McLaren#Return to Honda engines (2015–2017)

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Bruce McLaren Motor Racing was founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren.{{cite web |url=http://www.mclaren.com/mclarengroup/mclaren-in-formula1.php |title=McLAREN IN FORMULA 1 |publisher=mclaren.com |access-date=12 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528224319/http://www.mclaren.com/mclarengroup/mclaren-in-formula1.php |archive-date=28 May 2008}} Bruce was a works driver for the British Formula One team Cooper with whom he had won three Grands Prix and come second in the {{F1|1960}} World Championship. Wanting to compete in the Australasian Tasman Series, Bruce approached his employers, but when team owner Charles Cooper insisted on using 1.5-litre Formula One-specification engines instead of the 2.5-litre motors permitted by the Tasman rules, Bruce decided to set up his own team to run him and his prospective Formula One teammate Timmy Mayer with custom-built Cooper cars.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=65}}

Bruce won the 1964 series, but Mayer was killed in practice for the final race at the Longford Circuit in Tasmania. When Bruce McLaren approached Teddy Mayer to help him with the purchase of the Zerex sports car from Roger Penske, Teddy Mayer and Bruce McLaren began discussing a business partnership resulting in Teddy Mayer buying in to Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Limited (BMMR) and ultimately becoming its largest shareholder.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|p=15}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/feb/06/obituary-teddy-mayer |title=Obituary: Teddy Mayer|first=Alan|last=Henry|author-link=Alan Henry |newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 February 2009|access-date=30 March 2010}}

The team, competing under a British racing licence,{{Cite web |url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/covers/_Zeltweg-1970-08-16e.jpg| title=1970 Austrian Grand Prix Entry list |publisher= Racing Sport Cars |language=de}} was based in Feltham, England from 1963 to 1964, and in Colnbrook, England from 1965 until 1981, and it has been based in Woking, England since 1981.{{cite web|url=http://corktree.tripod.com/Case_History.html |title=Case History |publisher=Corktree.tripod.com |access-date=3 September 2017}} Despite this, Bruce never used the traditional British racing green on his cars. Instead, he used colour schemes that were not based on national principles (e.g. his first Formula One car, the McLaren M2B car, raced at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix, was painted white with a green stripe, to represent a fictional Yamura team in John Frankenheimer's film Grand Prix).{{cite web|url=https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/2018/car-launch/mclaren-and-papaya-2174925/|title=McLaren Formula 1 - McLaren & Papaya|access-date=4 October 2018|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326102759/https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/2018/car-launch/mclaren-and-papaya-2174925/|url-status=dead}}

During this period, Bruce drove for his team in sports car races in the United Kingdom and North America and also entered the 1965 Tasman Series with Phil Hill, but did not win it.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|pages=72–85}} He continued to drive in Grands Prix for Cooper, but judging that team's form to be waning, decided to race his own cars in 1966.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=18}}

File:McLaren logo (original).png and featured a kiwi bird, a New Zealand icon.{{harvnb|Taylor|2009|page=14}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/new-zealand/|title=The World Factbook – New Zealand|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=23 June 2010}}]]

File:McLaren M2B Donington.jpg, the team's first Formula One car]]

File:McLarenBruce19690801.jpg of 1968 gave McLaren their first Formula One wins. It is driven here by Bruce McLaren at the Nürburgring in 1969.]]

