44 seconds of the McLaren MP4-12C in the video above is just not enough to satisfy us! At the Goodwood Festival of Speed the new McLaren supercar does a smooth run and if you keep your eyes peeled, you’ll even see the spoiler pop up as it brakes into a corner. In the video after the jump you can see F1 drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton drive the car at the festival (with Hamilton’s usual laid-back approach - there’s no way you’d catch me cruising along in the MP4-12C with just one hand on the steering wheel).

McLaren seems very aware that it comes from a racing tradition and has no guaranteed success in competing with the likes of Ferrari, for years in the supercar luxury road car sector. But there’s a lot of pride associated with the car, and more than enough pedigree to ensure that it should be equally as successful.

Continue reading: McLaren MP4-12C at Goodwood with Hamilton and Button

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After being served a notice and having his Mercedes C 63 AMG impounded, McLaren F1 driver Lewis Hamilton could become the world’s most famous and capable hoon - or at least Australia’s most famous and capable, according to Car Advice. On practicing a few burn outs outside the Albert Park F1 circuit, Hamilton was served a summons and had his car impounded in what will go down as Australia’s most high profile “hoon” arrest.

As Car Advice reports, Hamilton is most likely the most famous hoon ever arrested in the state of Victoria, Australia, and certainly the richest, earning more than 22 million euros a year. He joins a list of famous hoons, including:

Victoria’s youngest hoon, Laney Frankland, 5, whose 49cc minibike was impounded when Victorian police swooped as the girl rode the bike in parkland under parental supervision. The title of oldest Victorian hoon is also hotly contested – on February 28 this year a 90-year-old man stormed past the previous 80-year-old 150km/h record holder to become the state’s oldest hoon after driving drunk at more than 20km/h over the speed limit.

Continue reading: Mercedes C63 AMG impounded: Hamilton world's greatest hoon

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After the presentation of the McLaren MP4-12C which included an interview with F1 drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, we see the MP4-12C track testing at Goodwood with the two drivers. Hamilton and Button clearly have to draw the company line and are unlikely to say anything negative about the car, unless you include “remember that it’s a road car” in that category. We get more of an idea of the MP4’s supercar driving characteristics and clearly McLaren have concentrated on building a technologically impressive vehicle, while also making sure that driving feel is part of the equation.

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In this very funny and very English video, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen from the McLaren Mercedes team, swap their racing suits to become black cabbies on the streets of London.

The video has been made to promote the new interactive “Taxi Grand Prix” game from Vodafone, official sponsor of the team. The two drivers race around on board two TX4 models with some Formula One extras to the black cabs. Enjoy the video!

Source | Autoblog.com

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