Team McLaren

McLaren, founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Its full title is currently Team McLaren Mercedes. The team is managed by Ron Dennis and is controlled by McLaren Racing, a member of the McLaren Group.

1970s

As a team, McLaren had a disastrous beginning to the decade, with the death of team boss Bruce McLaren while testing the latest CanAm car at Goodwood. Despite this immense setback, they pulled together and achieved notable successes in several formulae, including CanAm, Formula 1, Formula 2, IndyCar and F5000.

Related Topics:
Formula 2 - IndyCar - F5000

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McLaren decided to abandon the CanAm series at end of the 1972 season, focussing solely on Formula 1 and IndyCar. This decision turned out to be the right one: in 1974 they achieved their first Formula 1 World Constructors' and World Drivers' championship (with Emerson Fittipaldi) and their first Indy 500 win (with Johnny Rutherford). The Drivers' Championship would come their way again in 1976 with James Hunt.

Related Topics:
Emerson Fittipaldi - Johnny Rutherford - James Hunt

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McLaren finally ended their IndyCar involvement at end of 1979 season after increasingly poor returns from the series.

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