McLaren F1 Team stats & info

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Name	McLaren
Country	United Kingdom
Season Entries	59
Total Drivers	62
First Race	1966 Monaco F1 GP
Last Race	2024 Dutch F1 GP
First Pole	1972 Canadian F1 GP
Last Pole	2024 Dutch F1 GP
First Win	1968 Belgian F1 GP
Last Win	2024 Dutch F1 GP
First Podium	1968 Spanish F1 GP
Last Podium	2024 Dutch F1 GP
First One-Two Finish	1968 Canadian F1 GP
Last One-Two Finish	2024 Hungarian F1 GP
First Front Row Lockout	1972 Canadian F1 GP
Last Front Row Lockout	2024 Hungarian F1 GP

Amount of staff: 750 people (2018)
Engines used by McLaren:
Ford (1966), (1968-1983, 1993),
Serenissima (1966),
BRM (1967-1968),
Alfa Romeo (1970),
Cosworth (1971),
TAG (1983-1987),
Honda (1988-1992, 2015-2017),
Peugeot (1994),
Mercedes (1995-2014, 2021-2024),
Renault (2018-2020)

McLaren F1 Stats
Constructors' Titles	8
F1 Drivers' Titles	12
Grand Prix Entries	964
Grand Prix Starts	961
Total Points	6785.5
Avg. Points per GP	7,04
Grand Prix Wins	186 (19,3%)
One-Two Finishes	49 (5,1%)
Pole Positions	159 (16,5%)
Front Row Lockouts	64 (6,6%)
GP Podiums	516 (53,5%)
GP Fastest Laps	166 (17,2%)
GP Retirements	651
GP DNF's	530
Total GP Laps	102017

Drivers

McLaren 2024 F1 Drivers

4. Lando Norris

Lando Norris F1 Stats
Grand Prix Entries	119
Grand Prix Starts	119
Total Points	858.00
Avg. Points per GP	7.21
Grand Prix Wins	2 (1,7%)
Wins from pole	1 (0,8%)
Pole Positions	4 (3,4%)
Front Row Starts	10 (8,4%)
Avg. GP Grid	7.5
GP Podiums	22 (18,5%)
GP Fastest Laps	8 (6,7%)
GP Points Finish	93 (78,2%)
Avg. GP Position	7.2
Hat-tricks	1 (0,8%)
GP Retirements	11 (9,2%)
GP DNF's	10 (8,4%)
Total GP Laps	6.775

81. Oscar Piastri

Oscar Piastri F1 Stats
Grand Prix Entries	37
Grand Prix Starts	37
Total Points	276.00
Avg. Points per GP	7.46
Grand Prix Wins	1 (2,7%)
Pole Positions	0
Front Row Starts	3 (8,1%)
Avg. GP Grid	7.8
GP Podiums	6 (16,2%)
GP Fastest Laps	2 (5,4%)
GP Points Finish	27 (73,0%)
Avg. GP Position	7.6
GP Retirements	3 (8,1%)
GP DNF's	3 (8,1%)
Total GP Laps	2.102

