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Ian Gordon Murray CBE (born 18 June 1946), [1] is a successful and influential South African-British [2] former (Formula One) race-car designer, renowned firstly as lead designer for both the Brabham and McLaren Formula 1 racing teams, during 1969–1986 and 1987–1991 respectively, then as designer of high-end, high-performance sports cars and a variety of other innovative automotive projects.
In 1994, the British car magazine Autocar stated in a road test regarding the F1, "The McLaren F1 is the finest driving machine yet built for the public road." They further stated, "The F1 will be remembered as one of the great events in the history of the car, and it may possibly be the fastest production road car the world will ever see."
The Gordon Murray Automotive Type 50 or GMA T.50 is a sports car manufactured by Gordon Murray Automotive.Designed by Gordon Murray and inspired by the McLaren F1, the T.50 is powered by an all-new 3,994 cc (4.0 L) naturally aspirated V12 engine developed by Cosworth.
South Africa is targeting a return to the Formula One calendar for 2027, sports minister Gayton McKenzie has revealed. Rwanda, which hosts the FIA prize-giving gala tonight, is keen on hosting a ...
McLaren's first purpose-built road car was the F1, based on a concept developed by Gordon Murray that he convinced Ron Dennis to back. McLaren Cars went into hibernation following the completion of the F1's production run, and McLaren didn't return to the production car market until launching McLaren Automotive in 2010, just prior to the ...
The McLaren F1 GTR, competing during the 1995 BPR Global GT Series season. Besides the cars raced by the works team, a variety of McLaren racing cars have also been used by customer teams. In their formative years, McLaren built Formula Two, [296] hillclimbing, [297] Formula 5000 [298] and sports racing cars [299] that were sold to customers.
McLaren bought the rights to the Tom Walkinshaw Racing developed engine, itself based on the Nissan VRH engine architecture, [2] which was designed for the IRL Indycar championship but never raced. However, other than the 93 mm (3.66 in) bore, little of that engine remains in the M838T. [ 3 ]
However, at the beginning of the 2009 season, Dennis handed over the F1 department to Martin Whitmarsh so Dennis could focus on expanding McLaren overall, and especially in the road car market. [15] In 1966, McLaren suffered with reliability with their Ford 4.2-litre engine, and only scored one point after changing to a Serenissima V8.