Bruce McLaren made the team's Grand Prix debut at the 1966 Monaco race (of the current Formula One teams, only Ferrari is older{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/teams.html |title=Formula One Teams |publisher=Formula One |access-date=10 April 2010}}{{efn|Current team Mercedes first competed in {{F1|1954}}–{{F1|1955}}, but did not race again until {{F1|2010}}.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8420969.stm |title=Mercedes Grand Prix team profile |work=BBC Sport |date=5 March 2010 |access-date=12 April 2010}}}}). His race ended after nine laps due to a terminal oil leak. The {{F1|1966}} car was the M2B designed by Robin Herd, but the programme was hampered by a poor choice of engines: a 3.0-litre version of Ford's Indianapolis 500 engine and a Serenissima V8 were used, the latter scoring the team's first point in Britain, but both were underpowered and unreliable.{{cite web|url=http://www.bruce-mclaren.com/the-cars/f1.html|title=Formula One – hard and unforgiving|work=Bruce McLaren Trust|access-date=29 March 2010|archive-date=24 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524041435/http://bruce-mclaren.com/the-cars/f1.html|url-status=dead}} For {{F1|1967}} Bruce decided to use a British Racing Motors (BRM) V12 engine, but due to delays with the engine, was forced initially to use a modified Formula Two car called the M4B powered by a 2.1-litre BRM V8, later building a similar but slightly larger car called the M5A for the V12. Neither car brought great success, the best result being a fourth at Monaco.

For {{F1|1968}}, after driving McLaren's sole entry for the previous two years, Bruce was joined by 1967 champion and fellow New Zealander Denny Hulme, who was already racing for McLaren in Can-Am.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=22}} 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{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=54}} (the DFV would go on to be used by McLaren until 1983) and with it a major upturn in form proceeded. Bruce won the Race of Champions at the Brands Hatch circuit and Hulme won the International Trophy at Silverstone, both non-championship races,{{cite journal |title=M7A: McLaren's lucky number |journal=Motor Sport |date=August 2008|volume=84 |issue=8 |publisher=Stratfield}} before Bruce took the team's first championship win at the Belgian Grand Prix.{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/teams/McLaren.html |title=McLaren Team Profile |work=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One |access-date=24 March 2010 |archive-date=15 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315091232/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/teams/McLaren.html |url-status=dead }} Hulme also won the Italian and Canadian Grands Prix later in the year, helping the team to second in the Constructors' Championship. Using an updated 'C' version on the M7, a further three podium finishes followed for Bruce in {{F1|1969}}, but the team's fifth win had to wait until the last race of the 1969 championship when Hulme won the Mexican Grand Prix. 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".{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=23–24}}

The year {{F1|1970}} started with a second-place each for Hulme and Bruce in the first two Grands Prix, but in June, Bruce was killed in a crash at Goodwood while testing the new M8D Can-Am car.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=24}} After his death, Teddy Mayer took over effective control of the team; Hulme continued with Dan Gurney and Peter Gethin partnering him. Gurney won the first two Can-Am events at Mosport and St. Jovite and placed ninth in the third, but left the team mid-season, and Gethin took over from there. While {{F1|1971}} began promisingly when Hulme led the opening round in South Africa before retiring with broken suspension,{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=25}} ultimately Hulme, Gethin (who left for BRM mid-season,{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=26}}) and Jackie Oliver again failed to score a win. The 1972 season saw improvements though: Hulme won the team's first Grand Prix for {{frac|2|1|2}} years in South Africa and he and Peter Revson scored ten other podiums, the team finishing third in the Constructors' Championship. McLaren gave Jody Scheckter his Formula One debut at the final race at Watkins Glen. All McLaren drivers used the Ford-Cosworth engines, except for Andrea de Adamich and Nanni Galli who used engines from Alfa Romeo in 1970.

File:Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren M23 1974 Britain.jpg won the 1974 Drivers' Championship with McLaren.]]