McLaren F1 Drivers List

Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	Laps	FL	PTS
David Coulthard	150	12	21	18	51	7	7755	14	412
Jenson Button	136	8	10	8	26	1	7488	6	908
Mika Häkkinen	131	20	14	17	51	26	6277	25	407
Lando Norris	119	2	12	8	22	4	6775	8	858
Lewis Hamilton	110	21	16	12	49	26	6065	12	913
Alain Prost	107	30	21	12	63	10	5832	24	458.5
Ayrton Senna	96	35	12	8	55	46	5157	12	451
Fernando Alonso	94	4	4	4	12	2	4745	5	241
Kimi Räikkönen	87	9	15	12	36	11	4253	19	337
Denny Hulme	86	6	5	10	21	1	4862	5	174
John Watson	73	4	4	5	13	0	3717	3	109
Niki Lauda	58	8	5	2	15	0	2783	8	128
Jochen Mass	49	1	1	6	8	0	2361	2	64
James Hunt	49	9	2	3	14	14	2241	5	117
Gerhard Berger	48	3	7	8	18	4	2323	7	135
Daniel Ricciardo	44	1	0	0	1	0	2463	1	152
Stoffel Vandoorne	41	0	0	0	0	0	2216	0	26
Oscar Piastri	37	1	4	1	6	0	2102	2	276
Carlos Sainz	37	0	1	1	2	0	2015	1	201
Bruce McLaren	35	1	4	2	7	0	1828	0	60
Heikki Kovalainen	35	1	1	1	3	1	1799	2	75
Patrick Tambay	28	0	0	0	0	0	1232	0	8
Emerson Fittipaldi	28	5	6	2	13	2	1567	1	100
Juan Pablo Montoya	26	3	2	2	7	2	1268	1	86
Peter Revson	23	2	2	4	8	1	1402	0	61
Kevin Magnussen	19	0	1	0	1	0	1112	0	55
Sergio Pérez	19	0	0	0	0	0	1116	1	49
Brett Lunger	17	0	0	0	0	0	826	0	0
Martin Brundle	16	0	1	1	2	0	672	0	16
Keke Rosberg	16	0	1	0	1	1	697	0	22
Stefan Johansson	16	0	2	3	5	0	771	0	30
Mark Blundell	15	0	0	0	0	0	798	0	13
Andrea de Cesaris	14	0	0	0	0	0	448	0	1
Peter Gethin	14	0	0	0	0	0	629	0	1
Michael Andretti	13	0	0	1	1	0	427	0	7
Jo Bonnier	11	0	0	0	0	0	375	0	1
Mike Hailwood	11	0	0	1	1	0	566	0	12
Pedro de la Rosa	9	0	1	0	1	0	456	1	23
Bruno Giacomelli	6	0	0	0	0	0	309	0	0
Dan Gurney	6	0	0	0	0	0	264	0	4
Jody Scheckter	6	0	0	0	0	0	247	0	0
Andrea de Adamich	5	0	0	0	0	0	216	0	0
John Surtees	4	0	0	0	0	0	229	1	1
Vic Elford	4	0	0	0	0	0	203	0	3
Jackie Oliver	3	0	0	0	0	0	108	0	0
David Hobbs	3	0	0	0	0	0	162	0	0
Brian Redman	3	0	0	0	0	0	129	0	4
Nelson Piquet	3	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	0
Dave Charlton	2	0	0	0	0	0	147	0	0
Nigel Mansell	2	0	0	0	0	0	79	0	0
Emilio de Villota	2	0	0	0	0	0	120	0	0
Jan Magnussen	1	0	0	0	0	0	81	0	0
Gilles Villeneuve	1	0	0	0	0	0	66	0	0
Basil van Rooyen	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
Alexander Wurz	1	0	0	1	1	0	62	0	6
Mark Donohue	1	0	0	1	1	0	64	0	4
Jacky Ickx	1	0	0	1	1	0	14	0	4
Philippe Alliot	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0
Derek Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0

Cars

McLaren F1 Cars

: Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38 during the Pre-Season Test at Bahrain International Circuit on Thursday February 22, 2024

: Oscar Piastri driving the McLaren MCL60 during practice for the 2023 Bahrain F1 GP

: Lando Norris testing the McLaren MCL36 (2022)

: Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL35M, enters a corner (2021)

: Carlos Sainz, McLaren MCL35 during the Portuguese GP at Algarve International Circuit (2020)

: Lando Norris, McLaren MCL34, Brazilian GP (2019)

: McLaren MCL33 Renault Fernando Alonso Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (2018)

: McLaren MCL32 Honda driven by Fernando Alonso, Circuit de Catalunya Testday 1 (2017)

: Jenson Button on the circuit in his McLaren MP4-31 Honda (2016)

: Fernando Alonso, McLaren MP4-30 Honda (2015)

: Jenson Button – McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes (2014)

: Oliver Turvey, McLaren MP4-28 Mercedes (2013)

: Jenson Button driving his McLaren MP4-27 Mercedes (2012)

: McLaren MP4-26 Mercedes driven by Lewis Hamilton, in Valencia (2011)

: Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-25 Mercedes on Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium (2010)

: Lewis Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 Mercedes Hungary (2009)

: McLaren MP4-23 Mercedes driven by Heikki Kovalainen in Japan (Suzuka) 2008

: Fernando Alonso McLaren MP4-22 Mercedes (2007)

: Kimi Raikkonen driving his McLaren MP4-21 Mercedes in Japan (2006)

: McLaren MP4-20 Mercedes driven by Kimi Raikkonen during wintertesting (2005)

