McLaren International History


1963     Bruce McLaren forms
         "Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd". 

1966     The McLaren car makes its Formula One debut at the
         Monaco Grand Prix. 
1968     First McLaren Grand Prix win at the Belgian Grand
         Prix, with Bruce himself driving. 

1970     Sadly, Bruce McLaren is killed while testing a
         Can-Am  sportscar at Goodwood. 
1970-74  Despite Bruce's absence, McLaren cars continue to
         win in F1, Indy and Can-Am racing. 

1974     Team McLaren enters one of the longest commercial
         partnerships in sporting history with Philip
         Morris, through their leading brand Marlboro.
         Marlboro McLaren capture their first F1 Drivers
         and Constructors Championships with Emerson
         Fittipaldi in the Marlboro McLaren Ford M23. 

1976     James Hunt wins the Drivers Championship for the
         team in the Marlboro McLaren Ford M23. 
1980     Formation of McLaren International, the result of
         a merger between Team McLaren and Project Four, a
         successful British racing company led by Ron
         Dennis. 

1981     John Watson wins the 1981 British Grand Prix in
         the Marlboro McLaren Ford MP4, bringing its maiden
         victory to the new team, and McLaren's 25th. It is
         the first time that an all carbon-fibre chassis
         wins an F1 race. 

1984     Beginning of the partnership with the Techniques
         d'Avant-Garde Group (TAG) to develop the new
         Porsche turbo-charged engine. The Marlboro McLaren
         TAG Turbo MP4/2 designed by John Barnard dominates
         the World Championship by winning 12 out of 16
         races, securing both Drivers and Constructors
         Championships with Niki Lauda beating his team
         mate Alain Prost to the Drivers title by only half
         a point. Shell joins the team as fuel and
         lubricant supplier. 

1985     Both world championships fall to McLaren again
         with Alain Prost clinching the Drivers title in
         the Marlboro McLaren TAG Turbo MP4/2B. 

1986     Prost wins his second Drivers title with the
         Marlboro McLaren TAG Turbo MP4/2C 

1988     Associated with Honda, McLaren takes absolute
         control of the F1 scene, winning a record 15 out
         of 16 races. Ayrton Senna joins the team and wins
         his first Drivers World Championship outright.
         McLaren secures its fourth Constructors title with
         the Marlboro McLaren - Honda MP4/4. 

1989-91  McLaren's unprecedented domination of the sport
         harvest three more consecutive Drivers and
         Constructors Championship with Prost in 1989 and
         Senna in 1990 and 1991. 

1993     McLaren becomes the most successful constructor in
         the history of Formula One when Senna scores
         McLaren’s 104th Grand Prix victory at the
         Australian Grand Prix in the Marlboro McLaren Ford
         MP4/8.

         Mika Hakkinen makes his F1 debut at the Portuguese
         Grand Prix. McLaren secures a deal with French
         manufacturer Peugeot to supply engines for the
         1994 season. 

1995     McLaren enters a long-term partnership with
         Mercedes-Benz. Nigel Mansell joins the team
         alongside Mika Hakkinen. Mobil replaces Shell
         as fuel and lubricant supplier. 


Grands Prix contested: 410 
Grand Prix Wins: 104 
Constructors World Championship titles: 7 
Drivers World Championship titles: 9 
     

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Source: 1995 TAG/McLaren Marketing Services Limited