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McLaren

Full name	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Base	Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom
Team principal/s	Ron Dennis Martin Whitmarsh
Technical Directors	Paddy Lowe Neil Oatley[1]
Race drivers	22. Lewis Hamilton 23. Heikki Kovalainen
Test drivers	41. Pedro de la Rosa 41. Gary Paffett
Chassis	McLaren MP4-23
Engine	Mercedes-Benz FO 108V
Tyres	Bridgestone
Formula One World Championship Career
Debut	1966 Monaco Grand Prix
Latest race	2008 Turkish Grand Prix
Races competed	636
Constructors' Championships	8 (1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998)
Drivers' Championships	11 (1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999)
Race victories	157
Pole positions	134
Fastest laps	136[2]
2007 position	Excluded[3]

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McLaren, founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, UK. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and Canadian-American Challenge Cup. The current team was formed by the merger of Bruce McLaren Motor Racing with Project Four Racing in 1981. The team is managed by Ron Dennis and is part of McLaren Racing, a member of the McLaren Group. Engines are supplied by McLaren shareholder Mercedes-Benz through Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines. McLaren or MacLaren is a Scottish surname and the name of several individuals and businesses McLaren, a Formula 1 racing team McLaren Group McLaren Automotive For people named McLaren, see McLaren (surname) Clan MacLaren, the clan. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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McLaren is one of the most successful teams in Formula One, having won over 150 races, 11 Drivers' Championships and 8 Constructors' Championships. Autosport judges McLaren to have "bigger, more sophisticated" technical resources than any other team and a resultant higher development rate throughout a season. However it states that "operationally it is not as slick [as Ferrari], and this typically shows during moments of high stress. In such moments it's a team with a tendency to rely too much on its vast technical databank and not enough on the intuition of a single person making the call."^[4] Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. ...

Racing History

1960s

A McLaren M1A sports car of 1964, the first McLaren racing car.

Bruce McLaren Motor Racing was founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren,^[5] initially as a builder of sports cars. The Kiwi made the team’s Grand Prix debut at the 1966 Monaco race.^[5] However, Bruce’s race was rather short-lived due to a terminal oil leak on the car. The 1966 programme was hampered by a poor choice of engines—Bruce had selected a short-stroke version of the 4.2 litre Ford Indy engine, which generated a lot of noise but very little power and was big and bulky. Ironically, Jack Brabham had adopted a Repco-developed engine based on a similar Oldsmobile block to the one Bruce was using in his early sports cars and his team took the 1966 and 1967 world championships. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 466 pixelsFull resolution (2117 × 1232 pixel, file size: 650 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 466 pixelsFull resolution (2117 × 1232 pixel, file size: 650 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Bruce Leslie McLaren (born August 30, 1937– died June 2, 1970), born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. ... For other uses, see Kiwi (disambiguation). ... Results from the 1966 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 22, 1966. ... “Ford” redirects here. ... Indy 500 redirects here. ... Sir John Arthur Jack Brabham, OBE (born April 2, 1926) is an Australian racing driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966. ... Repco was a Formula One engine manufacturer from 1966 through 1969. ... Oldsmobile is a brand of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. ...

Bruce McLaren driving the McLaren M7C at the Nürburgring in 1969.

Bruce abandoned the Ford in favour of a woefully underpowered but at least reliable Serenissima V8 (a descendant of the old ATS V8) to score the team's first point. In 1967 he initially turned to a slightly enlarged M4 Formula Two car powered by a 2.0 litre BRM V8 before building a similar but slightly larger car called the M5 for the BRM V12. This was quick but had reliability problems and Bruce soon decided that the team had to adopt the Cosworth DFV engine. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2098x1529, 938 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): McLaren ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2098x1529, 938 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): McLaren ... Bruce Leslie McLaren (born August 30, 1937– died June 2, 1970), born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. ... Detailed Nürburgring map showing both the Nordschleife and the new GP section. ... Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ... 1961 Ferrari 250 TR modified by Giotto Bizzarrini for Volpis Scuderia Serenissima Scuderia Serenissima was a successful auto racing team in the early 1960s. ... The 1967 Formula One season was the 18th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Marc Surers 1979 Championship winning car Formula Two, abbreviated to F2, was a type of formula racing. ... British Racing Motors (generally known as BRM) was a British Formula 1 motor racing team. ... Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ... The Cosworth DFV V8 engine (DFV standing for double four valve) was the most successful in the history of Formula 1/Grand Prix motor racing. ...

