Mar 7 2015
The Mercedes-Benz McLaren MP4-16 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the 2001 Formula One season. It was driven by double world champion Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard in what would be their sixth and final season together as McLaren team-mates. The McLaren MP4-16 was launched on 7 February at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, Spain and immediately […]
Mar 5 2015
The final Mercedes-Benz Penske PC car Compared with Penske PC 27, the Penske PC 27 B was aerodynamically optimized. The air flows were improved by the front and rear wheels, as well as at the vehicle underbody. The side parts of the rear wing received a gradation on the upper edge of the rear wing element. The overall […]
Feb 28 2015
Here are the full episodes of the steps Mercedes-Benz took to be ready for 2015 F1 Championship. Episode 1 – The History of Silver Arrows: Episode 2: Factory Tour with Toto Wolff: Episode 3: Formula One Design & Development: Episode 4: The Sport the never Sleeps: Episode 5: The Finishing Touches: Episode 6: The […]
Feb 24 2015
The PC27 was the last car from the Penske factory in Poole in Dorset and raced in the 1998 Champcar season by # 2 Al Unser Jnr. and # 3 Alex Riberio. By Roger Penske’s standard the car was less than successful scoring only two podium finishes, with Al Unser Jnr. 2nd in Mowgli, Japan […]
Feb 15 2015
The new MP4-15 was more an evolution from MP4-14, than a new car but with continual changes to the aerodynamics and a new power-steering set-up coming on stream during the season, testing and development were to move even higher up the list of priorities. Coulthard was quick to acknowledge Panis‘s important place in the team, […]
Feb 12 2015
The Penske PC-26 was designed by Nigel Bennett and manufactured by Penske Cars in Poole, Dorset for the 1997 CART Championship. Being a development of the PC-25, the PC-26 was designed to address the twitchy nature of the previous year car. Five chassis were produced and driven by Al Unser Jr. and Paul Tracy. The Ilmor produced 850 bhp Mercedes-Benz IC108D engine served as the powerplant driving through […]
Feb 7 2015
According to Neil Oatley, the success of the MP4-13 allowed West McLaren Mercedes “to push the design of the MP4-14 more that we would have been comfortable with the previous year. We had more time with the next car, and could afford to be a little more adventurous in some of its mechanical aspects.” None […]
Jan 24 2015
After the 1995 season, the team Penske, along with the vice champion Al Unser Jr. decided to promote some changes in the team for 1996, especially after the humiliating attempt to classify their two cars in the Indy 500 that year, In comparison with the previous year’s version PC24, PC25 was aerodynamically optimized – hardly visible to the naked eye […]
Jan 5 2015
Despite winning the FIA GT Championship in dominating fashion for the second year running, the AMG Mercedes-Benz team could not look back at a perfect 1998 season. The big stain on their record was the complete failure of the CLK-LM in the 24 Hours of Le Mans; by far the most important race of the […]
Apr 1 2015
2002 Mercedes-Benz McLaren MP4-17
McLaren Mercedes presented its 2002 challenger, the MP4-17, at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. Following the unveiling Alexander Wurz took the MP4-17 for its first run of the day. With only a few FIA Formula One regulation changes for the technical team to take into consideration, the MP4-17 is an evolution of last […]
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