McLaren MP4-19
David Coulthard in the McLaren MP4 -19
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The McLaren MP4 -19 was the Formula 1 racing car of McLaren for the 2004 Formula 1 season. He followed that used in the previous season McLaren MP4 - 17D.
Background
McLaren denied the Formula 1 season 2003 in the heavily revised last year's car McLaren MP -17 of the 2002 season, called McLaren MP4 - 17D. A car for the 2003 season has been developed under the name McLaren MP4 -18, but never used because cooling problems occurred that could not be solved because the car was designed by Adrian Newey designed to radically. That never used the car McLaren MP4 -19 was developed.
The MP4 -19 was found at the beginning of the season to be very unreliable and compared to the competition to be too slow, so that a revised model, the MP4 - 19B was used from the 11th race of the season in Großbritanntien. This car Kimi Raikkonen managed a podium finish right away.
Driver
McLaren continued the successful driver pairing from ben previous two years fixed: with the number 5, the Scot David Coulthard and the vice world champion of last year, the Finn Kimi Raikkonen, with the number 6 as a test driver acted the Austrian Alexander Wurz and Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa.
Season 2004
2004 season for McLaren was more than disappointing. McLaren it was not possible during the entire season, to intervene in the title fight. The MP4 -19 was found mainly at the beginning of the season to be extremely unreliable, frequently suffered the car suffered an engine failure. A podium finish could only be achieved for the 11th race of the season in Großbritanntien, a second place moved out of Kimi Raikkonen. A win was in season only once, in the 14th race of the season in Belgium, in turn, of Kimi Raikkonen.