Original McLaren kiwi logo; a New Zealand icon.

In 1966 and 1967 the team raced only one car in the Championship with Bruce behind the wheel. In addition to his Grand Prix duties, Bruce contested the Can Am Championship that year and, alongside team mate Denny Hulme, the pair won five out of the season’s six races. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Species See text. ... The 1966 Formula One season was the 17th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The 1967 Formula One season was the 18th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... This article is about the motorsport cup. ... Denis Clive Denny Hulme OBE (18 June 1936–4 October 1992) was a New Zealand car racer, the 1967 Formula One World Champion for the Brabham team. ...

Bruce McLaren, the team principal from 1966 to 1970 in 1966

In 1968 with the Cosworth powered M7 the team consisted of two drivers including reigning Formula One World Champion Denny Hulme who also drove for McLaren in Can Am that year. Bruce won the non-championship Race of Champions, at the Brands Hatch circuit, then the Belgian Grand Prix was the scene of the team's first Championship win. Hulme won the Italian Grand Prix and Canadian Grand Prix later in the year. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 444 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (565 × 762 pixels, file size: 289 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 444 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (565 × 762 pixels, file size: 289 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Bruce Leslie McLaren (born August 30, 1937– died June 2, 1970), born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. ... Season Summary Season Review 1968 Constructors Championship final standings 1968 Drivers Championship final standings Categories: Formula One seasons ... The Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, United Kingdom between 1967 and 1983. ... Brands Hatch is a British motor racing circuit. ... Results from the 1968 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 9, 1968 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Chris Amon 330. ... Results from the 1968 Formula One Italian Grand Prix held at Monza on September 8, 1968 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Jackie Oliver 126. ... Results from the 1968 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Mont-Tremblant on September 22, 1968 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Jo Siffert 135. ...

A further three podium finishes followed for Bruce in 1969, but the team's fifth win had to wait until the last race of the 1969 championship when Hulme won the Mexican Grand Prix. In Can Am the McLaren team won all eleven races. Bruce McLaren won six races, Hulme five, and Bruce won the driver's championship. Season Summary Season Review 1969 Constructors Championship final standings 1969 Drivers Championship final standings Categories: Formula One seasons ... Results from the 1969 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix held at Mexico City on October 19, 1969. ...

1970s

The McLaren M19C, with its distinctive Yardley sponsorship.

Emerson Fittipaldi in a M23 at the 1974 British Grand Prix.

The M26 was used from 1977 to 1979, but was not as successful as its predecessor.

As a team, McLaren had a disastrous beginning to the decade. The team entered the Indianapolis 500 for the first time but Hulme was severely burned on the hands in an incident in practice. Peter Revson replaced Hulme but retired from the race. Bruce's business partner Teddy Mayer took over effective control of the team. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1365, 255 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): McLaren Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1365, 255 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): McLaren Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x640, 113 KB) Source: en:Image:1974 F1 Emerson Fittipaldi British Grand Prix McLaren M23. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x640, 113 KB) Source: en:Image:1974 F1 Emerson Fittipaldi British Grand Prix McLaren M23. ... Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful open-wheel racing series driver, winning world championships in both Formula One and CART, and the Indianapolis 500 twice. ... Emerson Fittipaldi in the McLaren M23 at the 1974 British Grand Prix The McLaren M23 was a Formula 1 car designed by Gordon Coppuck with input from John Barnard. ... Emerson Fittipaldi finished in second place. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 960 pixel, file size: 132 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 960 pixel, file size: 132 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The McLaren M26 was a Formula 1 car designed by Gordon Coppuck to replace the ageing McLaren M23 model. ... The 1977 Formula One season was the 28th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The 1979 Formula One season was the 30th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Indy 500 redirects here. ... Peter Jeffrey Revson (born in New York City, February 27, 1939 - died in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 22, 1974) was a racecar and Formula One driver from United States. ... Teddy Mayer (born 1930s?, Scranton, USA) is a motor racing team manager who has enjoyed success in several categories of racing, including Formula One and Indycars. ...

