McLaren

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McLaren is a motor racing team from the UK. They have competed in a number of categories since their foundation in the mid-1960s, including Formula One, USAC/IndyCar and sports car racing. In addition they have produced a number of road cars, either of their own or in concert with Mercedes-Benz. Currently they only run the F1 team.

[edit] Cars

[edit] Formula One

[edit] In action

[edit] 1964 – 1973

Denny Hulme at the 1968 United States GP	Bruce McLaren at the 1969 German GP	Vic Elford, Antique Automobiles' M7A, prior to the 1969 German GP	Peter Gethin driving the M19A at the 1971 German GP
The M19C (Yardley-McLaren, Peter Revson) in 2004

[edit] 1974 – 1996: Marlboro

Emerson Fittipaldi in an M23 at British GP 1974	McLaren M23 (1973 - 1978, 1974 ver.) at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed	The M26 (1977-1979) being driven in 2007	The MP4/1 (1981) being driven by John Watson in 2000
Niki Lauda at the 1984 United States GP (MP4/2)	Alain Prost at the 1985 German GP (MP4/2B)	Ayrton Senna at the 1988 Canadian GP	Senna at the 1988 Canadian GP
Prost at the 1988 Canadian GP	Prost at the 1988 Canadian GP	Senna at the 1991 United States GP	Senna at the 1991 United States GP
Gerhard Berger at the 1991 United States GP	Senna at the 1991 Monaco GP	cropped version	Senna at the 1993 British GP
Senna at the 1993 German GP	Mika Häkkinen at the 1994 British GP

[edit] 1997 – 2005: West

David Coulthard at the 1998 Canadian GP	Mika Häkkinen demonstrating the 1998 MP4/13 in 2008	Häkkinen at the 1999 Canadian GP	Coulthard at the 1999 Canadian GP
Coulthard at the 2000 Canadian GP	Häkkinen at the 2000 United States GP	Häkkinen at the 2001 Canadian GP	Kimi Räikkönen at the 2002 United States GP
Räikkönen at the 2002 French GP, overtaked by Michael Schumacher	Räikkönen at the 2003 French GP	Kimi Räikkönen at 2004 Malaysian GP	Coulthard at the 2004 Canadian GP
Coulthard at the 2004 French GP	Pedro de la Rosa at 2005 Canadian GP	Räikkönen at 2005 Canadian GP	cropped version
Räikkönen at the 2005 United States GP	Räikkönen at the 2005 United States GP	Juan Pablo Montoya at the 2005 United States GP	Montoya at the 2005 British GP
De la Rosa at the 2005 British GP	Räikkönen at 2005 Belgian GP

[edit] 2006: Johnnie Walker

Kimi Räikkönen at Cheste Circuit, Valencia in Feb. 2006	Juan Pablo Montoya at Cheste Circuit, Valencia in Feb. 2006	Montoya at Valencia in February 2006	Montoya in 2006
Räikkönen at Silverstone Circuit, April 2006	Räikkönen at Silverstone, April 2006	Montoya at the 2006 Canadian GP	Montoya at the 2006 United States GP
Räikkönen at the 2006 United States GP	Mika Häkkinen, a McLaren ex-driver, driving McLaren MP4-21 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2006	Räikkönen at the 2006 French GP	Räikkönen at the 2006 Turkish GP
Pedro de la Rosa at the 2006 Italian GP	De la Rosa at the 2006 Brazilian GP	Stars & Cars 2006, Stuttgart

[edit] 2007 – : Vodafone

[edit] 2007

Fernando Alonso at the 2007 Malaysian GP	Alonso at the 2007 Malaysian GP	Alonso at the 2007 Malaysian GP	Lewis Hamilton at the 2007 Malaysian GP
Hamilton at the 2007 Malaysian GP	Hamilton at the 2007 Malaysian GP	Hamilton at the 2007 Spanish GP	Hamilton at the 2007 Spanish GP
Hamilton at the 2007 Canadian GP	Hamilton at the 2007 Canadian GP, victory lap	Alonso at the 2007 Canadian GP	Alonso leads Takuma Sato at the 2007 Canadian GP
Hamilton and Alonso at the 2007 Canadian GP	Hamilton at the 2007 United States GP	Hamilton at the 2007 United States GP	Hamilton at the 2007 United States GP
Alonso at the 2007 United States GP	2007 French GP	Hamilton at the 2007 French GP (Saturday)	Hamilton at the 2007 French GP (Sunday)
Hamilton at the 2007 British GP	Hamilton at the 2007 British GP	Hamilton at the 2007 British GP	Hamilton at the 2007 British GP
Alonso at the 2007 British GP	Alonso at the 2007 British GP	Alonso at the 2007 Italian GP	Alonso at the 2007 Italian GP
Hamilton at the 2007 Italian GP	Alonso at the 2007 Belgian GP	Hamilton at the 2007 Belgian GP	Hamilton at the 2007 Belgian GP

