McLaren set to launch their 2013 car on January 31 – Formula 1 news
McLaren are set to launch their 2013 car, MP4-28, on January 31 in the United Kingdom, ahead of the first pre-season test.
The Woking based team has not specified the exact location where the car will be launched, however, they have announced that it will be somewhere in the UK. Furthermore, they will unveil their next year’s car at the end of next month before the first winter
test which is going to be held at Jerez circuit on February 5.
It will be important to mention that the British team is the second one to announce the launch date of 2013 vehicle after Force India, who has planned to unveil their next year’s contender on February 1 at Silverstone circuit.
The team principal of McLaren, Martin Whitmarsh has said that the sport is getting tougher and tougher with the passage of time as all the contenders are investing a lot of time and money in technological advancements so as to develop competitive cars.
“The strength and depth of the grid in terms of drivers and teams in my view, casting back over 24 years personally, is stronger than it's ever been,” Whitmarsh told ESPNF1.com. “It's more difficult to go out there week after week winning and being dominant,
and that's good.”
Besides, he said that the tyre management is going to play an important role in the next season and they must improve in that area so as to come up stronger right from the start.
“You've got well-funded teams, a period of comparative rule stability and I think the tyres have been quite tricky. For a good first half of this year they were a baffling ingredient in the performance package. So I think all those things mean it's close,”
he explained.
Additionally, he said that they have full confidence in their next year’s driver line-up which includes Jenson Button and Sergio Perez. He also said that their aim is to make the necessary development during the winter testing in order to attain better results
in the coming season.
Let’s see how Button performs with his new teammate, Perez in the next season and whether they will be able to achieve their team’s target or not.
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