On 2 June 1970 Bruce McLaren was killed in a crash at Goodwood while testing the new M8D Can Am car. While travelling at 170 mph (270 km/h), a fastener for the rear bodywork failed and the entire rear piece detached from the car. The car spun into a concrete marshal post and McLaren was killed instantly. Twelve days after Bruce McLaren's death Dan Gurney won the opening Can Am race of 1970 at Mosport for McLaren. The McLaren M8D won nine of the ten races in 1970 and Hulme won the championship. In 1971 the team saw off the challenge of 1969 World Champion Jackie Stewart in the Lola T260, winning eight races, with Peter Revson taking the title. is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Goodwood Circuit is a name that is ingrained in motorsport, being one of the truly historic venues for both 2- and 4-wheeled motorsport in the UK. Goodwood is based in the lands around Goodwood House where there is both a short-circuit track and a hill track. ... Daniel Sexton Gurney (born April 13, 1931) is one of the most important figures in the history of American auto racing. ... Mosport International Raceway, or Mosport Park, is a multi-track facility located north of Bowmanville, Ontario. ... Sir John Young Stewart, OBE[2] (born 11 June 1939 in Milton, West Dunbartonshire), better known as Jackie, and nicknamed The Flying Scot, is a Scottish[3] former racing driver. ...

McLaren went winless in Formula 1 in 1970 and 1971, years dominated by Jochen Rindt and Jackie Stewart respectively. Hulme took the team's first F1 win since Bruce's death in the 1972 South African Grand Prix with the M19C. Hulme also won three Can Am races in 1972 but the McLaren M20 was defeated by the Porsche 917/10s of Mark Donohue and George Follmer. McLaren decided to abandon the Can Am series at the end of 1972, focussing solely on Formula One and USAC. The original Can Am series itself ceased at the end of 1974, with McLaren by far the most successful constructor with 43 wins. This article recaps the 1970 Formula One season. ... The 1971 Formula One season was the 22nd FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Jochen Rindt Karl Jochen Rindt (born April 18, 1942 - died September 5, 1970) was a racing driver. ... Results from the 1972 Formula One South African Grand Prix held at Kyalami on March 4, 1972 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Mike Hailwood 118. ... The Porsche 917 gave Porsche its first overall wins at the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1970 and 1971. ... Mark Neary Donohue, Jr. ... George Follmer was a Formula One driver from the United States. ... F1 redirects here. ... The United States Automobile Club (USAC) was the primary sanctioning body for open-wheel motor racing in the United States from the mid-1950s until the late 1970s. ...

In USAC competition Peter Revson had won pole position for the 1971 Indianapolis 500 in a McLaren M16. The M16 introduced to USAC competition the concept of mounting the car's engine entirely ahead of the rear axle, rather than partly over it, as was the standard at the time. The car also wore prominent front and rear wings, another practice not common in American racing. Revson finished second in 1971, and Mark Donohue won the '500' in 1972 driving a McLaren-Offenhauser run by Roger Penske. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Penske PC23 car Roger Penske (born February 20, 1937 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is the owner of a very successful automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses. ...

