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JENSON BUTTON & LEWIS HAMILTON DRIVE THE MCLAREN MP4-12C

The last two Formula 1 World Champions now drive for the same team, Woking-based McLaren. McLaren, you may recall, is readying its first road car since the McLaren F1 for production. As you would have guessed, benefits of driving for one of the planet’s most famous racing outfits include the opportunity to drive the McLaren MP4-12C early on. Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton drive and discuss in the video below.

Here’s what you’ll learn in the video, apart from the fact that Jenson Button wears expensive sunglasses. Gunmetal grey is a good colour for the McLaren MP4-12C, unless you want to call it matte black. The sound of a McLaren MP4-12C is delicious. Compared with a Formula 1 car, driving a road car on a track is downright boring for a Formula 1 driver.

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