Archive for February, 2006

Kimi Rejects $72m Offer

Kimi Raikkonen is rumoured to have rejected a $72 million offer from Ron Dennis to stay at McLaren until 2009. The deal would have seen him earn a cool $24m per year for 3 years.
It looks increasingly likely that Kimi is off to another team for 2007. Everyone is saying Ferrari, but don’t be surprised […]

2nd McLaren Team in 2007?

Mercedes may have a 2nd team in 2007 in the form of the Japanese-based Direxiv F1 Team. McLaren have been working with Direxiv since 2005. Last week they announced a driver development program with McLaren.
Adding more fuel to the fire is the fact that Jean Alesi was made a Senior Executive Director of Direxiv this […]

2006 McLaren Livery - MP4-21 F1

Once again McLaren are leading the way with a unique and innovative livery this season.

This car literally is a Silver Arrow.
The red wings most likely preparation for McLaren’s 2007 Vodafone sponsorship.
Despite not being a sponsor in 2006, I’m sure West are very happy with the similarity between the old car and the new. Perhaps there […]