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In 1974 Emerson Fittipaldi joined McLaren, now under the direction of Teddy Mayer, from Lotus to become their lead driver. The team achieved their first Formula One World Constructors' and World Drivers' Championship (with Fittipaldi) and their first Indianapolis 500 win (with Johnny Rutherford). The year also saw Yardley cosmetics replaced as Formula One sponsor by Marlboro cigarettes (although one Yardley car was run by an ostensibly separate team for the year alongside the two Marlboro entries), a deal that was to last until 1997. 1975 was a less successful year for the team. Fittipaldi was second in the championship behind Niki Lauda. Jochen Mass took his sole GP win in Spain, and Rutherford was second at Indianapolis. At the end of 1975 Fittipaldi left McLaren to join his brother's Fittipaldi/Copersucar team. The 1974 Formula One season was the 25th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful open-wheel racing series driver, winning world championships in both Formula One and CART, and the Indianapolis 500 twice. ... Teddy Mayer (born 1930s?, Scranton, USA) is a motor racing team manager who has enjoyed success in several categories of racing, including Formula One and Indycars. ... The Formula One World Constructors Championship (WCC) is awarded by the FIA to the most successful Formula One constructor over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. ... The Formula One World Drivers Championship (WDC) is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA) to the most successful Formula One race car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. ... Marlboro logo Marlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Altria. ... The 1997 Formula One season was the 48th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The 1975 Formula One season was the 26th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian aviator, entrepreneur, former Formula One (F1) racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion. ... Jochen Mass, born September 30, 1946 was a Formula One driver from Germany. ... Fittipaldi Automotive, sometimes called Copersucar after its first major sponsor, was the only Formula One motor racing team and constructor ever to be based in Brazil. ...

The Drivers' Championship would come McLaren's way again in 1976 with Fittipaldi's replacement, James Hunt beating Niki Lauda by a single point. Meanwhile Johnny Rutherford scored McLaren's second Indianapolis 500 victory, with the team becoming the first team to twice accomplish both feats in the same year. Hunt won three times in F1 in 1977, but these would prove to be McLaren's last GP wins of the decade. The M23's replacement, the M26 was a troublesome car, and subsequent models were even less successful. McLaren ended their American involvement at the end of the 1979 CART season after increasingly poor returns from the series. The 1976 Formula One season was the 27th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... For other persons named James Hunt, see James Hunt (disambiguation). ... Emerson Fittipaldi in the McLaren M23 at the 1974 British Grand Prix The McLaren M23 was a Formula 1 car designed by Gordon Coppuck with input from John Barnard. ... The McLaren M26 was a Formula 1 car designed by Gordon Coppuck to replace the ageing McLaren M23 model. ... A cart is a vehicle or device, using two wheels and normally one horse, designed for transport. ...

1980s and early 1990s dominance

The current McLaren F1 team resulted from a merger of the McLaren team and Ron Dennis' personal Formula 2 team, called Project Four Racing, in 1980. Project Four was also backed by Marlboro, and had designer John Barnard and an innovative carbon-fibre F1 chassis design but no money and inadequate facilities for F1; McLaren had the facilities but were at the end of a long losing streak. John Hogan, a Philip Morris executive, forced McLaren chairman Teddy Mayer to accept the merger with Dennis' team. This was in effect a reverse takeover with the Formula One constructor becoming McLaren International.^[6] Ron Dennis at the 2000 Monaco Grand Prix Ron Dennis CBE (born June 1, 1947) is the chairman, CEO and 15% owner of the McLaren Group. ... Marlboro is the name of some places in the United States of America: Marlboro, New Jersey Marlboro, New York Marlboro, Vermont Upper Marlboro, Maryland Marlboro County, South Carolina Marlboro, Gauteng is the name of a suburb of Sandton in Gauteng Province, South Africa There is also Marlboro College Also see... John Barnard is a race car designer. ... Carbon fibre composite is a strong, light and very expensive material. ... Photo submitted by Martin Hornby - (Gallaher Cigarette Cards) John Hogan was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Altria Group, Inc. ... Teddy Mayer (born 1930s?, Scranton, USA) is a motor racing team manager who has enjoyed success in several categories of racing, including Formula One and Indycars. ... A reverse takeover occurs when a publicly-traded smaller company acquires ownership of a larger company. ... The McLaren Group, based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking in the United Kingdom, is a group of companies created by Ron Dennis. ...

