Living through history

McLaren’s roots are spread across multiple racing series, but so many of our greatest stories and finest triumphs have come in Formula 1.

Having started off as a group of scrappy young Kiwis in 1966, we’ve become one of the sport’s oldest, most successful teams, with 10 Constructors' Championships and13 Drivers’ Championships. Within that time, we’ve risen and fallen, discovered new heroes, lost legends, won on the final lap and endured gut-wrenching late defeats, experiencing every emotion imaginable.

Our champions have all possessed the same insatiable desire to race and relentless work ethic as our founder, Bruce McLaren, but each has told their own unique, timeless tale… Emerson Fittipaldi ignited the passion of his native Brazil, James Hunt created as many headlines on the front pages as on the back, Niki Lauda and Alain Prost turned sport to science, Ayrton Senna’s burning intensity took our team to new levels, and Mika Häkkinen and Lewis Hamilton won hearts with their fearless aggression. Now, Lando Norris has picked up the baton, a modern World Champion for a new era of F1, a driver who shines off track, as much as they do on it.

And with every passing race, our team creates new history. There are so many more stories to tell.

McLAREN WORLD CHAMPIONS

ARYTON SENNA

ONE OF
THE GREATS

Ayrton Senna captivated the world during six spellbinding seasons with McLaren, claiming 35 of his 41 Grands Prix wins and three World Championships.

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  Ayrton Senna's Biography

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  Ayrton Senna's 10 defining moments

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  How Senna and McLaren forever changed each other