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McLaren is a racing team based in Woking, Surrey, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor. The team is currently managed by Ron Dennis as part of McLaren Racing. McLaren is one of the most successful teams in Formula... [more]
McLaren is a racing team based in Woking, Surrey, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor. The team is currently managed by Ron Dennis as part of McLaren Racing.
McLaren is one of the most successful teams in Formula One, having won more Grands Prix than any constructor except Ferrari and numerous World Drivers' and World Constructors' Championships. When account is taken of the period of competition, McLaren emerge as the most successful team with 11 drivers' and 8 constructors' championships since 1966.
Twice Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso [ Images ] made his first public appearance with his new Ferrari [ Images ] team at an event in Valencia, Spain on Sunday. The 28-year-old, who begins a three-year deal with the Italian team in January ...
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• World champion should not link up with Lewis Hamilton• Stewart and Lauda advise against McLaren move Sir Jackie Stewart said today that Jenson Button should stay with the Brawn-Mercedes team for 2010 rather than accept an invitation to drive alongside Lewis Hamilton at McLaren as part of an all-British super-team.Stewart, a three times world champion, voiced his opinions forcefully on BBC1's Andrew Marr show today to which he had been...
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There are few sports figures paid as highly as Formula One drivers...world champions especially. With the 2009 season already wrapped up, teams are preparing for their assault on next year's championship, with an unprecedented game of musical chairs taking place in the off-season. Among the changes, two-time world champion Fernando Alonso is moving, at long last, from Renault to Ferrari. Trouble is, the Italian team already has two world...
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Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore says he has been suspended by the FIA as a result of secret negotiations.
Briatore was handed a lifetime suspension in September after motorsport's governing body ruled that the flamboyant Italian was behind a scam in which Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered to deliberately crash his car at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help teammate Fernando Alonso win the race.
Briatore said in a statement...
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Lewis Hamilton says he’s more in love with Formula One right now than ever and that he cannot imagine a season without Silverstone in a Q&A from his official website that seems to be the big news of an incredibly slow weekend.
Although I do like Todd’s pick-up about Nick Heidfeld going to McLaren. If only I looked good in Macca colors.
This Hamilton interview has been floating around all weekend, but it still is showing up—probably for one...
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Thursday's conference includes departing Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen and the man who replaces him next year, Fernando Alonso. On Friday, among the team principals is the man whose squad recently claimed the 2009 constructors' crown, Ross Brawn. The line-up in full...
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Base:
Woking, UK
Drivers:
F Alonso
L Hamilton
Test Drivers:
P de la Rosa
G Paffett
Chassis:
MP4-22
Engine:
Mercedes-Benz FO 108T
Tyres:
Bridgestone Potenza
First Season:
1966
World Championships:
8
Highest race finish:
1 (x149)
Pole Positions:
125
Fastest Laps:
129
2005
The MP4-20 proves the quickest car on the grid, but poor reliability means they narrowly miss out on constructors' title, despite winning 10 races - two more than champions Renault. Kimi Raikkonen is runner-up in drivers' championship, dominating team mate Juan Pablo Montoya, who finishes fourth in standings after missing two rounds through a shoulder injury.
2004
Worst start to a season in years with just five points from the first seven races. Stage strong recovery, including victory for Kimi Raikkonen in Belgium, to end the year fifth in the table.
2003
Third in the constructors' standings, just behind Williams. Kimi Raikkonen emerges as the team's key contender for the drivers' championship, losing out to Michael Schumacher at the final race in Japan.
2002
McLaren are pushed down to third place in the Constructors' Championship, behind Ferrari and Williams. David Coulthard takes fifth place in the Drivers' Championship.
2000
/ 2001 McLaren finish second in both Drivers' and Constructors' Championships, two years in a row.
1998
/ 1999 McLaren dominate after successfully adapting to rule changes. Mika Hakkinen takes the Drivers' Championship in both seasons with McLaren taking the Constructors' Championship in 1998.
1988
- 1991 A period of total McLaren dominance. In 1988 Ayrton Senna takes the title from his team mate Alain Prost, with honours reversed in 1989. In 1990 Senna takes back the title and retains it in 1991.
1985
/ 1986 Alain Prost takes back to back Drivers' Championships for McLaren.
1984
Niki Lauda, now driving for McLaren, takes the Drivers' Championship by half a point from team mate Alain Prost.
1976
McLaren's James Hunt takes the Drivers' Championship by a single point from Niki Lauda.
1970
Bruce McLaren is killed at the Goodwood circuit while testing a Can-Am sportscar.
1968
Bruce McLaren wins in Belgium, giving his own team its first Grand Prix victory. McLaren finishes second in the Constructors' Championship.
1963
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd founded.
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| McLaren |
L Hamilton
G Paffett
| 2006 | Finish a distant third in the championship, despite strong race pace in second half of season. Let down by qualifying and reliability issues, and end a campaign winless for the first time in a decade. Kimi Raikkonen the dominant driver, with Juan Pablo Montoya departing mid season to head to NASCAR. |
