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Last week a well-known British tabloid published an interview with British race car driver, Pippa Mann, the first ever British woman to contest the Indianapolis 500. For reasons that will be obvious to anyone who follows the American IndyCar Series, it was a tasteless article which Mann was subsequently horrified and furious about.

If you were following us on Twitter yesterday, then you might have noticed the invitation I posted inviting anyone who's visited McLaren's award-winning Technology Centre (MTC) to contact me.

The reason for my request was to provide some background to the BBC's coverage of McLaren's new £50m Production Centre (MPC), which is being opened by British Prime Minister, David Cameron, this afternoon.

Aston Martin were today announced as the coolest brand in the UK, outdoing Apple's iPhone which held the top spot last year. The index was drawn up from a potential list of more than 10,000 brands which are whittled down and rated by a panel of 35 'style-experts', before 2,100 members of the public provided their ratings.