The McLaren M23, designed by Gordon Coppuck, was the team's new car for the {{F1|1973}} season. Sharing parts of the design of both McLaren's Formula One M19 and Indianapolis M16 cars (itself inspired by Lotus's 72),{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=174}} it was a mainstay for four years.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|loc=Appendix 1}} Hulme won with it in Sweden and Revson took the only Grand Prix wins of his career in Britain and Canada. In {{F1|1974}}, Emerson Fittipaldi, world champion with Lotus two years earlier, joined McLaren.{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Emerson_Fittipaldi.html|first=Gerald|last=Donaldson|title=Emerson Fittipaldi |work=Formula1.com|publisher=Formula One|access-date=1 April 2010}} Hulme, in his final Formula One campaign,{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Denny_Hulme.html |first=Gerald |last=Donaldson |title=Denny Hulme |work=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One |access-date=1 April 2010}} won the Argentinian season-opener; Fittipaldi, with wins in Brazil, Belgium and Canada, took the Drivers' Championship. It was a close fight for Fittipaldi, who secured the title with a fourth at the season-ending United States Grand Prix, putting him three points ahead of Ferrari's Clay Regazzoni. With Hulme and multiple motorcycle world champion Mike Hailwood, he also sealed McLaren's first Constructors' Championship. The year {{F1|1975}} was less successful for the team: Fittipaldi was second in the championship behind Niki Lauda. Hulme's replacement Jochen Mass took his sole GP win in Spain.

At the end of 1975, Fittipaldi left to join his brother's Fittipaldi/Copersucar team. With the top drivers already signed to other teams, Mayer turned to James Hunt, a driver on whom biographer Gerald Donaldson reflected as having "a dubious reputation".{{cite book|title=James Hunt: The Biography|first=Gerald|last=Donaldson|year=1995|publisher=CollinsWillow|page=158 |isbn=0-00-218493-1}} In {{F1|1976}}, Lauda was again strong in his Ferrari; at midseason, he led the championship with 56 points while Hunt had only 26 despite wins in Spain (a race from which he was initially disqualified{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=32}}) and France. At the German Grand Prix, though, Lauda crashed heavily, was nearly killed, and missed the next two races.{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Niki_Lauda.html|first=Gerald |last=Donaldson|title=Niki Lauda|work=Formula1.com|publisher=Formula One|access-date=1 April 2010}} Hunt capitalised by winning four more Grands Prix giving him a three-point deficit going into the finale in Japan. Here it rained torrentially, Lauda retired because of safety concerns, and Hunt sealed the Drivers' Championship by finishing third. McLaren, though, lost the Constructors' Championship to Ferrari.

In {{F1|1977}}, the M23 was gradually replaced with the M26, the M23's final works outing being Gilles Villeneuve's Formula One debut with the team in a one-off appearance at the British Grand Prix.{{Cite book|title=Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver|first=Gerald|last=Donaldson|page=80|edition=1st paperback|year=2003|publisher=Virgin Books|isbn=0-7535-0747-1}}{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=34}} Hunt won on three occasions that year, but the Lauda and Ferrari combination proved too strong, Hunt and McLaren managing just fifth and third in the respective championships. From there, results continued to worsen. Lotus and Mario Andretti took the {{F1|1978}} titles with their 78 and 79 ground-effect cars{{cite book|title=The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Formula One|editor-first=Bruce|editor-last=Jones|year=1997|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|page=43|isbn=0-340-70783-6}} and neither Hunt nor Mass's replacement Patrick Tambay were able to seriously challenge with the nonground-effect M26.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|pages=211–213}} Hunt was dropped at the end of 1978 in favour of Lotus's Ronnie Peterson, but when Peterson was killed by a crash at the Italian Grand Prix, John Watson was signed, instead.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=33}} No improvement occurred in {{F1|1979}}; Coppuck's M28 design was described by Mayer as "ghastly, a disaster" and "quite diabolical" and the M29 did little to change the situation. Tambay scored no points and Watson only 15 to place the team eighth at the end of the year.

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File:ProstAlain McLarenMP4-2B 1985.jpg, pictured here at the 1985 German Grand Prix, won three Drivers' Championships with McLaren.]]

File:Ayrton Senna 1988 Canada.jpg engines and the driving strength of Prost and Ayrton Senna for {{F1|1988}}, McLaren dominated the season, winning all but one race. Senna won his first world championship after a season-long battle with Prost.]]