: David Coulthard, McLaren MP4-19 Mercedes (2004) Malaysian F1 GP

: Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren MP4-17D, Mercedes Japanese F1 GP (2003)

: McLaren MP4-17 Mercedes driven by David Coulthard in Australia (2002)

: McLaren MP4-16 Mercedes driven by Mika Hakkinen in Belgium (2001)

: McLaren MP4-15 Mercedes Mika Hakkinen, 2nd position. Suzuka, Japan. 6-8 October 2000

: McLaren MP4-14 Mercedes driven by Mika Hakkinen (1999)

: McLaren MP4-13 Mercedes driven by David Coulthard (1998)

: McLaren MP4-12 Mercedes diven by Mika Hakkinen at the Canadian GP (1997)

: Mika Hakkinen testing the McLaren MP4-11 Mercedes at Estoril, Portugal (1996).

: Mika Hakkinen, McLaren MP4-10 Mercedes (1995)

: Mika Hakkinen spins in the McLaren MP4-9 Peugeot (1994).

: Ayrton Senna, McLaren MP4-8 Ford 1993 Italian Grand Prix, Monza circuit

: Gerhard Berger, McLaren MP4-7 Honda, 1992 British GP

: Ayrton Senna driving the McLaren MP4-6 Honda (1991)

: Ayrton Senna, McLaren MP4-5 Honda (1990)

: Ayrton Senna, McLaren MP4-4 Honda Monaco (1989)

: McLaren MP4-4 Honda driven by Ayrton Senna, USA Grand Prix, Detroit (1988)

: McLaren MP4-3 Porsche driven by Alain Prost in Monaco (1987)

: McLaren MP4-2C Porsche driven by Keke Rosberg in Monaco (1986)

: McLaren MP4-2B Porsche driven by Alain Prost in Monaco (1985)

: McLaren MP4-2 Porsche driven by Alain Prost in Monaco (1984)

: Niki Lauda, McLaren MP4-1C at Monaco (1983)

: McLaren MP4-1B driven by John Watson in Monaco (1982)

: MP4-1 Cosworth driven by John Watson in Monaco (1981)

: McLaren M29B driven by John Watson in Monaco (1980)

: McLaren M28C driven by John Watson in Monaco (1979)

: McLaren M26 driven by Patrick Tambay in Monaco (1978)

: McLaren M26 driven by Jochen Mass in Monaco 1977

: McLaren M23 driven by James Hunt in Monaco 1976

: McLaren M23 driven by Emerson Fittipaldi in Monaco (1975)

: McLaren M23 driven by Peter Revson in Spain 1973

: McLaren M19C driven by Denny Hulme in Monaco 1972 (1972-1973)

: Denny Hulme, McLaren M19, Silverstone UK (1971)

: McLaren M7C Belgium GP (1970)

Management

McLaren F1 Team Key Members

: Zak Brown
Chief Executive Officer

: Jonathan Neale
Chief Operations Officer

: Simon Roberts
Chief Operating Officer

: Matt Morris
Chief Engineering Officer

: Tim Goss
Chief Technical Officer- Chassis

History

McLaren F1 Team History

Alain Prost wins 1984 Monaco F1 GP in McLaren MP4-2

McLaren are one of the oldest and most successful teams in Formula 1, and are the great rivals of the illustrious Ferrari team.

Since their debut back in 1966, the team has gone on to win eight Constructors Championships and 12 Drivers' titles.

They have also seen some of the sport’s greatest names at the wheel of their cars. Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Mika Hakkinen and Lewis Hamilton, to name a few.

Founded by New Zealand driver Bruce McLaren back in 1963, the team had to wait a further three years for its debut, at Monte-Carlo.

Julian Jakobi 2020 Beyond the Grid interview

Teammates Senna & Prost worst moment in Japan 1989

After two years of little success as the team’s only driver, Bruce was joined by fellow Kiwi Denny Hulme in 1968. They won three races that season, with Bruce claiming their maiden victory at Spa.

After the founder’s death in 1970, their progress was halted but after four years of rebuilding, they finally claimed their first world championship, courtesy of Emerson Fittipaldi in the McLaren M23

They backed that up in 1976 when Britain’s James Hunt won one of the tightest championship seasons ever in 1976, holding off Lauda's Ferrari.

