![]() ![]() The MP4-28 features significant revisions compared to the MP4-27 as the team felt that the MP4-27 had reached the end of its development cycle, and that starting over would give the MP4-28 a wider scope for development. It was also the team's first season without a win since 2006. It was their first season without finishing on the podium since 1980, and they never qualified in the top five - their worst since 1983. The MP4-28 resulted in McLaren's worst Formula 1 performance for 33 years. It was also the last McLaren car to feature major sponsorship from Vodafone, a partnership that flourished for seven years, beginning in 2007 on the MP4-22. ![]() The car was launched on 31 January 2013, as part of the team's fiftieth anniversary celebrations. It was driven by 2009 World Champion Jenson Button and Sergio Pérez, the latter joining the team after Lewis Hamilton moved to Mercedes. The chassis was designed by Paddy Lowe, Neil Oatley, Tim Goss, Mark Ingham and Marcin Budkowski and was powered by a customer Mercedes-Benz engine. The McLaren MP4-28 is a Formula One racing car designed and built by the McLaren team for use in the 2013 Formula One season. Pirelli P Zero dry slick and Pirelli Cinturato treaded intermediate and wet tyres ĪP Racing electro-hydraulically operated, carbon multi-plate McLaren Applied Technologies 7-speed + 1 reverse sequential seamless semi-automatic paddle shift with epicyclic differential and multi-plate limited slip clutchĮxxonMobil High Performance Unleaded (5.75% bio fuel) Naturally aspirated, 18,000 RPM limited with KERS, mid-mounted Inboard torsion bar/damper system operated by pullrod and bell crank with a double wishbone arrangement. Moulded carbon fibre composite monocoque incorporating front and side impact structures with honeycomb structure Mark Williams (Head of Vehicle Engineering) Jenson Button driving the MP4-28 at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix ![]()
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