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As of 2024, nine programme drivers have graduated to Formula One, with four of those debuting directly with the McLaren F1 Team: Lewis Hamilton in 2007, Kevin Magnussen in 2014, Stoffel Vandoorne in 2016, and Lando Norris in 2019. Hamilton and Norris have won a Grand Prix race with the team.
In 1998, McLaren became the first Formula One team to establish a driver development program, founding the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Support Programme; [1] its initial cohort famously included 13-year-old kart racer Lewis Hamilton, [2] who became the first driver development program alumnus in Formula One to win the World Drivers' Championship in 2008. [3]
Ella Mai Lloyd (born 20 July 2005) is a British [1] racing driver from Wales [2] who will be competing in the 2025 season of F1 Academy for Rodin Motorsport as a member of the McLaren Driver Development Program. She previously competed in the 2024 F4 British Championship, and was the runner up of the 2023 Ginetta GT5 Challenge. [2]
Bustamante is the first female driver signed to the McLaren Driver Development Programme and the second full-time female driver signed by McLaren after Emma Gilmour for McLaren XE. [14] [15] In Round 1 at Jeddah, Bustamante finished fifth in Race 1 and was promoted to sixth (from eighth) in Race 2 due to penalties for other competitors.
Last year, McLaren marked its first win on the Formula One tour in almost a decade with drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris behind the wheel. Ricciardo, the 33-year-old Australian known as ...
Starting in 16 th, the seven-time world champion ended the greatest driver-team partnership in F1 history with a fourth-place finish, passing George Russell on the last lap.
F1 constructors' standings. 1. Red Bull RBPT — 782^ 2. Mercedes — 382 3. Ferrari — 362 4. McLaren-Mercedes — 282 5. Aston Martin-Mercedes — 261
Graduating to junior formulae in 2016, ... Test driver McLaren F1 Team: Reserve driver 2023 Formula One: McLaren F1 Team: 22: 0 0 2 2 97 9th 2024