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On September 2, 2013, the McLaren Group will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
NewZealander Bruce McLaren created “ Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd” some 50 years ago with a group of half a dozen loyal souls, who slogged across the world to race his self-made cars.
Nowadays, the McLaren Group employs more than 2000 people, all of whom still share McLaren's ideals of combining sportsmanship with solid engineering practice and cutting-edge technical expertise.
Since its arrival in the sport, at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix, Team McLaren have won more races (182) than any other constructor, started from pole position 155 times and scored 151 fastest laps. In 2012, we achieved the fastest-ever time for a Formula 1 pitstop (2.31s at Hockenheim), recorded our 58th consecutive points-scoring finish, an all-time record, and have now led more than 10,000 racing laps.
The team took Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen and Lewis Hamilton to the world titles.
McLaren also raced in North American sportscar racing, lifting five successive Can-Am championship trophies (1967-1971) and winning 43 races in the iconic, thundering V8-engined sportscars.
The team also went to the Indy 500 for the first time in 1970, returning with greater strength until McLaren won the USA's most famous motor race in 1974 with Johnny Rutherford.
Not to forget the McLaren F1 road car, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, and the 12C and the 12C Spider.
Accordingly, echoes of McLaren's past will reverberate throughout a series of unique events and celebrations to be held across the anniversary year.
"From the McLaren 50 logos we'll proudly sport on our team shirts, through our specially commissioned heritage video features, to the launch of our new MP4-28 Formula 1 car with Jenson Button and Sergio Perez on January 31st, every lap, every corner, every mile and every road we take will be an opportunity to revel in McLaren's present while recalling our 50-year past," says a team press release.
On September 2, 2013, the McLaren Group will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
NewZealander Bruce McLaren created “ Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd” some 50 years ago with a group of half a dozen loyal souls, who slogged across the world to race his self-made cars.
Nowadays, the McLaren Group employs more than 2000 people, all of whom still share McLaren's ideals of combining sportsmanship with solid engineering practice and cutting-edge technical expertise.
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| Bruce McLaren, McLaren M7C Ford Cosworth, Monaco 1969. (Photo: WRi2) |
Since its arrival in the sport, at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix, Team McLaren have won more races (182) than any other constructor, started from pole position 155 times and scored 151 fastest laps. In 2012, we achieved the fastest-ever time for a Formula 1 pitstop (2.31s at Hockenheim), recorded our 58th consecutive points-scoring finish, an all-time record, and have now led more than 10,000 racing laps.
The team took Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen and Lewis Hamilton to the world titles.
McLaren also raced in North American sportscar racing, lifting five successive Can-Am championship trophies (1967-1971) and winning 43 races in the iconic, thundering V8-engined sportscars.
The team also went to the Indy 500 for the first time in 1970, returning with greater strength until McLaren won the USA's most famous motor race in 1974 with Johnny Rutherford.
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| Photo: McLaren |
Not to forget the McLaren F1 road car, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, and the 12C and the 12C Spider.
Accordingly, echoes of McLaren's past will reverberate throughout a series of unique events and celebrations to be held across the anniversary year.
"From the McLaren 50 logos we'll proudly sport on our team shirts, through our specially commissioned heritage video features, to the launch of our new MP4-28 Formula 1 car with Jenson Button and Sergio Perez on January 31st, every lap, every corner, every mile and every road we take will be an opportunity to revel in McLaren's present while recalling our 50-year past," says a team press release.