WILLIAMS’ NICO ROSBERG has revealed he would be willing to take a pay cut in order to secure a drive with McLaren for the 2010 season.

Rosberg has grown increasingly frustrated at Williams’ inability to challenge for podiums regularly despite finishing in the points for the last six races.

And with McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen under pressure [...]

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HYBRID TECH is increasingly the flavour of the month; now, even the most un-green marques such as Ferrari are contemplating their own petrol-electric high-performance models.

Not wanting to be left out of the game, it appears McLaren is looking to establish a hybrid vehicle program of its own.

The British supercar maker has advertised a job vacancy [...]

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McLAREN’S LEWIS HAMILTON has conceded his team should have cut its losses and commenced work on a new car after it became obvious the MP4-24 was seriously below par.

The Woking-based outfit’s decision to completely immerse itself in the 2008 championship race and delay and progress on its 2009 machine has proved costly, with Hamilton and [...]

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The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has handed McLaren a suspended three race ban for bringing the sport into disrepute, after misleading a stewards hearing in Australia and Malaysia.

Motor racing’s governing body decided to impose the lenient sentence after McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh entered a guilty plea on all five breaches of [...]

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Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but you’ve got to wonder just how many people would describe the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 999 Red Gold Dream as anything other than an abomination.

Swiss designer Ueli Anliker is the man behind this intriguing creation and claims to have spent more than 30,000 man hours on [...]

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The lads at Auto Express say these latest renderings of the McLaren P11 supercar are the most accurate yet, but for some reason we can’t help but be a little underwhelmed.

Compared to the unique race-car stylings of the McLaren F1, the P11 looks almost generic in its shape. McLaren’s gunning for [...]

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Mercedes Benz Vice-President of Motorsport, Norbert Haug, has revealed the company’s Formula One operations are running at a profit only weeks after expressing doubts over its long term future in the sport.

Haug said Mercedes’ decision to support three teams on the F1 grid has benefited the company substantially in terms of [...]

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Ron Dennis will be landing firmly on his feet as he leaves McLaren Racing over the ‘Stewardsgate’ debacle.

News today puts Dennis at the helm of McLaren Automotive where he will oversee work on the upcoming McLaren P11 Supercar.

Dennis had this to say on the future of McLaren:
“The reorganisation of the McLaren Group is an extraordinarily [...]

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McLaren’s Ron Dennis has confirmed the worst-kept secret in Formula One, announcing he will hand over control of the company’s Formula One operations to Martin Whitmarsh.

Dennis’ decision to relinquish control of the F1 team was revealed as part of a major restructure of the McLaren Group’s corporate interests, which will see Dennis leading the company’s [...]

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McLaren Chairman Ron Dennis is expected to announce tonight he will cease all involvement in Formula One after a 27 year career.

He is set to remain in charge of the McLaren Group, but will hand over full control of F1 operations to Martin Whitmarsh, who was named Team Principal at the start of the season.

The [...]

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Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has hinted that McLaren could face expulsion from a number of Grands Prix this season as punishment for lying to stewards.

Ecclestone told the Daily Express that McLaren’s past offences could be taken into account when they face the World Motor Sport Council on April 29, saying the current breaches are [...]

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McLaren has been called to appear before an extraordinary meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council to respond to claims it has brought the sport into disrepute.

The hearing, which takes place in Paris on April 29, will see McLaren face charges it has breached Article 151c of the International Sporting Code on [...]

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