off a year of 50th anniversary celebrations.