We recently reported about the McLaren CEO’s statements to Ferrari regarding a Fernando Alonso transfer to Ferrari. Martin Whitmarsh stated, “We all know that Fernando Alonso’s move to Ferrari will have a ripple effect on other teams. It opens up the driver market. We are not in talks with any other drivers at the moment, but are obliged to have...

McLaren Mercedes has said that they are well aware of teams in the F1 scurrying to strengthen their line up for the upcoming 2010 season. Martin Whitmarsh, the team boss for McLaren, has said that Ferrari will most probably take Fernando Alonso as one of their drivers for the next season. “We all know that Fernando Alonso’s move to Ferrari will have a...

McLaren has announced that they have plans for a new facility which will be the building ground for new high-performance and high-technology sports car. The new McLaren Producion Center (MPC) will be able to build 20 McLaren sports cars per day, and this will allow for 800 new jobs. The MPC will release the company’s first “high performance and highly...

Great balls of fire! This is sick.. So sick it makes the swine flu epidemic look stupid. We feel as if that’s a good way to start this post as we don’t know what else to say which is sfw. The images below reveal the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 999 Red Gold Dream (DREAM????) which comes from the Swiss design Ueli Anliker. This dude has claimed that he’s...

McLaren have recently revealed that their F1 Racing team and their Automotive side will be separate companies, where the automotive side will be the ones responsible for the new P11 Supercar. The P11 is essentially a successor to the McLaren F1, which was their most legendary car. The new P11 Supercar has been rendered by AutoExpress, and it shows the car featuring...

Ron Dennis has decided that the will not be involved in the McLaren Foruma One team anymore, and he would rather like to head the McLaren Automotive department, which will become a separate independant company. The new McLaren P11 is the successor to the McLaren F1 which is a legacy sports car from the company. McLaren Automotive are planning to change a lot...

FAB Design have modified the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren into their own Desire model. The new car looks… Okay?… And it feature new aerodynamics and an extra large rear wing. There are extensive modifications under the hood, and FAB Design are hoping that the Desire will be desirable.. (Cheesy, we know) The McLaren SLR is boosted to 750-hp with 1,080Nm...

Recently at the Melbourne Grand Prix we saw Jarno Trulli being penalised for overtaking under safety car conditions, where he got a 25 second penalty. After receiving the penalty he was pushed back to 12th place where Hamilton was awarded with third place. However, after this happened a bit of new information has come into play, stating that McLaren have mislead...

This is the first spy video of the McLaren P11. The P11 was caught in cold conditions and the P11 is the new solo project from McLaren. The P11 is only a codename for the new supercar which is being created from McLaren, and the reason for the car is due to the partnership with Mercedes-Benz ending after the SLR. The P11 is expected to produce 404kW from a V8 engine which...

McLaren have announced new plans to produce more than 100 cars per year, as the new output will be set at 1,000 cars per year by 2011. McLaren will then move onto producing 4,000 cars per year later on. The supercar maker is busy finishing off the last models with Mercedes-Benz before they can sell their own products, which will cost less than the current partnership...

A new supercar has hit the tarmac, and it is called the Hulme CanAm. The Hulme CanAm was built by a Mr. Jock Freemantle, and he said that it a life long dream to build his own car. Denny Hulme is a man from New Zealand, and he won the F1 title in 1967 before winning the Can-Am championship a year after, and the bright orange car features the same colour as the...

ASMA Design have modded the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR 722 to their specifications. The new ASMA Design Perfectus SLR is totally redone with new aggressive custom carbon fibre bodywork and 20-inch wheels. The original SLR only made 650-hp from the 5.4-litre supercharged V8, but this was not enough for ASMA Design, as they have upped the power to 750-hp, and this...

Mercedes-Benz will continue their presence in the Formula One race series, thanks to a very narrow margin of approved votes from the marque’s parent board. Mercedes-Benz currently supplies engines to the McLaren racing team, and they have been doing since 1995. The votes were tallied as three votes to two, which means that Daimler AG will continue to be...

The latest spy images from AutoExpress show us that the new McLaren, codenamed the P11, supercar is almost ready for the showroom. The P11 was caught undergoing some winter testing in Sweden, and the model is pretty much in the final stages of development. The project will be unveiled later this year, and it will follow in the footsteps of the original McLaren...

McLaren-Mercedes have unveiled their new MP4-24 car for the 2009 Formula One season. Along with the unveiling of the car, Ron Dennis also announced that he will step down as team principal as of March 1st, and his throne will then be handed over to Martin Whitmarsh. Dennis insisted that the decision was 100% his own, and he is stopping just short of full retirement...