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McLaren announced the acquisition of the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team in May 2022 and debuted in the 2022–23 season as NEOM McLaren Formula E Team using customer Nissan's EV powertrain. [ 12 ] [ 264 ] René Rast , who last raced in the 2020–21 season with Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler , and Jake Hughes were signed as drivers for the team.
McLaren F1 with all user accessible compartments opened. The McLaren F1 was an early example of a production road car using a complete carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) monocoque chassis structure. Aluminium and magnesium were used for attachment points for the suspension system, inserted directly into the CFRP.
Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. [ 2 ]
Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand racing driver, automotive designer, engineer and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1970.
After several years in darkness McLaren merged with Ron Dennis's Formula Two Project-4 team. The McLaren MP4/1 (McLaren Project-4) introduced the first carbon fiber composite chassis in 1981, an innovation which, despite initial doubts over its likely performance in a crash, had been taken up by all the teams by the middle of the decade. The ...
With the Formula 1 season in full swing, McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says F1's popularity is just the ... is slowly trying to bring the team back after a recent lull in its history. For Brown, F1 ...
In Formula One, each car is numbered. Since the inaugural Formula One World Championship in 1950, several numbering systems have been used. This list covers the numbers used by drivers since the start of the 2014 Formula One season, when drivers have been allowed to choose a number that they would carry throughout their career. [1]
18 McLaren MCL38 Celebration Edition models will be built, and each will feature carbon fiber bodywork from a 2024 MCL38 Formula 1 race car. Each is also signed by drivers Lando Norris and Oscar ...