McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor
the second oldest active team, and the second most successful Formula One team after Ferrari, having won 183 races, 12 Drivers' Championships and 8 Constructors' Championships.
McLaren Racing Limited Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, the team won its first Grand Prix at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix, but their greatest initial success was in Can-Am
Further American triumph followed, with Indianapolis 500 wins in McLaren cars for Mark Donohue in 1972 and Johnny Rutherford in 1974 and 1976.McLaren Racing Limited
Dennis took over as team principal, and shortly afterwards organised a buyout of the original McLaren shareholders to take full control of the team.
The combination of Prost and Senna was particularly dominant—together they won all but one race in 1988—but later their rivalry soured and Prost left for Ferrari.McLaren Racing Limited
Honda had withdrawn from Formula One, Senna had moved to Williams, and the team went three seasons without a win.McLaren Racing Limited
Ron Dennis retired as McLaren team principal in 2009, handing over to long-time McLaren employee Martin Whitmarsh.
At the end of 2013, after the team's worst season since 2004, Whitmarsh was ousted.McLaren Racing Limited
In September 2017, McLaren announced they had agreed on an engine supply with Renault from 2018 to 2020. McLaren is using Mercedes-Benz engines from the 2021