05/02/2013
NEWS STORY
Your one-stop guide to the 2013 launches... in words and pictures
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Lotus F1 Team - Enstone, Monday 28 January
Lotus unveiled its 2013 contender at its Enstone base in Oxfordshire. With limited changes to the technical and sporting regulations from 2012, little is changed on the E21 including the stepped nose. Here
Comments from Team Chairman, Gerard Lopez. Here
Comments from Team Principal, Eric Boullier. Here
Comments from Technical Director, James Allison. Here
Comments from Kimi Raikkonen. Here
Comments from Romain Grosjean. Here
Picture Gallery: Here
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - MTC, Thursday 31 January
McLaren launched its 2013 contender and at the same time kicked off a year of 50th anniversary celebrations with a spectacular parade of classic racing cars at the McLaren Technology Centre. Here
Comments from Team Principal, Martin Whitmarsh. Here
Comments from Jenson Button. Here
Comments from Sergio Perez. Here
Picture Gallery: Here
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Scuderia Ferrari - Maranello, Friday 1 February
Ferrari has unveiled its 2013 contender the F138, the fifty-ninth car built by the Italian team specifically to take part in the Formula 1 World Championship. Here
Comments from Ferrari President, Luca di Montezemolo. Here
Comments from Team Principal, Stefan Domenicali. Here
Comments from Chief Designer, Nikolas Tombazis and Deputy Chief Designer, Simone Resta. Here
Comments from Technical Director, Pat Fry and Head of Engine and Electronics, Luca Marmorini. Here
Comments from Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. Here
Picture Gallery: Here
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Sahara Force India - Silverstone, Friday 1 February
Paul di Resta cut a lonely figure as he unveiled Sahara Force India's 2013 contender at Silverstone, the team yet to name his teammate. He subsequently took to the track, the VJM06 being the first car to hit the tarmac this year. Here
Comments from Vijay Mallya. Here
Comments from Technical Director, Andy Green. Here
Comments from Chief Operating Officer, Otmar Szafnauer. Here
Comments from Paul di Resta. Here
Picture Gallery: Here
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Sauber F1 Team - Hinwil, Saturday 2 February
Sauber was the fifth team to unveil its 2013 contender, the C32, which was launched at the team's Hinwil HQ, being a very different proposition visually from its predecessor. Chief Designer, Matt Morris explains. Here
Comments from Team Principal, Monisha Kaltenborn. Here
Comments from Nico Hulkenberg. Here
Comments from Esteban Gutierrez. Here
Picture Gallery: Here
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Red Bull Racing - Milton Keynes, Sunday 3 February
In front of an audience of team members, partners, guests and international media, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber drew back the sheet to reveal the RB9, the final instalment in a generation of designs that have bought Infiniti Red Bull Racing 34 grand prix victories and six World Championships.
Comments from Team Principal, Christian Horner. Here
Comments from Technical Director, Adrian Newey. Here
Comments from Sebastian Vettel. Here
Comments from Mark Webber. Here
Picture Gallery: Here
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Mercedes AMG Petrobas - Jerez, Monday 4 February
The Mercedes AMG Petronas team became the seventh team to unveil its 2013 contender, when drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg presented the W04 to the media on the start/finish straight at Jerez. Here
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Scuderia Toro Rosso - Jerez, Monday 4 February
Toro Rosso unveiled its 2013 car, the STR8, in Jerez, Chief Designer, Luca Furbatto, revealing that only the steering wheel has been carried over from its predecessor. Here
Comments from Team Principal, Franz Tost. Here
Comments from Technical Director, James Key. Here
Comments from Jean-Eric Vergne. Here
Comments from Danie Ricciardo. Here
Picture Gallery: Here
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Caterham F1 Team, Jerez, Tuesday 5 February
Caterham's 2013 car was unveiled at Jerez, on the first day of the first official pre-season test. The car was revealed by the team's drivers Charles Pic and Giedo van der Garde. Here
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Marussia F1 Team, Jerez, Tuesday 5 February
Marussia has taken the wraps off its 2013 contender, the MR02, at Jerez, the Russian team heading into a new season with the aid of KERS for the first time. The MR02 represents a comprehensive evolution of the 2012 car, which proved to be the team's most successful package in its three years of competition. Here
Picture Gallery: Here