That year's new M7A car, Herd's final design for the team, was powered by Cosworth's new and soon to be ubiquitous DFV engine ( the DFV would go on to be used by McLaren until 1983 ) and with it a major upturn in form proceeded.

The team's first F1 race win occurred in 1968 when Bruce McLaren won the non-championship Race Of Champions at Brands Hatch driving a McLaren M7A Ford.

Denny Hulme in a McLaren M7A

Räikkönen testing for McLaren at Circuit de Valencia | Valencia in early 2006.

Räikkönen testing for McLaren at Silverstone Circuit | Silverstone in April 2006.

Berger driving for McLaren ( racing ) | McLaren at the 1991 United States Grand Prix

File: PeterMclaren. jpg | Peter McLaren

The McLaren F1's engine compartment contains the mid-mounted BMW M70 # S70 / 2 | BMW S70 / 2 engine and uses gold foil as a Heat shield # Automotive | heat shield in the exhaust compartment.

Paffett testing for McLaren ( racing ) | McLaren at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in December 2008.

Ayrton Senna took pole position and the race win for McLaren ( racing ) | McLaren.

Ayrton Senna took a comfortable win in his McLaren ( racing ) | McLaren McLaren MP4 / 6 | MP4 / 6.

The race was won by Ayrton Senna in the McLaren ( racing ) | McLaren.

Mika Häkkinen ( pictured in 2006 ), who was set to partner Nigel Mansell at McLaren ( racing ) | McLaren

The McLaren ( racing ) | McLaren mechanics push Kimi Räikkönen's McLaren MP4-19 | MP4-19 into the garage during qualifying.

* 1937 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver, founded the McLaren racing team ) ( d. 1970 )

The # 1 car was driven by Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby, and together with the # 2 car driven by Bruce McLaren / Chris Amon ( 1st overall ) and # 5 car driven by Bucknum / Hutcherson ( 3rd overall ) gave Ford its first victory in a 24 hour race.

Then, not long before the finish, the Automobile Club de l ' Ouest ( ACO ), organizers of the Le Mans event, informed Ford that the geographical difference in starting positions would be taken into account at a close finish – meaning that the McLaren / Amon vehicle, which had started perhaps behind the Hulme-Miles car, would have covered slightly more ground over the 24 hours and would therefore be the winner.

The real purpose of this car was to test several improvements originating from Kar Kraft, Shelby and McLaren.

On February 28, 2005, at 12: 08 hrs local time, in Nardò, Italy, the CCR broke the Guinness record for the fastest production car in the world, having attained on the Nardò Ring ( a circular track of circumference ), breaking the record previously held by the McLaren F1.

That year McLaren experimented with four-wheel drive in the M9A but the car had only a single outing driven by Derek Bell at the British Grand Prix ; Bruce described driving it as like " trying to write your signature with somebody jogging your elbow ".

The McLaren M23, designed by Gordon Coppuck, was the team's new car for the 1973 Formula One season.

On the track, their cars were regarded by many as well-designed for their tiny budget ( in comparison to front-runners such as Ferrari and McLaren ), their low position recognised as a result of a lack of funds ( and engine power ) rather than a poor car.

During 1993, Häkkinen, along with Ayrton Senna, tested the Lamborghini V12 engine in a modified version of the McLaren MP4 / 8 race car dubbed the " MP4 / 8B " at both Estoril and Silverstone.

would be the start of a long relationship between Häkkinen's McLaren team and the German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz.

The McLaren MP4 / 13 was the first car designed by Adrian Newey, aerodynamicist who had the merit of having designed the best car when he was with the Williams team.

After Villeneuve impressed James Hunt by beating him and several other Grand Prix stars in a non-championship Formula Atlantic race at Trois-Rivières in 1976, Hunt's McLaren team offered Villeneuve a Formula One deal for up to five races in a third car during the 1977 season.

The external design of the car was a product of Herd's use of Mallite sheeting ( a wood-aluminium laminate composite ) for the principal structural monocoque sections, a technique he pioneered on the first McLaren single-seat cars, including the McLaren M2B of 1966.

After driving for Williams for four full seasons, Montoya found the McLaren Mercedes car unpredictable, often claiming it felt like the steering wheel was not " attached " to the rest of the car.

He had to learn how to cope with a very nervous and ' oversteery ' car, in these conditions and after bad luck for his team mate, he scored his first victory for McLaren Mercedes in the British GP and in the same conditions at Monza.

McLaren fitted his engine into the team spare car, thus saving Montoya from a 10-place grid penalty.

For 1968 Austrian Jochen Rindt replaced Hulme, who had left to join McLaren.

Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, the team won its first Grand Prix at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix but their greatest initial success was in Can-Am, where they dominated from 1967 to 1971.

In 1968 McLaren had tried unsuccessfully to travel to Paris to take part in the demonstrations there.

He was CanAm champion in 1968 ( driving the McLaren M8A ) and 917s ( driven by Mark Donohue and George Follmer ).

1968 saw a move to the McLaren team, owned by fellow Kiwi Bruce McLaren.

Brabham won the Grand Prix three times, McLaren twice, Clark twice, the second was his last major victory before his untimely death, winning a highly entertaining battle with Chris Amon at the 1968 Australian Grand Prix at Sandown Raceway.

* Norman McLaren chose a pas de deux as the style of dance for his groundbreaking 1968 animation of the same name.

Fortunately a good run in the McLaren during the winter Tasman series, including a fine win at the last race, resulted in Tim Parnell offering a drive in his works-supported Reg Parnell Racing BRM team for 1968.

Neither was very successful and so in 1968 Ligier decided to form a partnership with Jo Schlesser and the two bought a pair of McLaren Formula 2 cars.

John duplicated that accomplishment in 1968 propelled by a famous win over the dominant McLaren team in a very wet race at Laguna Seca.

He also drove for Lola and McLaren in the USRRC / Can-Am series between 1966 and 1968, and in March 1968 he won the first point-scoring race of the USRRC Group 7 series in the first international race in Mexico City.

In 1968, Donohue and Penske returned to defend their USRRC championship with the McLaren M6A Chevrolet.