Mclaren MP4-22

[deevlash]

Looks like its the livery is going to be similiar to last year but with red bits under the wrapper. Incidentally thats a MP4-21 thats been reliveried the 22 is being unveiled later on

[megy]

And here are the official pictures.





















Looks a nice evolution from last years car, but as usual, wont be the car the race in Oz.

[D-Angle]

I quite like it, but I expected more red considering how much Vodafone are paying them. If I were Vodafone, I'd be disappointed tbh.

[deevlash]

the racesuits are horrible, especially with black boots, that reminds me of people having to do PE in their shoes because they forgot their trainers

Edited by deevlash on Monday 15th January 17:54

[combemarshal]

My god, all the cars released so far are pig ugly!

[molineux1980]

It's a bit hunchbacked! " If it looks right............."

[Martin Keene]

combemarshal said:

My god, all the cars released so far are pig ugly!

No change there then... The last truly nice looking F1 cars was Hill's 1996 FW16. Last truly beautiful car was the Ferrari 640 & 641.

Everything since has been varying degrees of not bad/ugly/munter/

With the walrussed nose Williams being the real inducer...

[rubystone]

I guess I must be the only person who thinks it looks great - F1 equivalent of the Batmobile...

[kevin ritson]

I think it looks great too. If I was the boss of Vodafone I'd be happy - the car screams out their name more than anything else, which is better for them than Ferrari, where Philip Morris would always be calling the shots.

Not sure about the race suits, though...and is there a sideburn competition between Fernando and Lewis?

Interesting to see that Garry Paffett is still part of the line-up

[baz1985]

Oh look the driveshaft is already broken

[guyh]

deevlash said:

the racesuits are horrible, especially with black boots, that reminds me of people having to do PE in their shoes because they forgot their trainers

Edited by deevlash on Monday 15th January 17:54

Exactly, not good at all!

[flemke]

deevlash said:

the racesuits are horrible, especially with black boots, that reminds me of people having to do PE in their shoes because they forgot their trainers

The irony is that the black boots, in and of themselves, are the one part of their kit that looks decent.
The rest is just neon nonsense.

[FourWheelDrift]

Hamilton has already beaten Alonso, in the race for the longest sideburns

[LongQ]

flemke said:

deevlash said:

the racesuits are horrible, especially with black boots, that reminds me of people having to do PE in their shoes because they forgot their trainers

The irony is that the black boots, in and of themselves, are the one part of their kit that looks decent.
The rest is just neon nonsense.

I rather think I agree.

Some good shots for caption competitions there.

Alonso: "Don't look in a mirror. Don't look in a mirror. Just think of the bank balance."

[team underdog]

Every new car now is riddled with these mini wings / winglets etc whatever they be called... The cars would look so much better without them!

When you look at a F1 car now, there is so much extra bodywork that when one of these things hits a wall it will disintegrate every where - I say they ban them as a safety issue.

Bring back ground effect and slicks, ban all the silly junk.

[E38]

Alonso looks plain weird without all that bright blue all over him. Might be the really crap suits but still...

[stumartin]

I think it's a combination of the suit, him standing next to Hamilton, and the new hairdo, but he looks almost like an albino.

[megy]

A few years back, Mclaren were able to win championships, now the only way they can get the No1 on their car is to buy it, several million pounds but comes with a free driver.

[HeavySoul]

megy said:

Lovely looking machine this year - I hope they can pull back from their poor form of last season as always like to see Old Ron do well.

Think the driver pairing this year could be interesting...

[RedYellowGreen]

rubystone said:

I guess I must be the only person who thinks it looks great - F1 equivalent of the Batmobile...

No your not. I quite like it too, looks quite mean . Lets hope its not mean to drive though.