 | | | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is pleased to confirm that Finn Heikki Kovalainen will team up with Formula 1 World Championship runner-up Lewis Hamilton for the 2008 season. |
 | | Team Info | | | | Year of Foundation | 1963 | | | Founder | Bruce McLaren | | | F1 Debut | Grand Prix of Monaco 1966 | | | Grand Prix | 631 | | | World Champions | 11 | | | Constructor Titles | 8 | | | Wins | 156 | | | Pole Positions | 134 | | | Fastest Laps | 135 | | | Managing Director | Ron Dennis | | | Designers | Robin Herd (1966-1968)
Jo Marquart (1969-1970)
Ralph Bellamy (1971)
Gordon Coppuck (1972-1980)
John Barnard (1981-1986)
Steve Nichols (1987-1988)
Neil Oatley (1989-1997)
Adrian Newey (1998-2003)
Mike Coughlan (2003-2007) | | | 2008 Drivers | Lewis Hamilton | | | | Heikki Kovalainen | | | 2008 Test Drivers | Pedro de la Rosa | | | | Gary Paffett | |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes presented on January, 7, the MP4-23, the team's 2008 Formula 1 car, for the first time at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.
Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Daimler Board, and Ron Dennis, Chairman and CEO of the McLaren Group, welcomed all the guests to the official presentation, with Lewis Hamilton, who celebrates his 23rd birthday this day, and Heikki Kovalainen joined onstage by Pedro dela Rosa and fellow test driver Gary Paffett to unveil the MP4-23. The car was completed the day before at the McLaren Technology Centre in the UK and was moved to the approximately 1000kms distant Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim to be unveiled. |
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