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McLaren Formula 1
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.
Kimi Raikkonen, driving his Ferrari, won the Formula One Grand Prix of Spain, the fourth of the 18 2008 Formula 1 World Championship races. Raikkonen won his second Grand Prix of the season ahead of his Brazilian teammate Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton ...
- Kimi Raikkonen takes hiatus from F1, Button joins McLaren F1 (f1chronicles.com)
- F1: No F1 drive for Raikkonen in 2010 (motorsport.com)
- F1's Raikkonen confirms sabbatical year in 2010 (kentucky.com)
McLaren resolutely turned their back on the bad memories of Fernando Alonso's dramatic partnership with Lewis Hamilton as they confirmed yesterday that 2009 world champion Jenson Button will partner his fellow Briton in 2010. Related StoriesMcLaren to deal Button in after Mercedes buy BrawnMeeke aiming to make it all smiles in ScotlandMcGarrity finally named champion
From belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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- Lewis Hamilton welcomes fellow champion Jenson Button to McLaren (guardian.co.uk)
- F1: Official: McLaren signs Button (pitpass.com)
Norbert Haug has passed up an opportunity to clearly rule out speculation
that Michael Schumacher is set to make a sensational return to full time
Formula One racing.
Amid intense speculation that the almost 41-year-old will join Nico Rosberg
in an all-German 2010 lineup for Mercedes GP, the marque's competition
director said: "You might be surprised.
"I'm pretty sure you and your readers will like our choice," Haug told
Germany's Bild am...
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Woking, 18 November 2009 Sensational double World Champion driver line-up created as Jenson Button joins Lewis Hamilton at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is delighted to announce the signing of the reigning World Champion Jenson Button...
From motorsportsjournal.com
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- Jenson Button signs with McLaren (grandprix.com)
- McLaren sign Jenson Button on a multi-year deal (f1complete.com)
World champion Jenson Button will drive for McLaren alongside Lewis Hamilton in an all-British Formula One dream team next year.Button announced Wednesday that he had ended his long association with Brawn, with whom he won his first driver's title this year, to team up with 2008 champion Hamilton in a combination of two of the hottest properties in motor sport.Button said it had been a tough decision to leave Brawn but admitted the lure of...
From france24.com
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- F1 champ Button took pay cut to join Hamilton at McLaren (network.nationalpost.com)
- Possible British F1 Dream Team for 2010 (feedburner.com)
- Best innovation: Brawn gp's diffuser (news.google.com)
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Say it ain't so, Schu! The Daily Telegraph is reporting that seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher is close to signing on with the newly formed Mercedes Formula 1 team. Mercedes is the new name of the former Brawn GP team, the current Constructors Champion. After a stellar rookie season that saw this former Honda team clinch not just the Constructors Championship, but also the...
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From autoblog.com
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• 'It feels unbelievable to finally be a part of it,' says Button• World champion praises 'wonderfully gifted' HamiltonThere is no mystery as to why Jenson Button decided to sign for McLaren to drive alongside Lewis Hamilton. A quick stroll down the central gallery at the team's headquarters near Woking, between ranks of classic racing cars that helped build a reputation second only to Ferrari, might not have clinched the deal but it certainly...
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From guardian.co.uk
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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. |