Alain Prost in his McLaren MP4/2B at the 1985 German Grand Prix.

Ayrton Senna won his third and final world championship for McLaren in 1991.

In 1981 Dennis and his business partners bought out the other McLaren shareholders, Mayer and Tyler Alexander. In 1983 Dennis persuaded then Williams backer, Mansour Ojjeh to become a partner in McLaren International. Ojjeh invested in Porsche built turbocharged engines which carried the name of his company, Techniques d'Avant Garde (TAG).^[7] Image File history File links ProstAlain_McLarenMP4-2B_1985. ... Image File history File links ProstAlain_McLarenMP4-2B_1985. ... Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE (born 24 February 1955) is a French racing driver. ... Results from the 1985 Formula One German Grand Prix held at Nürburgring on August 4, 1985 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Niki Lauda 122. ... Ayrton Senna da Silva (pronounced / /, March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian three-times Formula One world champion. ... The 1991 Formula One season was the 42nd FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... This article recaps the 1981 Formula One season. ... This article recaps the 1983 Formula One season. ... Ralf Schumacher driving for the WilliamsF1 team at the 2003 United States Grand Prix WilliamsF1, formerly Williams Grand Prix Engineering, is a Formula One racing team formed and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. ... Ojjeh (centre) with fellow McLaren shareholder Ron Dennis (left) and Gerhard Berger Mansour Ojjeh is a Saudi Arabia-born entrepreneur who owns part of TAG, a Luxembourg-based holding company with interests worldwide. ... This article is about the auto company. ... Turbo redirects here. ... TAG Group (Holdings) SA is a private holding company based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg, and owned by Mansour Ojjeh and Akram Ojjeh, wealthy Saudi entrepreneurs. ... TAG Group (Holdings) SA is a private holding company based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg, and owned by Mansour Ojjeh and Akram Ojjeh, wealthy Saudi entrepreneurs. ...

The nomenclature for McLaren's F1 cars since the merger has caused some confusion among fans of the sport, as all McLaren cars since 1981 have carried designations of the form "MP4/x", or since 2001 "MP4-x"^[8], where x is the generation of the chassis (e.g. MP4/1, MP4-22). In fact, "MP4" stood initially for "Marlboro Project 4"^[9], so that the full title of the cars (McLaren MP4/x) reflected not only the historical name of the team, but also the names of the team's major sponsor and its new component part. The team's cars still use the same nomenclature, but since the change of title sponsor for the 1997 season, MP4 is now, rather conveniently, said to stand for McLaren-Project 4.^[10] At no time has the "MP4" prefix reflected the particular generation of the chassis. The McLaren MP4/1 was the first car to be built following the merger of the McLaren team and Ron Dennis Project 4 team. ... Constructors Championships 0 Drivers Championships 0 The McLaren MP4-22 is Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes Formula One car for the 2007 Formula One season. ... The 1997 Formula One season was the 48th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ...

