McLaren MP4-23

McLaren MP4-23

Lewis Hamilton at the 2008 UK GP
Constructor:	McLaren Racing
Predecessor:	McLaren MP4-22
Successor:	McLaren MP4-24
Technical specifications
Engine:	Mercedes-Benz FO 108V, V8
statistics
Driver:	L. Hamilton H. Kovalainen
First start:	2008 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
Starts Victories Poles SR 18th 6th 8th -
World Cup points:	151
Podiums:	13
Leadership laps:	338 over 1,566.727 km

The McLaren MP4-23 is the 36th Formula 1 - racing cars from McLaren . It was used in the 2008 Formula 1 season .

The V8 FO 108V came from Mercedes-Benz HPE . On January 7, 2008, the vehicle was presented to the public in the Mercedes-Benz World in Stuttgart. The drivers were the Briton Lewis Hamilton and the Finn Heikki Kovalainen . In total, they achieved eight pole positions , six wins and 151 points, which put the team in second place in the constructors' championship. In addition, Lewis Hamilton won the drivers' world championship with 98 points.

Results

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
Formula 1 season 2008																				151	2.
L. Hamilton	022nd	1	5	13	3	2	1	DNF	10	1	1	5	2	3	7th	3	12	1	5
H. Kovalainen	023	5	3	5	DNF	12	8th	9	4th	5	5	1	4th	10 *	2	10	DNF	DNF	7th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : McLaren MP4-23  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

• Formula 1 countdown 2008: McLaren-Mercedes (Motorsport-Total.com on March 1, 2008)
• Silver Arrows draw positive interim results (Motorsport-Total.com on January 16, 2008)
• Ferrari taunts: MP4-23 "a silver Ferrari" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 12, 2008)
• Whitmarsh: "85 percent of the parts are new" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 10, 2008)
• Technical data of the McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23 (Motorsport-Total.com on January 7, 2008)