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Hamilton and Button drive new McLaren at Goodwood

Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton drive the new McLaren MP4-12C supercar at Goodwood. Gallery and video

The 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed saw the public debut of the new McLaren supercar, the MP4-12C. And who better to pilot a bright orange example up the Goodwood hill during the weekend's supercar runs than the company's Formula 1 drivers, current world champion Jenson Button and the man he surpassed to the title, Lewis Hamilton. Both are British heroes and drove the car to whoops, cheers and applause.

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