The most successful period in McLaren's history came under the early leadership of Ron Dennis. John Barnard designed the revolutionary McLaren MP4/2 chassis, the first F1 chassis made entirely of carbon-fibre composites, which proved very strong when mated to the TAG/Porsche turbo engine, designed and built to Barnard's specifications. A succession of strong drivers helped, with Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Keke Rosberg, and Stefan Johansson driving for the team in this period. McLaren-Porsche won the Constructors' title in 1984 (with Lauda taking the Drivers' crown), and 1985 (with Prost winning his first world title). McLaren did not win the Constructors' Championship in 1986, although Prost took the drivers' title again. John Barnard is a race car designer. ... The McLaren MP4/2 was designed by John Barnard of McLaren for the 1984 season. ... Graphite-reinforced plastic or carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP or CRP), is a strong, light and very expensive composite material or fibre reinforced plastic. ... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ... Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian aviator, entrepreneur, former Formula One (F1) racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion. ... Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE (born 24 February 1955) is a French racing driver. ... Keke Rosberg (on the left) with Wolf Racing Crew at Monaco GP 1979 Keijo Erik Keke Rosberg (born December 6, 1948) was a popular Formula One driver in the early 1980s and, despite his birthplace Stockholm, Sweden, was the first regular driver from Finland in the series. ... Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson (born September 8, 1956) is a former Formula One driver from Sweden. ... The 1984 Formula One season was the 35th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... This article recaps the 1985 Formula One season. ... This article recaps the Formula One season of 1986. ...

After losing the previous two Constructors titles to Williams in 1986 and 1987, McLaren was able to convince Honda to switch its backing from Williams starting in 1988. The McLaren-Honda MP4/4 won an amazing 15 of 16 races that year and leading all but 27 laps, achieving a staggering and unbeaten record to this date. (Senna had been leading comfortably at Monza, but collided with back-marker Jean-Louis Schlesser's Williams.) Ayrton Senna took the driver's title that season, his first with the Woking marque. The next year, using a new 3.5 L naturally-aspirated engine designed by Honda, McLaren again won both titles with the McLaren MP4/5, with Alain Prost clinching it at the Japanese Grand Prix after a highly controversial collision with his teammate Senna. This was the culmination of a vitriolic feud between the two men. Not to be confused with Frank Williams Racing Cars, formed by Frank Williams 1967. ... This article recaps the Formula One season of 1987. ... Honda Racing F1 Team is a Formula One team run by Japanese car manufacturer Honda. ... The 1988 Formula One season was the 39th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The McLaren MP4/4 was one of the most dominant F1 race cars in the history of F1, thought by many to be the most dominant. ... Ayrton Senna da Silva (pronounced / /, March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian three-times Formula One world champion. ... Jean-Louis Schlesser is a racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. ... Ayrton Senna da Silva (pronounced / /, March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian three-times Formula One world champion. ... The McLaren MP4/5 was a Formula 1 car designed by Neil Oatley. ... Results from the 1989 Formula One Japanese Grand Prix held at Suzuka on October 22, 1989 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Alain Prost 143. ...

Alain Prost left to join the Ferrari team in 1990. Nevertheless, McLaren continued to dominate Formula One for the next two seasons, with Senna winning the World Drivers' Championship in 1990 and 1991, using the MP4/6 V12. McLaren also won the constructors title in both of those years. New teammate Gerhard Berger helped to ensure this double success. Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. ... The 1990 Formula One season was the 41st FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The 1991 Formula One season was the 42nd FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The McLaren MP4/6 was designed by Neil Oatley for the 1991 F1 season. ... Gerhard Berger, born August 27, 1959 in Wörgl is a popular Austrian ex-Grand Prix racing driver who owns 50% of Formula One team Scuderia Toro Rosso. ...

Mid-1990s decline

Mika Häkkinen driving the unsuccessful McLaren-Peugeot in 1994.

Beginning in 1992, McLaren's dominance began to be eroded by the ascendant Renault-powered Williams, a drop in form that was compounded by the departure of Honda from Formula One at the end of that season. Image File history File linksMetadata Hakkinen_Silverstone1994. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Hakkinen_Silverstone1994. ... Mika Pauli Häkkinen ( ) (born September 28, 1968 in Helsingin maalaiskunta) is a Finnish racing driver and two-time Formula One champion. ... The 1994 Formula One season was the 45th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... This article recaps the 1992 Formula One season. ... Renault F1 is the Renault companys Formula One racing team. ... Honda Racing F1 Team is a Formula One team run by Japanese car manufacturer Honda. ...

