Team: McLaren Formula 1 TeamHaas F1

Location: England
Years in F1: 1966 - Present
Team 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: 183
Races started: 924
Pole positions: 156

McLaren team history

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. With the arrival of the turbo-hybrid engines the team struggled but has gradually become more competative particularly during 2020.

Previous seasons

2024

Position:
Points:
Oscar Piastri
Lando Norris

2023

Position: 4
Points: 302
Oscar Piastri 9th 97 points
Lando Norris 6th 205 points
McLaren had a season of two halves. They struggled in the first half but after some mid-season upgrades they became very compettitive. Oscar Piastri had a solid first season in F1 and Lando Norris had 5 podium finishes in the last 8 races.

2022

Position 5
Points 159
Daniel Ricciardo 12th 37 points
Lando Norris 7th 122 points
This was a mixed season for McLaren with a few good results but Daniel Ricciardo found the car difficult and under performed for his talent and was dropped at the end of the season

2021

Position 4
Points 275
Daniel Ricciardo 8th 115 points
Lando Norris 6th 160 points
Daniel Ricciardo moved to McLaren to replace Carlos Sainz. This was a good season for McLaren with Daniel Ricciardo winning in Turkey and both drivers regularly scoring good points with 5 podium finishes. This year the were behind Ferrari in the constructors championship mainly due to the improvement of the Ferari engine.

2020

Position 3
Points 202
Carlos Sainz Jr 6th 105 points
Lando Norris 9th 97 points
McLaren continued their improvement finishing 3rd in a tight battle with Racing Point and Renault. They consistently managed to get both cars in top ten points scoring positions.

2019

Position 4
Points 145
Lando Norris 11th 49 points
Carlos Sainz Jr 6th 96 points
McLaren finished a comfortable fourth place being the best of the mid-field teams with only one podium finish all season and an improvement on their previous season.

2018

Position 6
Points 62
Fernando Alonso 11th 50 points
Stoffel Vandoorne 16th 12 points
The 2018 was another difficult season for Mclaren and what success they had was as much to Fernando Alonso's driving skills as to the car and engine combination.

2017

Position 9
Points 30
Fernando Alonso 15th 17 points
Stoffel Vandoorne 16th 13 points
This was a poor season for McLaren ending the season 9th out of 10 teams.

2016

Position 6
Points 76
Jenson Button 15th 21 points
Fernando Alonso 10th 54 points
This season was an improvement on the previous seaon with greater reliability moving the team into the midfield battle.

2015

Position 9
Points 27
Jenson Button 16th 16 points
Fernando Alonso 17th 11 points
In 2015 Honda rejoined McClaren as their engine supplier and Fernando Alonso returned despite the acrimonious end to his one year with McClaren in 2007. He was partnered by Jenson Button. Unfortunately the Honda engine was was considerably down on power, leaving the the McLaren at the back of the midfield teams on the occasions when it actually completed a race.

2014

Position 5
Points 181
Jenson Button 8th 126 points
Kevin Magnussun 11th 55 points
Prior to the start of the 2014 season Ron Dennis re-took control of McLaren and Martin Whitmarsh was replaced by Eric Boullier (from Lotus) as Team Principal in an attempt to turn around the team's fortunes. The also brought in the young Kevin Magnussun to replace Sergio Perez who did not deliver sufficiently consistently in 2013. Despite having the Mercedes power unit in 2014, the team again finished 5th in the constructors championship, with the chassis not being able to make the most of the engine.

2013

Position 5
Points 122
Jenson Button 9th 73 points
Sergio Perez 11th 49 points
The 2013 was worst season for McLaren since 1980 as they failed to have one podium finish all season and slipped to 5th in the constructors championship, their lowest position since 1983.

2012

Position 3
Points 378
Lewis Hamilton 4th 190 points
Jenson Button 5th 188 points
Both drivers consistently scored points through the season, but reliability problems prevented them from challenging for either the drivers or constructors championships.

2011

Position 2
Points 497
Lewis Hamilton 5th 227 points
Jenson Button 2th 270 points
Both drivres won three races this season, but Jenson Button was also consistently on the podium taking him to second place in the drivers championship and the combined points giving McLaren second in the constructors championship.

2010

Position 2
Points 454
Lewis Hamilton 4th 240 points
Jenson Button 5th 214 points
The 2010 season started better than 2009, with Jenson Button winning the Australian Grand Prix.

2009

Position 3
Points 71
Lewis Hamilton 5th 49 points
Heikki Kovalainen 12th 22 points
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.

2008

Position 2
Points 155
Lewis Hamilton 1st 98 points
Heikki Kovalainen 7th 53 points
The drivers championship went down to the final corner of the last race with Lewis Hamilton making a final overtake to finish 5th and to win his firat drivers championship. Heikki Kovalainen won one race but the team finished second in the constructors championship to Ferrari

2007

Position Disqualified
Points Disqualified
Lewis Hamilton Disqualified
Fernando Alonso Disqualified
In 2007 the team had all their points taken away after staff were accused of stealing plans from Ferrari. Fernando Alonso left the team at the end of the season after an acrimonious season with them.

2006

Position 3
Points 110
Kimi Raikkonen 5th 65 points
Juan Pablo Montoya 8th 26 points
The 2006 car was unreliable and the team had no race wins this season

2005

Position 2
Points 182
Kimi Raikkonen 2nd 112 points
Juan Pablo Montoya 4th 60 points
The car was more competative this year with Kimi Raikkonen taking 7 race wins. Juan Pablo Montoya took 3 race wins in an inconsistent first season with the team.

