McLaren facts for kids

McLaren-Mercedes
Full name	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Base	Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom; 51°20′45″N 0°32′52″W / 51.34583°N 0.54778°WCoordinates: 51°20′45″N 0°32′52″W / 51.34583°N 0.54778°W
Team principal(s)	Martin Whitmarsh
Technical directors	Paddy Lowe; Neil Oatley
Formula One World Championship Career
Debut	1966 Monaco Grand Prix
Races competed	703
Constructors' Championships	8 (1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998)
Drivers' Championships	12 (1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2008)
Race victories	175
Pole positions	147
Fastest laps	148

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes (McLaren Racing Limited) is a Formula 1 racing team. McLaren was started by Bruce McLaren in 1963. McLaren's current drivers are Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso. Jenson Button was the 2009 World Champion.

McLaren also make some other cars at its Woking factory, like the Mercedes McLaren SLR supercar.

McLaren M7A (1968) in the Donington Collection

Bruce McLaren driving his own team's car at the 1969 German GP. He got the third most points in Formula One in that year.

McLaren MP4/4 (1988) in the Honda Collection Hall

Hamilton at the 2010 Malaysian GP

Formula One World Championship results

Main page: McLaren Grand Prix results

Images for kids

The McLaren Racing team's founder Bruce McLaren
The McLaren M2B the team's first Formula One car
McLaren's original logo was designed by Michael Turner and featured a kiwi bird, a New Zealand icon.
Emerson Fittipaldi won the 1974 drivers' championship with McLaren.
Five years after his first retirement, Lauda won his third title driving a McLaren MP4/2.
Alain Prost, pictured here at the 1985 German Grand Prix, won three drivers' championships with McLaren.
Mechanics push Kimi Räikkönen's MP4-19 into the garage during qualifying for the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2004.
Sergio Pérez driving for McLaren at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix
Alonso (no.14) and Button (no.22) line astern at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso during qualifying for the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
The McLaren M1A sports car of 1964 was the team's first self-designed car. The 'B' version raced in Can-Am in 1966.
The McLaren M16C was driven by Peter Revson in the 1972 Indianapolis 500
The McLaren F1 GTR, competing during the 1995 BPR Global GT Series season
Ron Dennis, here pictured at the 2000 Monaco Grand Prix, was team principal from 1980 to 2009 and is chairman of the McLaren Group.
McLaren's Formula One team was sponsored for 23 years by Philip Morris's Marlboro cigarette brand.