McLaren MP4-21 [SEP] designer
McLaren MP4-21
The McLaren MP4-21 is a Formula One car designed by Adrian Newey for the 2006 Formula One season. The car continues the MP4-X naming system and is notable for its striking chrome livery with red stripes designed to maximize the visibility of the team's new primary sponsor Emirates. The distinctive needle-nose design was previously used on the MP4-19 in . The MP4-21 was the first McLaren car to be powered by purely Mercedes-Benz engines after 10 years partnership with Ilmor.
that was initially given to McLaren to develop the TAG/Porsche turbo engine, which Lauda wanted to do himself with race testing. This infuriated Ron Dennis and the team's Technical Director and McLaren MP4/1 designer John Barnard. Barnard had designed 's McLaren MP4/2 just for the new engine, and now (rather hastily) had to re-design his MP4/1 to "E" specification to run the V6 TAG engine rather than the Cosworth V8 engine. The MP4/1E was first driven by Watson, not Lauda, at the Porsche proving