[edit] 2008

Heikki Kovalainen testing in Jerez, January 2008	Hamilton at the 2008 Australian GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 Malaysian GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 Malaysian GP
Hamilton at the 2008 Malaysian GP	Hamilton at the 2008 Spanish GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 Spanish GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 Monaco GP
Hamilton at the 2008 Monaco GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 Canadian GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 Canadian GP	Kovalainen leading Kazuki Nakajima at the 2008 Canadian GP
Hamilton at the 2008 Canadian GP	Pedro de la Rosa testing at Catalunya in 2008	De la Rosa testing at Catalunya in 2008	De la Rosa testing at Catalunya in 2008
De la Rosa testing at Catalunya in 2008	Hamilton at the 2008 French GP	Hamilton at the 2008 French GP	Hamilton at the 2008 French GP
Kovalainen at the 2008 French GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 French GP	Kovalainen testing at Silverstone, 2008	Hamilton testing at Silverstone, 2008
Hamilton at the 2008 British GP	Hamilton at the 2008 British GP	Hamilton at the 2008 British GP	Hamilton at the 2008 British GP
Hamilton at the 2008 British GP	Hamilton at the 2008 British GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 British GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 British GP
Kovalainen leads Hamilton at the 2008 British GP	Kovalainen being overtaken by Nick Heidfeld at the 2008 British GP	De la Rosa at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed	De la Rosa at Goodwood, 2008
Kovalainen at the 2008 European GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 European GP	Hamilton at the 2008 European GP	Hamilton at the 2008 European GP
Hamilton spinning at the 2008 Belgian GP, allowing Kimi Räikkönen to pass	Passing Räikkönen at the 2008 Belgian GP	Hamilton at the 2008 Belgian GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 Italian GP
Kovalainen at the 2008 Singapore GP	Hamilton at the 2008 Singapore GP	Hamilton at the 2008 Singapore GP	Hamilton following David Coulthard at the 2008 Singapore GP
Hamilton at the 2008 Chinese GP	Kovalainen at the 2008 Chinese GP

[edit] 2009

Heikki Kovalainen testing at Jerez, February	Kovalainen testing at Jerez, February	Kovalainen testing at Jerez, February	Kovalainen testing at Jerez, March
Kovalainen testing at Jerez, March	Kovalainen testing at Barcelona, March	Kovalainen at the Australian GP	Kovalainen at the Australian GP
Kovalainen at the Australian GP	Lewis Hamilton at the Malaysian GP	Hamilton at the Chinese GP	Hamilton at the Chinese GP
Hamilton at the Chinese GP	Hamilton at the Monaco GP	Hamilton at the Turkish GP	Hamilton at the Turkish GP
Hamilton at the Turkish GP	Hamilton at the Turkish GP	Hamilton at the Turkish GP	Hamilton at the Turkish GP
Hamilton at the Turkish GP	Hamilton following Nick Heidfeld at the Turkish GP	Hamilton following Fernando Alonso at the Turkish GP	Kovalainen at the Turkish GP
Kovalainen at the Turkish GP	Kovalainen at the Turkish GP

[edit] In pit

1986 British GP	Ayrton Senna at the 1988 San Marino GP	Senna at the 1988 Canadian GP	Kimi Räikkönen at the 2004 United States GP
Räikkönen and Alexander Wurz at the 2005 San Marino GP	Wurz testing in Jerez, September 2005.	2006 Malaysian GP	The MP4-22 at the 2007 Italian GP
Lewis Hamilton at the 2008 Malaysian GP	2008 Chinese GP	Gary Paffett driving the MP4-23A test car at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in 2008 after the season.	Paffett driving the MP4-23A test car
Pit stop during a test at Barcelona, March 2009	Testing at Barcelona, March 2009

