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Richard Mille at the Salon Rétromobile
Rétromobile is a Salon which takes place every year in Paris on February and which is dedicated to the world of classic cars. The 2018 edition will close its doors the 11th of February so if you are in Paris, don't miss the opportunity to visit it... you will find some true gems!
And one of the key stands to visit is the one set up by Richard Mille dedicated to the key cars created by Bruce Mc Laren and after his death in 1970, by his team. Actually, and we need to be very thankful to Richard Mille for this attitude, the stand is dedicated to cars and only to cars. Not to watches. The most important here is to celebrate the passion for motor racing, for speed, for design.
The cars are parked around the central booth so even if the visitors don't have access to the guests area, everybody can enjoy such impressive gathering of legendary mechanical beauties.
I would like to share with you a few pics taken during my visit.
The entrance of the booth... a true homage to a mechanical wonder, the RM008. Please note that I didn't meet Felipe Massa during my visit!
The McLaren M2B (1966), the first car of the McLaren Racing Team. Even if it was not successful, it symbolizes the first steps of the team:
Maybe one of the most famous Formula 1 cars, the legendary MP 4/4. It reminds me the fierce struggle between Prost and Senna. Memories, memories...
How many Formula 1 championships are gathered on this pic? 7!
An overall view of the stand, the right side is dedicated to Endurance cars.
The McLaren P1:
The MacLaren 570S GT4:
Back to the early years with the M8D created in 1970, the year of Bruce McLaren's death. This car was dedicated to Can-Am races:
The M7A has more or less my age... I feel like a vintage guy!
Bruce McLaren was a multi-talented person: pilot, engineer, designer, manager... but his fav position was in the end behind the steering wheel.
I would like to thank a lot the Richard Mille team for the invitation and Richard Mille for having oranized such gathering of cars which are part of the motor racing history.
Fr.Xavier
And one of the key stands to visit is the one set up by Richard Mille dedicated to the key cars created by Bruce Mc Laren and after his death in 1970, by his team. Actually, and we need to be very thankful to Richard Mille for this attitude, the stand is dedicated to cars and only to cars. Not to watches. The most important here is to celebrate the passion for motor racing, for speed, for design.
The cars are parked around the central booth so even if the visitors don't have access to the guests area, everybody can enjoy such impressive gathering of legendary mechanical beauties.
I would like to share with you a few pics taken during my visit.
The entrance of the booth... a true homage to a mechanical wonder, the RM008. Please note that I didn't meet Felipe Massa during my visit!
The McLaren M2B (1966), the first car of the McLaren Racing Team. Even if it was not successful, it symbolizes the first steps of the team:
Maybe one of the most famous Formula 1 cars, the legendary MP 4/4. It reminds me the fierce struggle between Prost and Senna. Memories, memories...
How many Formula 1 championships are gathered on this pic? 7!
An overall view of the stand, the right side is dedicated to Endurance cars.
The McLaren P1:
The MacLaren 570S GT4:
Back to the early years with the M8D created in 1970, the year of Bruce McLaren's death. This car was dedicated to Can-Am races:
The M7A has more or less my age... I feel like a vintage guy!
Bruce McLaren was a multi-talented person: pilot, engineer, designer, manager... but his fav position was in the end behind the steering wheel.
I would like to thank a lot the Richard Mille team for the invitation and Richard Mille for having oranized such gathering of cars which are part of the motor racing history.
Fr.Xavier
Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. Time flies. That was when I watched F1. To answer to your question, as many world championship titles together than Michael Schumacher 😉
Thank you for this report FX.
Best wishes
Alkiro
Best wishes
Alkiro
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Those were the good old days of F1 for me .
Senna and Prost going at each other was amazing .
I stopped following F1 after Schumacher retired.
Would have been great to have seen a Maclaren RM11 launched here.
Iqbal
Senna and Prost going at each other was amazing .
I stopped following F1 after Schumacher retired.
Would have been great to have seen a Maclaren RM11 launched here.
Iqbal
Any word on....
the resulting watches from the long-ago announced RM-AML collaboration?? Nice pics, cheers, Filip
Thanks for the post
Looking forward to seeing what the McLaren-RM partnership brings in the future. Fingers crossed RM does something special with respect to the new Senna model which pushes the technology envelope of a (barely) road legal car.
Sorry Adamska and Gofigure, but I don't have any news nor clue about the resulting watches from the collaboration... [nt]
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I’m really looking forward to see the next McLaren-RM
Concept watch. Here’s hoping it’s packed with even more innovation and technology than the first. I really want RM to explore the case design and do something really different with it. I’m bored of it!
Do you think we will see something relating to this at Baselworld? [nt]
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The Senna is a technological marvel!
I too hope RM develops something special around this... as welll as the movement reflecting the design features of the new Senna I would really love to see RM do something new and innovative with the watch case, crown and pushers... something that integrates the lines and features of the Senna car body. What do you guys reckon?