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McLaren Remembers its Founder at its 50th Anniversary, Launches New Film Series
Bruce McLaren was a man of many talents. Born in 1937 in New Zealand, he was not only a racing driver but also a racecar designer and engineer. His racing career started when he was 14 years old. He won the 1959 U.S. Grand Prix at the age of 22 years and 80 days, becoming the youngest driver at the time to win a Formula 1 race. In 1963, he founded his own team, named Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd., but continued to race for Cooper.
He quit in 1965 and announced that he would enter F1 next year with his own team. In 1966 he won the 24 Hour of Le Mans along with Chris Amon in a Ford GT40 and, two years later, gave his team its maiden F1 win at Spa.
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New Mclaren P1 Hypercar Design Study Reveals F1's Replacement, What Do You Think?
It’s been a long wait but after countless spy shots and teaser images, McLaren Automotive has finally taken the covers off the new design study named P1 less than two weeks before it makes its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show. Previously...
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Mg Returns To Racing, Will Participate In The 2012 Btcc Series
After restarting production in the United Kingdom last April, MG is now getting ready to return to racing as the Chinese-owned automaker announced today that it would enter the 2012 BTCC Series with a pair of MG6 GT racing cars. This will be the first...
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Audi's Allan Mcnish Explains 24 Hours Of Le Mans In Animated Film
Audi will attempt to achieve a new victory next month at the Le Mans endurance race, with last year's victorious trio of veteran drivers (Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello) aiming for a win in the new R18TDI. Audi has won the Le Mans...
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Oops Moment: Vitantonio Liuzzi Runs Over F1 Marshal [video]
The Formula 1 Grand Prix held in Malaysia last weekend gave spectators a pretty eventful race, with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel winning again, but one of the most memorable moments took place on Friday, during the final practice session. Hispania...
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Alonso & Renault
He won two championships with the Renault team and finished only second with McLaren in the driver's championship. McLaren, a team accused and convicted of racing espionage this past year; a team with a very young hot-shot driver; a team with a hot-headed...
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