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Details on SLR Stirling Moss Mercedes McLaren
 It makes sense Mercedes would be choosing in January Detroit to launch the topless and windowless Stirling Moss SLR edition, no? This air-in-your-hair amazing roadster unit will have the first public showing in North America at the International Auto Show.The ultimate, most extreme Mercedes SLR version will have the 75 units limit costing €750,000 ($1.07 million) The thing that separates the drive from the nature inside the speedster is the carbon fiber sleek bodywork, plus a tonneau cover applicable over the passenger space à la old school with topless racers.This SLR Stirling Moss is coming with the V8 5.5-liter supercharged taken from the 722 SLR, ...
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Hamilton and Belgium GP
 Lewis Hamilton - championship leader cruised up to the top on the time charts in the round of Belgium GP qualification – his 5th pole position this season. Felipe Massa, best chance for Ferrari to win the series, starting second, followed by Heikki Kovalainen in 3rd and Kimi Raikkonen on 4. Nick Heidfeld for BMW, contending, speculating the dropping out possibility in 2009 due to his new poor performance - 5th at the end in qualification. McLaren-Mercedes“After Valencia we knew we had to improve and that’s what we did,” affirmed the championship leader. Behind Felipe Massa at Ferrari, Kovalainen is 3rd. “I didn’t quite do ...
Tags: lewis hamilton, pole, belgium, gp, ferrari, q3
Mercedes announces plans for parting ways with McLaren
 Although it has been greatly assumed that Mercedes will end the McLaren working relationship after the last batch of the 75 SLRs roll out of the assembly line, the two firms have never commented on the future of the partnership. But the assumption turned into reality when Mercedes-Benz announced that it will be parting ways with McLaren after SLR ends the production run on 2009.“The partnership ends in 2009 and it will not be renewed,” a Mercedes spokesman commented to the Automotive News.The SLR model has never been the amazing success the German carmaker had hoped for plus Mercedes has just sold 1,577 examples of ...
Tags: mercedes, benz, mclaren, slr, slc
Red lights, red faces
 Canadian GP - McLaren Mercedes - RaceFelipe Massa failed to spot the red light at the end of the pitlane at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve last year, but this year Lewis Hamilton failed to see the very same light and two stationary Formula One cars as he made contact with the back of Kimi Raikkonen in the pit lane following a safety car period in the Canadian Grand Prix.Hamilton led from pole position until the safety car intervened but lost out in his pit stop to both Raikkonen and eventual race winner Robert Kubica before the incident took place. Hamilton and Raikkonen both retired on the ...
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Alonso denies his get out clause
 The BBC reports that Fernando Alonso played down speculation about moving to Ferrari when this season ends. When asked about a get out clause he said `No` and later on added `I do not remember that clause` continuing with `as we saw last year contracts are always very flexible`. Apparently referring to that cancellation/finishing of his contract with McLaren."At the moment, we have just started the championship. We are disappointed about our performance in the first two races, but it is not time to give up. It is time to keep working and then we will see at the end of the season where we ...
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Police Searched the Home of Ron Dennis and McLaren Offices
 The Telegraph, British newspaper, is reporting that Italian and British police searched yesterday homes owned by Ron Dennis, the team principal of McLaren and a search on McLaren headquarters too. A Spanish newspaper reported yesterday that Dennis was forced out of his role in the team by Mercedes-Benz, which is the owner of a big interest in that team.Police, according to this report, conducted the searches in the first morning hours looking for computer data and documents linking Ron Dennis to the last year thefts of confidential info from the Ferrari F1 team. It was reported that the computer files were removed by the Italian ...
Tags: mclare, police, search, office, home, ron dennis, british, italian
The Brochure of the Club Trophy USA
 When RENNTECH and RML made the announcement that the fearsome SLR McLaren 722GT Mercedes-Benz track auto would be available in the United States back in December, the two firms made reference to a one-make series for ultra-exclusive vehicles modeled on the SLR.Club`s European SLR.UNLIMITED shows.RENNTECH posted this morning a full PDF brochure about their 722GT mini-site that`s offering more details on the events while going into even more details about the auto itself, with an addition of technical specs and some exciting photos fromtrackday events 722GT at the Nurburgring and Paul Ricard.SLR.Club USA Trophy events promise some 5-star accommodations and the chance for owners ...
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Stepney denies the blame for F1 spying penalties
 The sacked engineer at Ferrari, Nigel Stepney, who is largely blamed for triggering last year the espionage scandals, has denied the responsibility for all the penalties that McLaren suffered. Despite admitting he was the source of 780-page secret dossier that was found in the possession of Mike Coughlan, Stepney affirmed it was the suspended chief designer at McLaren who used improperly the information.`I don`t feel responsible in any way at all for what happened at McLaren` Stepney, who previously was best known being Michael Schumacher`s ex chief engineer, told Sky Sports.`My ideas were to make contact with somebody but not to benefit. It was to ...
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Five more years for Lewis Hamilton
 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes extended today the contract of Lewis Hamilton with the team for an additional five years. The new deal, which begins for 2008, will be including the 2012 season too.RON DENNIS, THE CEO AND CHAIRMAN OF McLAREN GROUP`We are pleased to announce that we have extended our contract with Lewis, which will now run for a further five years until 2012. Following our initial Formula 1 agreement with Lewis, which we announced in November 2006, he went on to exceed all expectations for a rookie in Formula 1, even those of us in the team who have known him for over a decade. ...
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McLaren to be owned entirely by Daimler?
 Recent rumors say Daimler is willing to buy McLaren- even tough the Mercedes-Benz's parent company, Daimler did not confirm this news yet, there are more than one sources that confirm that e deal between the two has already been set. These two companies always had close relations and at in the present McLaren builds up the SLR for Mercedes-Benz and M-B supplies McLaren's racing program with power plants. In addition, Daimler owns 40% of McLaren.The rumors that Daimler might buy McLaren circulated all around the world since August 2006 and they revived later, in December that year. Moreover, it was said that the two ...
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