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The McLaren M2B was the McLaren team's first Formula One racing car, used during the 1966 season.It was conceived in 1965 and preceded by the M2A development car. Designed by Robin Herd, the innovative but problematic Mallite material was used in its construction.
Australian Jack Brabham and New Zealander Bruce McLaren, for instance, who both based [2] and licensed [3] their teams in Britain, used colour schemes on their early cars that were not based on national principles (namely the Brabham BT3, McLaren M2B, McLaren M4B and McLaren M5A cars), while the British Rob Walker privateer team entered cars in ...
Because Yamura Motors is a fictional race team, the producers struck a deal with Bruce McLaren's newly formed McLaren team to have his car, the McLaren M2B, painted with Yamura's colors. [10] The paint scheme used was designed to resemble that used on the contemporary Honda RA272 cars competing during this period.
Bruce McLaren had left Cooper to set up his own team. He entered the McLaren M2B, designed by Robin Herd. During the season, McLaren trialled a Ford V8 and a Serenissima V8, switching around multiple times but not finding the right recipe. Dan Gurney departed from Brabham to also enter his own team.
As a 4.2 litre DOHC Ford Indy V8 engine had helped Jim Clark and Team Lotus win the 1965 Indianapolis 500, Bruce McLaren had contracted third parties to make the smaller 3.0 L (180 cu in) Ford 406 that had been chosen by Team McLaren for the F1 constructor debut with the McLaren M2B. It lasted for only 9 laps in the race before leaking oil.
M. McLaren M2B; McLaren M4B; McLaren M5A; McLaren M7A; McLaren M9A; McLaren M14A; McLaren M19A; McLaren M23; McLaren M26; McLaren M28; McLaren M29; McLaren M30 ...
The McLaren M1A, and its derivatives, the McLaren M1B [4] and the McLaren M1C, are a series of mid-engined Group 7 sports prototype race cars built by McLaren, ...
The McLaren M4B was a Formula One racing car constructed by Trojan for Bruce McLaren Motor Racing and raced five times by New Zealander Bruce McLaren at the start of 1967. The M4B was based on the M4A Formula 2 car as a stopgap between the M2B and the M5A .