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Oi! McLaren! Find yourselves a new colour scheme!

This, my friends, is what next year's Mercedes may well look like. "But Jenwis!" I hear you bleat... "Isn't that a McLaren with some blue logos on it?". Well, kind of yes. But at the same time, Nope. If you remember back a bit (no, a bit more....there! You've got it!) the McLaren cars were once red and white and looked rather like a packet of well known fags. Once Mercedes started supplying them, they still had the ciggie branding, but of a different variety. The silver colour was a Merc thing. And now it would appear, they want it back. As previously mentioned in the FF1 Newsletter, McLaren were once orange in colour. With all those new teams next year, what better way to stand out from the crowd? What they need is some compatible sponsorship. Now, if only there was a company who were very.... Orange....? Mercedes have also picked up a spot of handy title sponsorship by Petronas, who used to sponsor Sauber. Hence the blue bits. (Currently listening to s...