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# Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button unveil new McLaren MP4-26 car for 2011
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Formula One season
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## Lewis Hamilton said he was confident he would be "fighting at the front"
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once again this year as McLaren launched their 2011 challenger, the MP4-26, on
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a grey and wintry day in central Berlin.
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1:33PM GMT 04 Feb 2011
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After an ambitious presentation ceremony hosted by sponsors Vodafone, which
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involved members of the public bringing various car components on public
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transport to the venue in Potsdamer Platz to be assembled, **[Hamilton][2]**
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said he was looking forward to getting behind the wheel.
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"I just hope the car proves as innovative once we take to the track [at
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testing in Jerez] next week," the 2008 world champion said. "I head into 2011
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in a relaxed but determined frame of mind.
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"I've spared nothing during my winter fitness preparations and, in many ways,
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I feel as fit, focused and refreshed as I did ahead of my first season in
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Formula One in 2007.
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"Having spent the past few weeks talking with our designers and engineers, I
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feel extremely happy that we've created a car that will once again allow us to
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fight at the front."
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"This will be my fifth season in Formula One. So my aim for this year is to
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ensure that everything comes together in the best possible way and that, like
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last year, I'm able to fight for the title right down to the final race.
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* ## [Hamilton close to appointing new manager][3]
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"Of course, Jenson and I will be racing alongside three fellow world champions
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in 2011, and that's a testament to the strength of Formula One right now.
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"It's incredibly hard to say who'll be up at the front, but I'm an absolute
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racer and I'm looking forward to some fantastic, close racing and another
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thrilling conclusion to the season - hopefully with a McLaren driver on top."
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Team-mate **[Jenson Button][7]** said he was happy McLaren had done the right
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thing in delaying their launch until after the first test in Valencia this
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week.
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Although that decision means that the team's main rivals have had three days
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of running so far with their new cars, Button thinks that McLaren hold the
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advantage - because they have benefited from more development time with its
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2011 challenger.
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"I am sure they [our rivals] are saying that they have got an advantage
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because they are driving the new car already, and doing set-up work, KERS work
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and rear wing work, but I think that for us as a team we understand KERS and
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that is important," Button said.
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"I think it was important for us to spend as much time as possible building
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our car and that when we get it on the circuit it is competitive.
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"For us it was the best situation to go to Valencia with the old car and to
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drive the new Pirellis, and it is good because we can compare the tyres - and
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you can get lost if there is so much going on."
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