However, a run of uncompetitive years left McLaren scrapping for points lower down the grid. But seven championships in eight years through the mid-80s to early 90s was arguably as dominant as any team has ever been in possibly F1’s greatest era.

Brown: Selling McLaren factory a 'good decision'

Aerial view of the McLaren Technology Centre (left) and McLaren factory

Lauda held off team-mate Prost to claim the 1984 F1 championship by half a point before the meticulous Prost went on the win in both 1985 and 1986.

After Lauda moved on, Prost was joined by the up-and-coming Ayrton Senna, the team was so dominant that the pair won 15 of 16 races in 1988. Senna won a very tight maiden championship as the MP4/4 won 15 of the 16 races in 1988.

In 1989, the relationship between Prost and Senna started to crumble and soured further when the pair clashed in Japan, with Prost controversially winning the title in another year of McLaren dominance.

After the Professor left to join Ferrari, Senna had a free reign and won back-to-back titles in 1990 and 1991.

There has been further success for Hakkinen (1998 and 1999) and Lewis Hamilton (2008) but despite remaining competitive, three championships in 24 years are not what McLaren expected since their dominant decade.

Mika Hakkinen (McLaren MP4-15 Mercedes) 2nd position. Suzuka, Japan. 6-8 October 2000

They remain a big team but with the financial backing of other teams, their task to return to the front is harder than ever.

The Honda engine adventure (2015-2017) turned out to a big disaster. The team had a dramatic 2015 F1 season, in which McLaren had to settle for ninth position in the constructors' championship. Even though the team had a tremendous lineup of drivers with two world champions, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button, the Honda power unit wasn't great at the time, and the rest of the car also had many issues.

Every start of a new season the hopes get up high, but 2016 turned out bad for McLaren and Ron Dennis, who achieved a lot of success in the earlier Honda years with Senna and Prost, left the team

For the 2017 F1 season the team came up with a new livery (orange/black) but the 2017 season turned out to be one of the worst in the history of the team. The Honda engine still was not powerful and reliable enough to be competitive. The team ended up in ninth place in the constructors' championship again. Stoffel Vandoorne, the team's new driver back then, also had difficulty adapting to the high downforce F1 cars.

For 2018 the team had managed to swap engines with Red Bull Racing. They got the Renault engine and the car now became completely orange (Papaya) like in the old days. Red Bull was very interested to pick up the Honda project, as their cooperation with Renault had deteriorated quickly after many reliability problems and Renault had bought away Daniel Ricciardo from Red Bull. The McLaren team had to put a lot of effort into adapting to the Renault engine.

Results 2008 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Brazil

Lewis Hamilton F1 Champion 2008

Vandoorne and Alonso were still driving for McLaren and the team did a bit better by going up three places to end up as sixth in the WCC. But the 2018 F1 season still wasn't one to quickly forget with no podium finishes and a fifth-place as the best result in the very first race. It was time to change the drivers now, as Alonso took a sabbatical and Vandoorne left the team.

In 2019, McLaren gave another rookie a chance to shine. Zak Brown who was the new CEO of McLaren was enthusiastic about a young 19-year-old British driver called Lando Norris. He was paired with Carlos Sainz, who came from Renault after the team went all-in on Daniel Ricciardo in the drivers' market.

In 2019, McLaren showed lots of promise and finished fourth in the World Constructors' Championship after consistent and reliable performances from their drivers, especially Sainz, who finished sixth in the WDC. With 145 points in 2019, McLaren had their best year since 2014.

The team returned to the Formula 1 podium after more than five years, with Sainz finishing third in the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix.

The 2020 campaign was consistent for McLaren, again, and the team was able to finish third in the WCC with 202 points, its best tally since the 2012 F1 season.

AUTODROMO NAZIONALE MONZA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 12: Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL35M, leads Lando Norris, McLaren MCL35M during the Italian GP at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on Sunday September 12, 2021 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Mark Sutton / LAT Images)

Norris finished the first race of the 2020 F1 season on the podium with a third-place, while Sainz scored another podium for the Woking-based team, coming close to winning the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, but ultimately finishing second.

A return to victory for McLaren came in 2021 when Daniel Ricciardo led a McLaren 1-2 at Monza to win the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. As championship contenders Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) crashed out of the race, it'd be easy for many to think that that was the reason behind McLaren's win at Monza in 2021.