[edit] In exhibiting

McLaren M2B (1966) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren M7A (1968) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren M7C (1968) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren M7C (1968) in the Donington Collection.
McLaren M9A four-wheel drive car (1969) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren M14A/D (1970) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren M23 (1973 - 1978)	McLaren M26 (1977 - 1978), in 2003
McLaren M26 (1977 - 1978) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren M28 (1978) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren M29 (1979 - 1981, 1979 spec.) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren MP4 (1981) in the Donington Collection.
McLaren MP4/1C (1983) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren MP4/2 (1984) in the Donington Collection.	Cockpit of the McLaren MP4/2 (1984) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren MP4/2B (1985, Niki Lauda's car) at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany
McLaren MP4/2B (1985, Niki Lauda's car) at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany	McLaren MP4/3 (1987) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren MP4/3B-Honda test car	McLaren MP4/4 (1988) in the Donington Collection.
McLaren MP4/4 (1988) in the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.	McLaren MP4/5 (1989) in the Donington Collection.	McLaren MP4/5 (1989) in the Honda Collection Hall.	McLaren MP4/5B (1990) in the Donington Collection.
McLaren MP4/6 (1991, Gerhard Berger's car) at the Honda Collection Hall	McLaren MP4/6 (1991) at the Honda Collection Hall	McLaren MP4/7 (1992) at the Honda Collection Hall	McLaren MP4/7 (1992) at the Honda Collection Hall
McLaren MP4/7 (1992) at the Honda Collection Hall	McLaren MP4/8 (1993) with Brazilian flag in the Donington Collection.	McLaren MP4/9 (1994, Mika Häkkinen's car) at the Musée Peugeot Sochaux in France	McLaren MP4/9 at the Musée Peugeot Sochaux in France
McLaren MP4/9 at the Musée Peugeot Sochaux in France	McLaren MP4/9 (1994, Mika Häkkinen's car) at Technik Museen Sinsheim & Speyer, Germany	McLaren MP4/10 (1995, Mika Häkkinen's car) at the Nürburgring Motorsport Museum in Germany	McLaren MP4/10 at the Nürburgring Motorsport Museum in Germany
McLaren MP4/12 (1997, Mika Häkkinen's car) at Technik Museen Sinsheim & Speyer, Germany	McLaren MP4/12 (1997, Mika Häkkinen's car) at Technik Museen Sinsheim & Speyer, Germany	McLaren MP4/13A (MP4/13 prototype, 1998) in the Donington Collection.	MP4/15 (2000) at the 2004 Malaysian GP
MP4-16 (2001) from International Motor Show 2005, September 2005	MP4-20 (2005) from Tuning World Bodensee, May 2005	Stars and Cars 2006, Stuttgart	Essen Motor Show 2006
a show car from Cebit 2007, Hanover	A showcar at the 2007 Italian GP	A show car at the Exposición Fórmula Alonso in 2007	A show car at the Exposición Fórmula Alonso in 2007
A show car at the Exposición Fórmula Alonso in 2007	McLaren MP4-23 with car number 1 at the 2008 Mercedes Stars and Cars

[edit] Technical details

McLaren M23 (1973 - 1977) with much of the bodywork removed.	M23's engine (Ford-Cosworth DFV)	M23's engine, gear box, rear-breaks and radiators	The Mercedes-Benz FO110J, MP4-15's engine
Steering wheel in the mid-2000s	Side protector of the cockpit

[edit] Other racing cars

McLaren M1A (1964 - 1965, 1964 Nassau ver.), in 2007	McLaren M3A - Oldsmobile (1966) Formula 5000 car	McLaren M4A (1968) Formula Two car	Mark Donohue driving the McLaren M16A at the 1971 Pocono 500. He won the USAC/IndyCar race.
McLaren M16C (1973) USAC/IndyCar	McLaren M24 (1977) USAC/IndyCar

[edit] Road cars

McLaren F1

Mclaren F1- It was the first road car that topped 200mph and then blitsed it with a top speed of 243mph. It also had an astonishing accelaration reaching 0-62mph in 3.2 seconds.

[edit] People

Bruce McLaren (founder)	Ron Dennis (team principal/owner: 1980 - )	Norbert Haug (Mercedes-Benz Motorsport: 1995 - )	Martin Whitmarsh (CEO of F1 team: 2004 - )
Adrian Newey (Technical Director: 1997 - 2005)

[edit] Drivers

Bruce McLaren (1966 - 1970), in 1966	Denny Hulme (1968 - 1974), in 1973	Ayrton Senna (1988 - 1993), in 1991	Gerhard Berger (1990 - 1992), in 1991
Kimi Räikkönen (2002 - 2006), in 2002	Pedro de la Rosa (2005 - 2006), in 2006	Fernando Alonso (2007)	Lewis Hamilton (2007 - ), in 2007
Heikki Kovalainen (2008 - ), in 2008

Joakim Bonnier (1968, 1970 - 1971)
Dan Gurney (1968, 1970)
John Surtees (1970)
David Hobbs (1971, 1974)
Jody Scheckter (1972 - 1973)
Emerson Fittipaldi (1974 - 1975)
Gilles Villeneuve (1977)
Nelson Piquet (1978)
Alain Prost (1980, 1984 - 1989)
Andrea de Cesaris (1981)
Niki Lauda (1982 - 1985)
Keke Rosberg (1986)
Stefan Johansson (1987)
Mika Häkkinen (1993 - 2001)
Nigel Mansell (1995)
David Coulthard (1996 - 2004)
Alexander Wurz (2005)

[edit] etc.

2007 transporter

2005 United States GP

MP4/98T: Two-seater Formula One car

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Constructors and drivers competing in the 2009 Formula One championship
McLaren	Ferrari	BMW Sauber	Renault	Toyota	Toro Rosso	Red Bull	Williams	Force India	Brawn
1 Hamilton 2 Kovalainen	3 Massa 4 Räikkönen	5 Kubica 6 Heidfeld	7 Alonso 8 Piquet	9 Trulli 10 Glock	11 Bourdais 12 Buemi	14 Webber 15 Vettel	16 Rosberg 17 Nakajima	20 Sutil 21 Fisichella	22 Button 23 Barrichello