McLaren switched to customer Ford engines for the 1993 season. While these proved competitive in the hands of Senna, American Michael Andretti's season was a disaster, scoring only a handful of points. He was replaced before the end of the year by Finnish youngster Mika Häkkinen. Senna had played a game of brinkmanship with Dennis over his contract at the start of the season, but as it became obvious that the MP4/8 was competitive he agreed to complete the season. During 1993 McLaren experimented with a Lamborghini V12 which Senna reckoned was worth racing; Dennis chose a works deal with Peugeot instead, Lamborghini's owners Chrysler pulled the plug on the F1 programme and Senna departed for Williams at the end of the season. “Ford” redirects here. ... This article recaps the 1993 Formula One season. ... Ayrton Senna da Silva (pronounced / /, March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian three-times Formula One world champion. ... Andretti racing at Monterey, California, October 1991 Practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 Michael (right) practicing against Marco at Indy Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American retired CART and Formula One driver with Italian heritage. ... Mika Pauli Häkkinen ( ) (born September 28, 1968 in Helsingin maalaiskunta) is a Finnish racing driver and two-time Formula One champion. ... For other uses, see Lamborghini (disambiguation). ... Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën. ... For other uses, see Lamborghini (disambiguation). ... For other uses, including the Chrysler Brand, see Chrysler (disambiguation). ...

For 1994 Martin Brundle joined Häkkinen in new Peugeot-powered cars. The results and the engine were unimpressive, and Peugeot was dropped after a single year in favour of the promising new Mercedes-Benz (Ilmor) engine. But 1995 was even worse, with the radical MP4/10 proving to be too heavy and slow. Former world-champion Nigel Mansell came to the team, but had a torrid time — he was unable to fit into the car at first—and retired after just two races with Mark Blundell taking his place. The 1994 Formula One season was the 45th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... This article is about the racing driver. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... Ilmor, originally founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan in 1991, is an English independent high-performance autosport engineering company. ... The 1995 Formula One season was the 46th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The McLaren MP4/10 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the 1995 Formula One season. ... Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE (born August 8, 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire) is a British racing driver from England who won both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and CART World Series (1993). ... Mark Blundell (Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April 8, 1966) is a former Formula One, sportscar, and CART racing driver. ...

1996 was the end of an era for McLaren, as they parted company with long-term sponsors Marlboro, and the famous red and white McLaren livery disappeared from Formula One to be replaced with Reemtsma's West branding and a silver Mercedes livery in 1997. The 1996 Formula One season was the 47th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Marlboro logo Marlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Altria. ... Reemtsma is one of the biggest tobacco and cigarette producers in Europe. ... West is a German tobacco corporation best known for sponsoring the McLaren Formula One team. ... The 1997 Formula One season was the 48th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ...

Late 1990s return to form

While Williams dominated F1 in 1996 and 1997, McLaren made slow, careful strides with its Mercedes-Ilmor engine and drivers Häkkinen and David Coulthard. Coulthard made a promising start to the 1997 season by winning the Australian Grand Prix. The car was not good enough to consistently win grands prix, although Coulthard also won the Italian Grand Prix. David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, (born March 27, 1971 in Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire) is a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland. ... Results from the 1997 Formula One Australian Grand Prix held at Melbourne on March 9, 1997 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1m 30. ... Results from the 1997 Formula One Italian Grand Prix held at Monza on September 7, 1997 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Mika Hakkinen 1m 24. ...

David Coulthard driving for McLaren during the team's championship-winning 1998 season.