The 1980s started much as the 1970s had ended: Alain Prost took over from Tambay{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Alain_Prost.html |first=Gerald |last=Donaldson |title=Alain Prost |work=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One |access-date=1 April 2010}} but Watson and he rarely scored points. Under increasing pressure since the previous year from principal sponsor Philip Morris and their executive John Hogan, Mayer was coerced into merging McLaren with Ron Dennis's Project Four Formula Two team, also sponsored by Philip Morris.{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Henry |author-link=Alan Henry | title = Motor Racing: Jaguar land Crocodile's brother|work=The Guardian|location=UK|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/feb/25/motorracing.formulaone2003|page = 31| date= 25 February 2003| access-date =9 April 2007}}{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=37}} Dennis had designer John Barnard who, inspired by the carbon-fibre rear wings of the BMW M1 race cars that Project Four was preparing, had ideas for an innovative Formula One chassis constructed from carbon-fibre instead of conventional aluminium alloy.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|pages=37–40}} On their own, they lacked the money to build it, but with investment that came with the merger it became the McLaren MP4 (later called MP4/1) of {{F1|1981}}, driven by Watson and Andrea de Cesaris.{{cite journal|journal=Motor Sport |first=Rob|last=Widdows|title=Carbon natural|date=May 2007|volume=83|issue=5|publisher=Stratfield}}{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=41}} In the MP4, Watson won the British Grand Prix and had three other podium finishes. Soon after the merger, McLaren moved from Colnbrook to a new base in Woking and Dennis and Mayer initially shared the managing directorship of the company; by 1982, Mayer had departed and Tyler Alexander's and his shareholdings had been bought by the new owners.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|pages=42–43}}{{harvnb|Nye|1988|pages=48–49}}

In the early 1980s, teams like Renault, Ferrari and Brabham were using 1.5-litre turbocharged engines in favour of the 3.0-litre naturally aspirated engines that had been standard since 1966.{{harvnb|Tremayne|Hughes|1998|pages=223–228}} Having seen in 1982 the need for a turbo engine of their own, Dennis had convinced Williams backer Techniques d'Avant Garde (TAG) to fund Porsche-built, TAG-branded turbo engines made to Barnard's specifications; TAG's founder Mansour Ojjeh would later become a McLaren shareholder. In the meantime, they continued with Cosworth engines as old rival Lauda came out of retirement in 1982 to drive alongside Watson in that year's 1B development of the MP4.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|pages=42–44}}{{cite news| first = John| last = Blundsden| title = Dennis confronts the difficulties of his own success|work=The Times |location=UK| date= 7 July 1988}} They each won two races, Watson notably from 17th place on the grid in Detroit, and at one stage of the season McLaren were second in the constructors' championship. As part of a dispute with FISA, they boycotted the San Marino Grand Prix.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=235}} Although {{F1|1983}} was not so fruitful, Watson did win again in the United States, this time from 22nd on the grid at Long Beach.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=45}}

Having been fired by Renault, Prost returned to McLaren once again for {{F1|1984}}.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=46}} Now using the TAG engines, the team dominated, scoring 12 wins and {{frac|2|1|2}} times as many constructors' points as nearest rival Ferrari. In the Drivers' Championship, Lauda prevailed over Prost by half a point, the narrowest margin ever.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=53}} The McLaren-TAGs were again strong in {{F1|1985}}; a third Constructors' Championship came their way while this time Prost won the Drivers' Championship. In {{F1|1986}}, the Williams team were resurgent with their Honda engine and drivers Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet, while at McLaren, Lauda's replacement, 1982 champion Keke Rosberg could not gel with the car. Williams took the Constructors' Championship, but for Prost, wins in San Marino, Monaco, and Austria combined with the fact that the Williams drivers were taking points from each other meant that he retained a chance going into the last race, the Australian Grand Prix. There, a puncture for Mansell and a precautionary pit stop for Piquet gave Prost the race win and his second title, making him the first driver to win back-to-back championships since Jack Brabham in {{F1|1959}} and 1960.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|pages=57–63}} In {{F1|1987}} Barnard departed for Ferrari to be replaced by Steve Nichols (who himself joined Ferrari in 1989).{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=63}}{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=78}}{{harvnb|Tremayne|Hughes|1998|pages=198–199}} In the hands of Prost and Stefan Johansson, though, Nichols's MP4/3 and the TAG engine could not match the Williams-Honda.