2004

Position 5
Points 69
Kimi Raikkonen 7th 45 points
David Coultard 9th 24 points
This was a difficult season for the team with only one race win and a number of retirements.

2003

Position 3
Points 142
Kimi Raikkonen 2nd 91 points
David Coultard 7th 51 points
Kimi Raikkonen consistently scored points through the season, but with only one race win he missed out on the drivers championship by only 2 points.

2002

Position 3
Points 65
Kimi Raikkonen 6th 24 points
David Coultard 5th 41 points
Kimi Raikkonen had a difficult first season with the team, having 10 retirements but also had 4 podium finishes. David COultard took the teams only race win of the season.

2001

Position 2
Points 102
Mikka Hakkinen 5th 37 points
David Coultard 2nd 65 points
David Coultard had two race wins to finish second in the drivers championship but with half the points of Michael Schumacher who won the championship. They were second in the constructors championship but again well behind Ferrari.

2000

Position 2
Points 152
Mikka Hakkinen 2nd 89 points
David Coultard 3rd 73 points
Both drivers were consistently on the podium, with 7 race wins between them, but ultimately they and the team lost out to Michael Schumacher and Ferrari.

1999

Position 2
Points 124
Mikka Hakkinen 1st 76 points
David Coultard 4th 68 points
Mikka Hakkinen won his second drivers championship but a number of retirements gave Ferrari the constructors championship.

1998

Position 1
Points 152
Mikka Hakkinen 1st 100 points
David Coultard 3rd 56 points
Mikka Hakkinen won his first drivers championship with 8 race wins. He was well supported by David Coultard who won one race and came second to Hakkinen in 5 races enabling the team to win the constructors championship.

1997

Position 4
Points 126
Mikka Hakkinen 6th 27 points
David Coultard 4th 36 points

1996

Position 4
Points 49
Mikka Hakkinen 5th 31 points
David Coultard 7th 18 points

1995

Position 4
Points 30
Mikka Hakkinen 7th 17 points
Martin Blundell 10th 13 points

1994

Position 4
Points 42
Mikka Hakkinen 4th 26 points
Martin Brundle 7th 16 points

1993

Position 2
Points 84
Ayrton Senna 2nd 73 points
Michael Andretti 11th 7 points

1992

Position 2
Points 99
Ayrton Senna 4th 50 points
Gerhard Berger 5th 49 points

1991

Position 1
Points 139
Ayrton Senna 1st 96 points
Gerhard Berger 4th 43 points
This was Ayrton Senna's third drivers championship in four years with 7 race wins. The team won the constructors championship just ahead of Williams.

1990

Position 1
Points 121
Ayrton Senna 1st 78 points
Gerhard Berger 4th 43 points
This was Ayrton Senna's second drivers championship with McLaren again taking the constructors title. .

1989

Position 1
Points 141
Ayrton Senna 2nd 60 points
Alain Prost 1st 76 points
Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna battled each other through the season with increasing animosity that cuminated in a the two coming together in the penultimate race in Japan. Alain Prost retired but Ayrton Senna go his car push started for which he was later disqualified.

1988

Position 1
Points 199
Ayrton Senna 1st 90 points
Alain Prost 2nd 87 points
McLaren were dominant all season scoring nearly three times the number of points than Ferrari in second place. McLaren won all but one race with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost battling each other all through the seaon for the drivers championship, with Senna finally taking the championship.

1987

Position 2
Points 76
Alain Prost 4th 46 points
Stefan Johansson 6th 30 points

1986

Position 2
Points 96
Alain Prost 1st 72 points
Keke Rosberg 6th 22 points

1985

Position 1
Points 90
Alain Prost 1st 73 points
Niki Lauda 10th 14 points

1984

Position 1
Points 143.5
Alain Prost 2nd 71.5 points
Niki Lauda 1st 72 points

1983

Position 5
Points 34
John Watson 6th 22 points
Niki Lauda 10th 12 points

1982

Position 2
Points 69
John Watson 3rd 49 points
Niki Lauda 5th 30 points

1981

Position 6
Points 28
John Watson 6th 27 points
Andrea de Cesaris 18th 1 points

1980

Position 9
Points 11
John Watson 11th 6 points
Alain Prost 16th 5 points

1979

Position 7
Points 15
John Watson 9th 15 points
Patrick Tambay 0 points

1978

Position 8
Points 15
James Hunt 13th 8 points
Patrick Tambay 13th 8 points

1977

Position 3
Points 60
James Hunt 5th 40 points
Jochen Mass 6th 25 points

1976

Position 2
Points 74
James Hunt 1st 69 points
Jochen Mass 9th 19 points

1975

Position 3
Points 53
Emerson Fitipaldi 2nd 45 points
Jochen Mass 8th 20 points

1974

Position 1
Points 73
Emerson Fitipaldi 1st 55 points
Denny Hulme 7th 20 points

1973

Position 3
Points 58
Peter Revson 5th 38 points
Denny Hulme 6th 26 points

1972

Position 3
Points 47
Peter Revson 5th 23 points
Denny Hulme 3rd 39 points

1971

Position 6
Points 10
Denny Hulme 13th 9 points
Peter Gethin 9th 9 points

1970

Position 5
Points 35
Denny Hulme 4th 27 points
Peter Gethin 23rd 1 points

1969

Position 4
Points 38
Bruce McLaren 3rd 26 points
Denny Hulme 6th 20 points

1968

Position 2
Points 49
Bruce McLaren 5th 22 points
Denny Hulme 3rd 33 points

1967

Position 10
Points 3
Bruce McLaren 14th 3 points

1966

Position 9
Points 2
Bruce McLaren 16th 3 points