Advantages: Brilliant car. Well funded team. Two great drivers. Disadvantages: Some reliability problems this season
McLaren the British-based Formula I team are one of the most successful motor racing teams in history. Formed in the late 1960's this team has won numerous grand prixs and are currently with Ferrari the best tean in Formula I racing. They are a well funded team and have arguably the best driver pairings of any team. Mika Hakkinen has won the world championship twice and David Couthard is undeniably a potential world champion. Currently he is second in the championship behind Michael Schumacher,who many afficinados regard as currently the greatest driver in Formula I. There are few niggling problems facing McLaren ,one is the apparent loss of form of Hakkinen,but he is a pretty determined driver and I believe he would like to win a third world championship very much. David Couthard had the terrible experience of an air crash but seems to ...
ashford 23.06.2000
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Advantages: Speed, Power Disadvantages: 3-seater, Expensive Parts
The McLaren F1 was designed as the ultimate road car. It was to have minimum weight, maximum driveability, practicality, and lots of driver appeal.
It was designed in 1990 with the concept already laid down but still without the team knowing what engine to use. Whatever it was, it had to be large in capacity yet light in weight and also compact. Turbo or Supercharging was out of the question - it had to be naturally aspirated but still with a power output of 500+ bhp. Eventually the team decided on BMW's unleaded 6 Litre V12 with quad overhead cams operating four valves a cylinder with variable valve timing. The engine block and heads are cast Aluminium alloy. The cam carriers, housing for the variable valve timing, and the casing for the sump are all a magnesium alloy, bringing the engine's weight to just 573lbs. The engine develops ...
Sparrow 18.10.2000
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Advantages: Good drivers and plenty of funding Disadvantages: Division between the drivers
McLaren were the most succesful team in the 1980's and early '90s but had a lean spell towards the end of the last decade, before Mika Hakkinen won them the title twice.
There seems to be the beginnings of strife within the team now though, as both drivers have openly stated they mean to win the title for themselves this year, regardless of their team-mate.
Reliability is a problem also for the team, with a number of retirements due to mechanical failure. More worrying is the recent form of Hakkinen, it appears he may have lost motivation and there are rumours he plans to retire at the end of this season.
Coulthard is a very good driver, perhaps even championship material but he needs to step out of Mika's shadow (which he did well at Monaco) and prove he is a match for Michael Schumacher.
The team has the funding to ...
DavidJWest 09.06.2000
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Product Information for "Fans - Malcolm McLaren" »
Product details
Title
Fans
Performer
Malcolm McLaren
Genre
Rock & Pop
Release Date
15/04/1985
Recomended Retail Price
8.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1984
Label / Distributor
Charisma / EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics
Engineer
Tom Lord-Alge; Mike Finleyson
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
77778736127
Catalogue Number
MMDCD 2
SPAR code
AAD
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Malcolm McLaren, Betty Ann White, Debbie Cole, Michael Austin, Angie B., Valerie Walters, Diane Garisto (vocals); Robby Kilgore, Stephen Hague, Walter Turbitt (various instruments); Jimi Tunnell, Craig Bihari (guitar); Timothy McFarland (piano); Sheila Pate (background vocals). Producers: Robbie Kilgore, Malcolm McClaren, Stephen Hague, Walter Turbitt. Recorded at Unique Recording, New York. Certainly one of the more bizarre major label releases of 1984, Malcolm McLaren's FANS has proven to be remarkably influential in ways that possibly not even its creator could have expected. On FANS, McLaren--who plays no instruments and sings even less than he did on his groundbreaking debut DUCK ROCK--combines opera, soul, and hip-hop in an entirely new (at the time) blend. Storylines and arias from CARMEN, TURANDOT, and MADAME BUTTERFLY are melded to slinky electronics. Oddly enough, the combination works. The singers, some of whom are operatic, and some of whom sound more like divas of the Whitney Houston variety, put over the material completely straight. There's not a trace of camp here, and the music, with its slow beats, woozy string samples and oddball accents, prefigures the rise of trip-hop by close to a decade. Put FANS beside a Moby album and you might have trouble telling them apart.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Madame Butterfly
2.
Fans
3.
Carmen (L'oiseau Rebelle)
4.
Boys Chorus
5.
Lauretta (O Mio Babbino Cara)
6.
Death Of A Butterfly
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