2013 Car Launches: Mercedes W04 breaks cover at Jerez (+Pictures)

Monday, February 4, 2013

Mercedes has launched its new car - the W04 - during a filming day at the Jerez circuit.

The car was first seen as Nico Rosberg was driving on the circuit with new team-mate Lewis Hamilton taking photographs trackside as Mercedes announced a new partnership with BlackBerry. Following the morning's filming the car was officially launched by both drivers on the start/finish straight.
The new car

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2013 Car Launches: Red Bull present their RB9 challenger at Milton Keynes (+Pictures)

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Red Bull has launched its 2013 car, the RB9, at its base in Milton Keynes.

The latest Adrian Newey-designed car features a stepped nose like last year's car but without the driver cooling slot, as well as a tightly packaged rear end. Newey said the car does have a vanity panel - a thin carbon fibre fairing that other teams have used to disguise the step - but that "it doesn't extend too far

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2013 Car Launches: Sauber launch the C32 with new design and livery (+Pictures)

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Sauber has become the latest team to launch its 2013 car, unveiling the C32 at its factory in Hinwill, Switzerland.

The car carries the hopes of new-recruit Nico Hulkenberg and rookie Esteban Gutierrez, who were both on hand to remove the covers. The C32 has some distinctive features such as a stepped nose that is masked from the side by a channelled vanity panel, but is still obvious when

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2013 Car Launches: Force India launch VJM06 at Silverstone (+Pictures)

Friday, February 1, 2013

Robert Fearnley (GBR) Sahara Force India F1 Team Deputy Team Principal and Paul di Resta (GBR) Sahara Force India F1 with the new Sahara Force India F1 VJM06.
Sahara Force India F1 VJM06 Launch, Friday 1st February 2013. Silverstone, England.


Sahara Force India presented their new Formula One car on Friday with only one driver, Britain's Paul Di Resta, in attendance and mystery

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2013 Car Launches: Ferrari unveils new F138 car (+Pictures)

Ferrari has unveiled the car that it hopes will end a run of four years without a Formula One title.

The car's name - F138 - is a combination of the year and a tribute to the V8 engines which will be used for the last time this season, bringing an end to an eight-year run.

The car features an open nose and a slightly different body and tail from last year's F2012. It will be the 59th

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2013 Car Launches: Button and Perez unveil the McLaren MP4-28 (+Pictures)

Thursday, January 31, 2013

The wraps came off McLaren’s 2013 car on Thursday morning, as drivers Jenson Button and Sergio Perez revealed the Mercedes-powered MP4-28 at the team’s UK base in Woking.

Following a cavalcade of historic machinery from McLaren’s past - the team celebrate their 50th anniversary this year - Button and Perez entered the McLaren Technical Centre driving the company’s latest road cars, before

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2013 Car Launches: Lotus launch the new E21 (+Pictures)

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Lotus have become the first team to unveil their 2013 car after the wraps came off the Renault-powered E21 in an online launch ceremony broadcast from the team’s UK factory on Monday (28th Jan) evening.

With the new machine Lotus aim to build on their successful 2012 campaign, which saw Kimi Raikkonen win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix en route to the team finishing fourth in the constructors’

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2013 Car Launch and Pre-Season Testing schedule

Monday, January 21, 2013

The 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship gets underway with the 2013 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne's Albert Park on March 15-17. But before the racing can begin, each of the teams will be unveiling their new car. Here are some important dates for your diary in the weeks leading up to the start of the new season...

2013 car launches

TeamChassisEngineDateVenue
1Infiniti

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