TEAM McLAREN MERCEDES MP4-20 TO TEST IN INTERIM ORANGE LIVERY
 Team
McLaren Mercedes is returning to the track this Wednesday,
11th January, at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain, for the first
test of 2006.
Test drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Gary Paffett will be at
the wheel of two interim MP4-20's, which will be running in
an orange livery, prior to the launch of the new Team McLaren
Mercedes livery in mid-February. The orange is synonymous
with the origins of McLaren, as the team ran its Formula One
and CAN-AM racers in the colour for a number of years starting
with the M5A in 1968.
 This
week marks the start of 28 intensive on-track test days currently
scheduled for the team in Valencia, Barcelona, Imola and Jerez
leading up to the opening race of the 2006 World Championship,
the Bahrain Grand Prix, on Sunday 12th March. Kimi Raikkonen
and Juan Pablo Montoya will be starting their programmes during
the week commencing Monday 16th January.
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