66
1966 — 1980
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
Driver-founded constructor; Can-Am and Indy success funded the F1 effort.
McLaren Formula 1 TeamF1 team history & lineage
Founded by a driver, saved by a merger, and rebuilt three separate times into a championship machine.
- Base
- Woking, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1963 by Bruce McLaren
- Constructors' titles
- 9
- Drivers' titles
- 12
- Race wins
- 200
- Identities
- 3
Lineage
81
1981 — 1990
McLaren International
Project Four merger. Ron Dennis takes control; carbon-fibre era begins.
91
1991 — Present
McLaren Racing
Woking Technology Centre, Mercedes power, and a 2020s revival.
The Long Version
Bruce McLaren set up Bruce McLaren Motor Racing in 1963 and entered Formula One in 1966; he was killed testing at Goodwood in 1970.
Ron Dennis's Project Four merged with McLaren in 1980, bringing the first carbon-fibre monocoque, the MP4/1.
The Honda turbo years with Prost and Senna produced 15 wins from 16 races in 1988.
A long drought after 2008 ended with the team returning to the front of the grid in the 2020s under Zak Brown and Andrea Stella.
Drivers of Note
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Sources & citations
Reference material used to compile and verify the McLaren Formula 1 Team lineage data on this page. GridXTrax is an independent fan archive; follow the links to check any figure at source.
- Wikipedia — McLaren Formula 1 Team(opens in a new tab)
Team history and the takeovers or rebrands that shaped this lineage.
- Wikipedia — List of Formula One constructors(opens in a new tab)
Used to confirm each constructor entity in the lineage and its active seasons.
- StatsF1 — McLaren Formula 1 Team lineage(opens in a new tab)
Season records for the predecessor and successor entries in this lineage.
- Ergast / Jolpica Formula One results archive(opens in a new tab)
Primary dataset for race results, starts, wins, podiums, poles and points from 1950 onwards.
- FIA — Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile(opens in a new tab)
Governing body: official regulations, entry lists and classifications.
- Formula1.com results archive(opens in a new tab)
Official championship results and standings by season.
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