McLaren's Team

McLaren was founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren, this is a car racing team with its main house in Woking, UK, that is well known specially for its F1 scuderia, but has also raced in other categories. Its full actual name is Vodafone McLaren Mercedes because of the sponsor of this media company. The team’s director is Martin Whitmarsh and it is supervised by McLaren Racing of McLaren Group.

McLaren is one of the most succesful team of the F1, being the third scuderia in number of Constructors Championships behind Williams F1 and Ferrari.

Bruce McLaren, borned in New Zeland, announced the McLaren Motor Racing Ltd. In 1963 because his last team didn’t wanted to follow the engineering advices. He hired engineers and pilots and started the F1 cars construction. While he was developing the car, the team’s pilots drove the Cooper T70.

The 90’s

Despite the departure of Alain Prost to Ferrari in 1990, McLaren dominated F1 for two years. Since 1992 the team began its decline when the Renault engines started winning. Until 1996 when McLaren chassis was combined with, Mercedes engines and drivers Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard, winning between 1998 and 2000 constructors' championship and Häkkinen two pilots.

2000's decade

Since 2000, McLaren has fight to stay on the top, but has failed matching Ferrari, getting some firsts and seconds places in the drivers' championship in 2003 and 2005 for Kimi Raikkonen and for Lewis Hamilton in 2007. It was not until 2008 when, at last, after nine years of nothing, Lewis Hamilton is crowned world champion after a hard season and complicated laps in the Brazilian Grand Prix, which was only one point ahead of Felipe Massa of Ferrari team that went to the Constructors' title again.

2010

For 2010, McLaren hired the actual world champions Jenson Button coming from Brawn as Lewis Hamilton partner, giving him the number one team again, and forming a team exclusively English. This year, McLaren separated from Mercedes and formed Mercedes Grand Prix, although McLaren still is the engine’s supplier.

In the first race in Bahrein the team classified with Lewis Hamilton 4th and Jenson Button 8th. In race Hamilton conserved his 4th place, but after Vettel’s engine failed he finished 3th. Button overcome Mark Webber and finished 7th.

In Australia, in a very difficult race with rain, Button used slicks before anybody and became 2nd behind Vettel but as he had an accident Button finished the race 1st. Hamilton crashed with Webber and ended 6th.

In Malasia Both classified badly (Button 17th and Hamilton 20th) but both improved durong the race finishing 6th and 8th.