Let's do Launch

05/02/2013
NEWS STORY

Your one-stop guide to the 2013 launches... in words and pictures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Picture Gallery: Here

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

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