Mercedes to give Formula One Champ Alonso a McLaren SLR 722

Formula One champ Fernando Alonso, the 25-year old Spaniard has been given the best that Mercedes-Benz has to offer—the ultra-rare Mercedes-McLaren 722. Alonso describes the McLaren as the “prettiest car in the world.” The McLaren 722 was constructed at the same Woking base in the UK where the MP4-22 racecar was also produced. The Special edition SLR is just one of the 150 cars in production - developed with the help of supercar legend Gordon Murray. The 722 labeling was taken from a race in 1955 where Stirling Moss and his co-driver Denis Jenkinson competed using a Mercedes Benz 300 SLR. The race started at exactly 7:22 in the morning at the Mille Miglia, thus the 722 labeling. Alonso is not the only one with a new coupe even his rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton View the rest of this article