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- McLaren International History
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- 1963 Bruce McLaren forms
- "Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd".
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 1985 Both world championships fall to McLaren again
- with Alain Prost clinching the Drivers title in
- the Marlboro McLaren TAG Turbo MP4/2B.
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- 1986 Prost wins his second Drivers title with the
- Marlboro McLaren TAG Turbo MP4/2C
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 1993 McLaren becomes the most successful constructor in
- the history of Formula One when Senna scores
- McLarenÆs 104th Grand Prix victory at the
- Australian Grand Prix in the Marlboro McLaren Ford
- MP4/8.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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