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Manufacturer Career Debut () Latest race () 2 (, ) Race victories 18 17. • • McLaren Racing Limited is a British team based at the,,, England. McLaren is best known as a but also competes in the and has won the (Can-Am). The team is the second oldest active Formula One team after, where they compete as McLaren F1 Team. Chajkovskij sladkaya greza. They are the second most successful team in Formula One history after Ferrari, having won 182 races, 12 Drivers' Championships and eight Constructors' Championships.

The team is a wholly owned subsidiary of the. Founded in 1963 by New Zealander, the team won its first Grand Prix at the, but their greatest initial success was in Can-Am, which they dominated from 1967 to 1971. Further American triumph followed, with Indianapolis 500 wins in McLaren cars for in and in. After Bruce McLaren died in a testing accident in 1970, took over and led the team to their first Formula One Constructors' Championship in, with and winning the Drivers' Championship in 1974 and respectively. The year 1974 also marked the start of a long-standing sponsorship by ' cigarette brand. In 1981, McLaren merged with '; Dennis took over as team principal and shortly after organised a buyout of the original McLaren shareholders to take full control of the team. This began the team's most successful era: with and engines,,, and took between them seven Drivers' Championships and the team took six Constructors' Championships.

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For example the privately owned Williams racing team has grown from 17. Emphasis on energy recovery systems and hybrid power units that combine. Principles of the ground effect were understood, they were immediately. That fateful year saw the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna during the race.

The combination of Prost and Senna was particularly dominant—together they won all but one race in —but later their rivalry soured and Prost left for. Fellow English team offered the most consistent challenge during this period, the two winning every constructors' title between.

However, by the mid-1990s, Honda had withdrawn from Formula One, Senna had moved to Williams, and the team went three seasons without a win. With engines, sponsorship, and former Williams designer, further championships came in and with driver, and during the 2000s the team were consistent front-runners, driver taking their latest title in. Ron Dennis retired as McLaren team principal in 2009, handing over to long time McLaren employee. However, at the end of 2013, after the team's worst season since 2004, Whitmarsh was ousted.