McLaren MP4-27

The McLaren MP4-27 is a racing car made by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for the 2012 Formula One Season. The chassis was designed by Paddy Lowe, Neil Oatley, Tim Gross, Andrew Bailey and Simon Lacey. It has a Mercedes-Benz engine. It was driven by former World Champion Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. It launched on 1 February at the McLaren team base in Woking, Surrey.

McLaren MP4-27 Media

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  The MP4-27's nose (bottom) compared with that of Force India's VJM05 (top), a more typical design of 2012-specification cars

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  Lewis Hamilton racing against Sebastian Vettel at the Chinese Grand Prix

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  Button at the Canadian Grand Prix

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  Button at the Italian Grand Prix, where he took second but ended up retiring during the race

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  Hamilton took fifth at the Japanese Grand Prix after starting from ninth