Barcelona: important test for the MP4/18
But the MP4/19 will arrive before the end of this season! [ 07/07/03 - 17:11 ]
' is this Wednesday, in Barcelona, that the McLaren team will decide if the MP4/18 will be voyage in Silverstone, from here two small weeks. If the new work of the team of Adrian Newey does not manage to pass this test successfully, it is not impossible that its career is extremely short in F1 since Ron Dennis announces a MP4/19 before the end of this season. Strange...
"There will be two MP4/18 tracks this Wednesday in Barcelona of it for what will be a final test at the end which we will make a decision as for his participation in the GP of Great Britain - Ron Dennis declares - at the time of the preceding private tests, we had encountered problems, but anything really serious. Concerning the MP4/19, it will turn before the end of this season."
Ron Dennis will not say any more but that raises of course a heap of questions at all the observers. Will the MP4/18 have right to a true career in F1 or McLaren risks it to reject it into the oubliettes of the history of F1? Difficult to know some much more for the moment, McLaren not liking to extend on its developments in hand. It is however very strange, not to say more, to announce the nearest appearance of the MP4/19 whereas the MP4/18 did not take part yet in its first race.