First pictures: Raikkonen and MP4-18.

After a brief introduction in the hands of Alex Wurz two weeks ago, the new McLaren-Mercedes MP4-18 has been put through its paces in the hands of Kimi Raikkonen at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya over the past few days.

Parent company DaimlerChrysler has issued a handful of images depicting the Finn's introduction to the car the Woking team hopes will maintain his championship challenge, and which is due to hit the tracks competitively at the European Grand Prix in three weeks' time.

To see the pictures, go to The Last 50' in the F1 channel....

After a brief introduction in the hands of Alex Wurz two weeks ago, the new McLaren-Mercedes MP4-18 has been put through its paces in the hands of Kimi Raikkonen at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya over the past few days.

Parent company DaimlerChrysler has issued a handful of images depicting the Finn's introduction to the car the Woking team hopes will maintain his championship challenge, and which is due to hit the tracks competitively at the European Grand Prix in three weeks' time.

To see the pictures, go to The Last 50' in the F1 channel....

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