McLaren’s 2011 titles hopes have been invigorated with the launch of their new MP4 slash some number car in Berlin.

In a launch that looked more like a bad T-Mobile advert (sorry Vodafone) members of the public who were also actors brought in bits of the car to a shopping centre in Berlin where it was agonisingly put together by four awkward looking mechanics.

Then the actual launch began with Lewis and Jenson both standing (awkwardly) listening to a man in a long grey coat speak German as McLaren increasingly try to distance themselves from their Mercedes partnership and focus on their British driver lineup- oh.

The car itself looks a bit as through someone nudged the designer and his pen slipped. The sidepods are a funny shape and like the Williams and other cars this year the backend seems to actually not exist, suggesting that they are using some kind of parallel universe design to shed weight.

The rumoured all black livery has stayed as same as before silver and the front wing is just silly.

I love it.

The car looks