McLaren Motorhome!

Started by TheIntrepid, July 10, 2007, 01:28:36 PM

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TheIntrepid

July 10, 2007, 01:28:36 PM
McLaren shows off new motorhome

By Jonathan Noble
Thursday, July 5th 2007, 17:38 GMT

Not satisfied with Formula One's biggest and most spectacular factory, McLaren have ensured their presence is equally sizeable in the paddock with their spectacular new 'Brand Centre' motorhome.

Unveiled at Silverstone on Thursday, the motorhome has dominated paddock chatter on the first day of the British Grand Prix and shows the team take their quest to be the best as serious off track as on it.

Towering three stories high, with a reflective-glass facade, the motorhome has left team boss Ron Dennis immensely proud as their former 'Communications Centre' was sent off into retirement.

The Brand Centre has an open-floor on the ground level, offices on the second floor and a special gallery for guests on the top.

McLaren have also pulled off a coup by getting Bernie Ecclestone to agree to allow them to host evening functions on the top floor for team guests.

The structure takes 48 hours to erect and, with it also taking two days to take down, it ensures a pretty tight schedule for the back-to-back European races. It is shipped to races on the back of 12 articulated lorries.

The drivers have also not been forgotten, with Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso getting special rooms with games consoles, showers, and MP3-docking stations.

But there were a few wry smiles around the Brand Centre launch on Thursday afternoon when, in a week dominated by 'Stepneygate', McLaren's white wine of choice was....Spy Valley.












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Nethead

#1
July 10, 2007, 02:17:41 PM Last Edit: July 10, 2007, 02:20:20 PM by Nethead
Even the Nethead here is at a loss for words... :confused:

Raza is gonna get one of these.
So many stairs...so little time...

sportyaccordy

#2
July 10, 2007, 05:53:34 PM
No lie, I was honestly expecting a hacked up F1 with a Winnebago back...

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SVT_Power

#3
July 10, 2007, 06:02:05 PM
:mask:
"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit'. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna

Soup DeVille

#4
July 10, 2007, 06:08:17 PM
And people say there's too much money tied up in F1...
Maybe we need to start off small. I mean, they don't let you fuck the glumpers at Glumpees without a level 4 FuckPass, do they?

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CJ

#5
July 10, 2007, 06:20:07 PM
 :confused:

Tave

#6
July 10, 2007, 06:30:29 PM
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ......................................................... what the hell is that thing?
As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.

Quote from: thecarnut on March 16, 2008, 10:33:43 AM
Depending on price, that could be a good deal.

the Teuton

#7
July 11, 2007, 05:47:30 AM
Does it have a 6 liter V12 in it?
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Galaxy

#8
July 11, 2007, 06:17:47 AM
It looks kind of ugly imo. I prefer the Red Bull "Energy station."






and the BMW-Sauber Motorhome



The old Mclaren-Mercedes communication center also looked better imo.

JYODER240

#9
July 11, 2007, 07:36:49 AM
I always thought these were motorhomes :huh:

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565

#10
July 11, 2007, 07:59:07 AM
Quote from: JYODER240 on July 11, 2007, 07:36:49 AM
I always thought these were motorhomes :huh:




Yeah I totally thought it was the red trailer next to the building in the first picture.

I guess when europeans talk about motorhomes they mean glorified circus tents (though they are glorified to the point of complete awesomeness).

TheIntrepid

#11
July 11, 2007, 08:07:06 AM
IMO if it has to be trucked up and lugged by 5 oversized loads, it's not a motorhome. Frankly, you could take the White House, cut it up into parts, and lug it on 5 flatbed oversized loads; is that a motorhome too?

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Soup DeVille

#12
July 11, 2007, 04:15:05 PM
Quote from: TheIntrepid on July 11, 2007, 08:07:06 AM
IMO if it has to be trucked up and lugged by 5 oversized loads, it's not a motorhome. Frankly, you could take the White House, cut it up into parts, and lug it on 5 flatbed oversized loads; is that a motorhome too?

It would take a lot more than 5 trucks, methinks.
Maybe we need to start off small. I mean, they don't let you fuck the glumpers at Glumpees without a level 4 FuckPass, do they?

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Autobahn

#13
July 11, 2007, 04:18:45 PM
Quote from: TheIntrepid on July 11, 2007, 08:07:06 AM
IMO if it has to be trucked up and lugged by 5 oversized loads, it's not a motorhome. Frankly, you could take the White House, cut it up into parts, and lug it on 5 flatbed oversized loads; is that a motorhome too?

Would that make George W. trailer-trash? ... Sorry I couldn't resist  :thumbsup:

Raghavan

#14
July 11, 2007, 04:21:15 PM
wow...

giant_mtb

#15
July 11, 2007, 06:05:11 PM
Think of all the petdrawl they're wasting using TWELVE trucks to haul that thing.  :lockedup:

Eye of the Tiger

#16
July 11, 2007, 06:06:58 PM
w.t.f.
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giant_mtb

#17
July 11, 2007, 06:11:28 PM
My roadside assistance penis is bigger than your roadside assistance penis!

Eye of the Tiger

#18
July 11, 2007, 06:12:46 PM
Quote from: giant_mtb on July 11, 2007, 06:11:28 PM
My roadside assistance penis is bigger than your roadside assistance penis!

I don't even have roadside assistance   :huh:  :cry:
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Soup DeVille

#19
July 11, 2007, 06:47:30 PM
Quote from: giant_mtb on July 11, 2007, 06:05:11 PM
Think of all the petdrawl they're wasting using TWELVE trucks to haul that thing.? :lockedup:

Which is tarnishing Formula One Racing's pristine environmental record...
Maybe we need to start off small. I mean, they don't let you fuck the glumpers at Glumpees without a level 4 FuckPass, do they?

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Onslaught

#20
July 11, 2007, 08:16:18 PM
This is all I need.


giant_mtb

#21
July 11, 2007, 08:31:33 PM
Quote from: Onslaught on July 11, 2007, 08:16:18 PM
This is all I need.




A one-winged spaceshiphome?  Wouldn't you just kinda...spin in circles?  I don't think you're gonna get very far... :huh:

Onslaught

#22
July 11, 2007, 08:34:37 PM
God tell me you young kids have seen Spaceballs?

SVT_Power

#23
July 11, 2007, 08:46:02 PM
of course! :lol:
"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit'. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna

giant_mtb

#24
July 11, 2007, 08:55:11 PM
Quote from: Onslaught on July 11, 2007, 08:34:37 PM
God tell me you young kids have seen Spaceballs?

Who?

:lol:

CJ

#25
July 11, 2007, 08:59:25 PM
SPACEBALLS!

The Pirate

#26
July 11, 2007, 09:01:01 PM
Oh, my God. It's Mega Maid. She's gone from suck to blow.
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Quote from: omicron on July 10, 2007, 10:58:12 PM
After you wake up with the sun at 6am on someone's floor, coughing up cigarette butts and tasting like warm beer, you may well change your opinion on this matter.

Eye of the Tiger

#27
July 11, 2007, 09:08:54 PM
Ludicrous speed!  :mask:
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Soup DeVille

#28
July 11, 2007, 09:30:52 PM
Shit, there goes the neighborhood.
Maybe we need to start off small. I mean, they don't let you fuck the glumpers at Glumpees without a level 4 FuckPass, do they?

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BimmerM3

#29
July 11, 2007, 11:19:50 PM
Quote from: Onslaught on July 11, 2007, 08:16:18 PM
This is all I need.




Did it always just have one wing?
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