McLAREN MP4-29

McLaren's car, featuring its own variation on the 'drooping' nose design which has already become a talking point, is their response to the sport's new formula mandating 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged engines and enhanced recovery systems. Like all their rivals, they've been working to a tight deadline and its Mercedes engine was only fired up for the first time on Tuesday.

The team were criticised last year for the radical overhaul that resulted in the unspectacular MP4-28 but clearly have had no choice this time around.

In a sense, 2014 represents an interim season for McLaren. Besides the uncertainty at the helm, they have no title sponsor and are seeing out the final year of their Mercedes deal before switching back to Honda power.

Drivers this year will be Jensen Button and Kevin Magnussen.

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