(GMM) McLaren has moved to explain why rev-limited V10s, not Mercedes' 2006 V8 engines, were fitted to the orange winter cars at Jerez on Wednesday.
As the interim MP4-20B pulled out of the Spanish garage in the morning, a whisper rattled up pitlane that - faced with poor reliability in the November/December period - the German engine maker had decided to pull the V8 and hurriedly redesign it for the start of '06.
Not exactly so, a team statement contended.
''Engine production is focused on the V8 for the (2006) MP4-21 (car),'' McLaren clarified, ''which has different mountings from the one used in the MP4-20B.''
Because of this, however, McLaren will only resume on-track V8 testing with the debut of the new 2006 machine some time later this month.
Written: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:48:42
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