At the 1997 Austrian Grand Prix, Darren Heath, an F1 Racing photographer, noticed that the rear brakes of the McLarens were glowing red in an acceleration zone of the track. The magazine discovered through investigation that McLaren had installed a second brake pedal, selectable by the driver to act on one of the rear wheels. This allowed the driver to eliminate understeer and reduce wheelspin when exiting slow corners, or more usefully as slowing one half of the car to turn the car into a corner and so brake later deep into the heart of the turn. Though the car passed scrutineering this system was not entirely legal, but was an innovation, and hence gave McLaren an advantage. As the system allowed one side of the car to be retarded compared to the other the system was considered a type of four-wheel steering which was banned in F1. One notable backer of this complaint was Jackie Stewart; on the grid at Brazil in 1998 he aired this view in an interview with ITV. While F1 Racing suspected what McLaren were doing, they required proof to publish the story. At the Luxembourg Grand Prix the two McLarens retired from the race. This allowed Heath to take a picture of the footwell of Häkkinen's car and the second brake pedal. The story was run in the November issue of F1 Racing and led to the system being dubbed the "fiddle brake". Ferrari's protestations to the FIA lead to the system being banned at the 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix.^[11] David Coulthard, Montreal, 1998, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... David Coulthard, Montreal, 1998, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, (born March 27, 1971 in Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire) is a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland. ... This article recaps the 1998 Formula One season. ... Results from the 1997 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix held at A1-Ring on September 21, 1997 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Jacques Villeneuve 1m 11. ... Darren Heath, born 1970, is a motorsport photographer specialising in Formula One, and is Principal Photographer for F1 Racing magazine. ... F1 Racing is a monthly magazine focused on Formula One racing which launched in 1996. ... Ideally, when the car reaches the turn, the driver will steer it along the line marked with green dots. ... Sir John Young Stewart, OBE[2] (born 11 June 1939 in Milton, West Dunbartonshire), better known as Jackie, and nicknamed The Flying Scot, is a Scottish[3] former racing driver. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... The FIA rulings for Formula One stipulate that no country be allowed more than one race. ... The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established on June 20, 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ... Results from the 1998 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix held at Interlagos on March 29, 1998. ...

During 1997 McLaren poached Williams' talented designer, Adrian Newey. Then Mika Häkkinen offered a taste of things to come with his victory in the final race of the 1997 season, the European Grand Prix. Adrian Newey (born December 26, 1958) is currently the chief technical officer of the Red Bull Racing Formula One team. ... The 1997 European Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 26, 1997 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez. ...

The fact that McLaren now had Adrian Newey on board, coupled with the withdrawal of Renault at the end of 1997 allowed McLaren to mount a strong challenge in 1998, with one source^[12] even stating that McLaren had built such a strong team that the only way to increase their championship hopes was to hire double world champion Michael Schumacher. In 1998 the McLaren was once again able to regularly challenge for Grand Prix victories, winning nine grands prix that year. Häkkinen won the Drivers' Championship in 1998, scoring 100 points, and McLaren took the Constructors' Championship in 1998. Häkkinen took the title again in 1999, but the season was more difficult for the team who lost the Constructors' Championship to Ferrari despite an injured Schumacher. This article recaps the 1998 Formula One season. ... Michael Schumacher (pronounced , (born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany)[1] is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. ... The 1999 Formula One season was the 50th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. ...

2000s

Members of the McLaren Formula One team push driver Kimi Räikkönen's MP4-19 into the garage during qualifying for the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2004.

2000 was another closely-fought season, but ultimately Ferrari's Michael Schumacher prevailed. McLaren Formula One racing team, USGP, Indianapolis, 2004, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... McLaren Formula One racing team, USGP, Indianapolis, 2004, by Rick Dikeman File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (pronounced ) (born October 17, 1979 in Espoo, Finland) is a race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. ... The United States Grand Prix is a motor racing event which has taken place at various times since 1959 in several locations, at first as a part of the American Grand Prize series and later as a race in the Formula One World Championship. ... Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate town completely surrounded by Indianapolis) in the United States, is the second-oldest surviving automobile racing track in the world (after the Milwaukee Mile), having existed since 1909, and the original Speedway, the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word. ... F1 2000 redirects here. ... Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. ...