However, Ricciardo had started the race in second place and got off the line brilliantly to lead into the first corner, ahead of Verstappen. Then, he led comfortably, winning the race after leading all but five laps of the 53-lap race. It was McLaren's first win since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix and the first 1-2 finish since the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix.

Ultimately, McLaren finished the season in fourth place in the WCC, as the team's form dipped a bit after the win at Monza.

The team managed to be fifth in the 2022 World Constructors' Championship under F1's new era. Although the team, consisting of Norris and Ricciardo again, scored its lowest tally of points since 2019 (159), McLaren was the only team outside of the Top 3 to score a podium. Alpine in no hurry to rule out 2022 Latifi-Piastri swap

Norris finished third for McLaren in the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which was the team's best result of the year.

On 24 August 2022, the team and Ricciardo announced that the partnership would end after the 2022 season, although he still had a year remaining in his contract. Ricciardo scored 37 points, which looked unsuccessful alongside Norris' 122 for the season.

On 2 September 2022, McLaren announced Australian Oscar Piastri as their driver for 2023. The Australian, who won the 2021 F2 championship, and McLaren had to go through a contract dispute with Alpine which was settled by Formula 1's Contract Recognition Board (CRB).

Another change for 2023 included Andreas Seidl's departure, as McLaren's former Team Principal went to Alfa Romeo. Moreover, Andrea Stella took the Team Principal job for McLaren.

MELBOURNE GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 31: Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60 during the Australian GP at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on Friday March 31, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Lionel Ng / LAT Images)

Struggles at the start but solid performance in the 2023 F1 season

McLaren started the 2023 campaign clearly on the back foot, with two scoreless outings in the first two Grands Prix of the year in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

The team managed to take advantage of others' mistakes and favorable circumstances in the 2023 Australian Grand Prix and jumped from being scoreless to fifth in the World Constructors' Championship after Norris and the rookie Piastri finished sixth and eighth in the event.

Despite looking like the sixth-strongest car, the ninth race of the 2023 F1 season saw McLaren performing at a high level, with Norris finishing fourth in that race.

Moreover, the 10th race of the year, the 2023 British Grand Prix, was special for the team. McLaren painted its cars with the iconic chrome silver, which was present when the team won its most recent title in 2008.

LOSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT, QATAR - OCTOBER 07: Sprint pole winner Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL60, and Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60.

In that race, Norris and Piastri qualified second and third and Norris finished the event in second place, achieving his seventh F1 podium and McLaren's 495th in its history. On his side, the rookie Piastri finished fourth, his best result in Formula 1 at the time.

Norris earned another podium in the following race, with a second place in the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix. Piastri, on his side, fought for the win in the Sprint Race in Belgium before settling for second place.

After a three-race skid between Belgium and Italy, McLaren returned to the podium with Norris in Singapore (second place), and with both drivers in Japan and Qatar. In Suzuka, Piastri achieved his first F1 podium, while he recorded a win in the Sprint Race in Qatar and had his best race finish with a second place.

The two podiums in Qatar gave McLaren 500 podiums in their F1 history.

The Australian had a difficult time closing out the season, while Norris added another podium in Brazil.

Norris finished in sixth place in the World Drivers' Championship with 205 points and seven podiums, while Piastri was ninth with 97 points and two podiums.

Official McLaren F1 website: https://www.mclaren.com/racing/

Achievements

McLaren F1 Achievements

McLaren F1 Classifications

1st	186 Times
2nd	175 Times
3rd	155 Times
4th	133 Times
5th	135 Times
6th	111 Times
7th	104 Times
8th	76 Times
9th	71 Times
10th	50 Times
11th	53 Times
12th	49 Times
13th	32 Times
14th	32 Times
15th	18 Times
16th	18 Times
17th	11 Times
18th	9 Times
19th	4 Times
20th	2 Times
DNF	530 Times
DSQ	12 Times
NC	8 Times
DNPQ	2 Times
DNQ	25 Times
DNS	15 Times

McLaren F1 Team Championship Positions

1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973
8th	9th	2nd	4th	5th	6th	3rd	3rd
1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981
1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	8th	7th	9th	6th
1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
2nd	5th	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
1st	1st	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	4th
1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	5th	2nd
2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
3rd	11th	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	5th
2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
5th	9th	6th	9th	6th	4th	3rd	4th
2022	2023	2024
5th	4th	2nd