Team McLaren
Location England
Years in F1 1964 - Present
Constructors championships 1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998
Drivers championships 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2008
Grand Prix victories 174

Founded by the New Zealand born Bruce McLaren, who also drove his own cars but was sadly killed during testing in 1970. It was between 1984 and 1991 that the team had its major success (6 constructors and 7 drivers championships) when the team was bought by Ron Dennis and John Barnard designed the cars. During this period both Senna and Prost won three drivers championships each and Lauda one. With the loss of the Honda engine in 1992, there was a lean period until Hakkinen and the Mercedes engine delivered two team championships and two drivers championships in the late 1990’s After this the team were towards the front of the grid, but not able to compete with Ferrari, until Hamilton arrived in the 2007 season. In 2007 the team had all their points taken away after staff were accused of stealing plans from Ferrari, but they came back in 2008 with Hamilton winning his first drivers championship. In 2009 Ron Dennis stepped down from day to day running of McLaren F1.The 2009 season got off to a poor start, with their first race win being at round 10 in Hungary, however the car improved during the season with Lewis Hamilton top scoring in the second half of the season. The 2010 season started better than 2009, with Jenson Button winning the Australian Grand Prix.

Year
Position
Drivers and position
2011   Lewis Hamilton   Jenson Button  
2010 2 Lewis Hamilton
4
 Jenson Button
5
3
5
12
2
1
Disqualified
3
6
8
2
2
4
5
7
9
3
2
7
3
6
5
2
5
2
2
2
3
2
1
4
1
1
3
4
6
5
4
5
4
Martin Blundell
4
4
Martin Brundle
2
2
2
4
Berger
5
1
1
Berger
4
1
1
Berger
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
4
Johansson
6
2
1
6
1
1
1
2
1
5
Watson
6
2
Watson
3
5
6
Watson
6
de Cesaris
9
Watson
Prost
Mclaren MP4 26