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Norbert Haug hopes Sunday's Formula One race in Shanghai is the 'most noticed event' in motor sport history. Mercedes' vice president of racing said parent company DaimlerChrysler will produce 'C and E Class sedans' in China from 2005. "We therefore want to present ourselves in a competitive way to the spectators at the race track or on the TV," said the German.
Haug said that at recent Grand Prix' the 'B spec' McLaren car had the speed 'to finish on the podium.'
Kimi Räikkönen won at Spa, but he also retired twice, 'which is twice too many,' according to Norbert Haug.
McLaren's F1 'CEO' Martin Whitmarsh, meanwhile, said China will open up Formula One to 'vast new audiences and markets.' Team driver David Coulthard arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday, 'to enable my body to acclimatise also to the time difference.'
