F1 car launches are not what they used to be – the expensive glitz and glamour, light displays and celebrities have been replaced by a brief photo opportunity by the testing garage with the car revealed from under a dust sheet, rather than emerging from a smoke display with music pumping in the background. So lets have a look at some of the historic occasions and work our way up to the one thing in F1 that has seen austerity measures – the modern F1 car launch. 10 ) McLaren: It's interesting that McLaren feature heavily in car launches from previous years and the whole top 10 could be filled with their previous PR antics including: 1997 – With London's Alexandra Place as...
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