McLaren presented its new racing car on Lewis Hamilton’s birthday. It was the best birthday present according to the Britton. During the presentation, McLaren boss, Ron Dennis said that the new car will be challenging the 2008 titles.

The new car has already spent over 3000 hours of wind tunnel development, and basically is an evolution of the MP4/22 car. Thus there are no significant visual differences.

The team had also announced that there will be some changes and upgrades until the first race in Australia.

Development had started over 10 months ago and there are still 68 working days till the new season’s dawn, so everyone will be working very hard to present the most competitive package.

“The ultimate goal of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team is to fight for both the Drivers' and Constructors' World Championships. We are looking forward to another competitive season as we look to build on the momentum of last year. Every single member of the team has worked extremely hard since the end of the 2007 season to get the MP4-23 on track as soon as possible, to ensure we have the maximum amount of testing time available before the cars leave for Australia. We are all extremely pleased to have the opportunity to launch our new car at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart underlining the strength of our partnership”, Ron Dennis told the media representatives.