For {{F1|1988}}, Honda switched their supply to McLaren and, encouraged by Prost, Dennis signed Ayrton Senna to drive.{{cite journal |journal=Motor Sport|first=Nigel|last=Roebuck|author-link=Nigel Roebuck|title=The best of enemies|date=October 2008|volume=84|issue=10|publisher=Stratfield}} Despite regulations reducing the boost pressure and fuel capacity (and therefore, power) of the turbo cars, Honda persisted with a turbocharged engine.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=65}} In the MP4/4, Senna and Prost engaged in a season-long battle, winning 15 of the 16 races (at the other race at Monza, Senna had been leading comfortably, but collided with back-marker Jean-Louis Schlesser{{harvnb|Rubython|2006|page=170}}). At the Portuguese Grand Prix, their relationship soured when Senna squeezed Prost against the pit wall; Prost won, but afterwards said, "It was dangerous. If he wants the world championship that badly he can have it."{{harvnb|Rubython|2006|page=171}} Prost scored more points that year, but because only the best 11 results counted, Senna took the title at the penultimate race in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007215552/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/|archive-date=7 October 2014|title=1988 FIA Formula One World Championship |work=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One|access-date=2 April 2010}}{{harvnb|Henry|1999|pages=70–71}}

The next year, with turbos banned, Honda supplied a new 3.5-L naturally aspirated V10 engine{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=71}} and McLaren again won both titles with the MP4/5. Their drivers' relationship continued to deteriorate, though, especially when, at the San Marino Grand Prix, Prost felt that Senna had reneged on an agreement not to pass each other at the first corner.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=73}} Believing that Honda and Dennis were favouring Senna, Prost announced mid-season that he would leave to drive at Ferrari the following year.{{cite web |url=http://www.prostfan.com/senna2.htm|title=Ayrton Senna by Alain Prost |publisher=prostfan.com |access-date=4 April 2010}} For the second year in succession, the Drivers' Championship was decided at the Japanese Grand Prix, this time in Prost's favour after Senna and he collided (Senna initially recovered and won the race, but was later disqualified).{{harvnb|Henry|1999|pages=76–77}}

File:AyrtonSennaAtHockheimGP1993.jpg V8 engines to power the MP4/8. Although Ayrton Senna (pictured at the German GP) won five races, McLaren was not a match for the dominant Williams team. After the 1993 Australian Grand Prix, the team failed to win a race until {{F1|1997}}.|left]]

File:Mika Hakkinen 1999 Canada.jpg won the {{F1|1998}} and {{F1|1999}} Drivers' Championships with McLaren. He is shown here at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix, an event which he won.]]

With former McLaren men Nichols and Prost (Barnard had moved to the Benetton team), Ferrari pushed the British team more closely in {{F1|1990}}. McLaren, in turn, brought in Ferrari's Gerhard Berger, but like the two seasons before, the Drivers' Championship was led by Prost and Senna and settled at the penultimate race in Japan. Here, Senna collided with Prost at the first corner, forcing both to retire, but this time Senna escaped punishment and took the title;{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=80}} McLaren also won the Constructors' Championship. The {{F1|1991}} year was another for McLaren and Senna, with the ascendant Renault-powered Williams team their closest challengers. By {{F1|1992}}, Williams, with their advanced FW14B car,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/cars_guide/4272031.stm|title=The changing face of F1|work=BBC Sport|date=28 February 2005|access-date=4 April 2010}} had overtaken McLaren, breaking their four-year run as champions, despite the latter winning five races that year.

As Honda withdrew from the sport at end of 1992,{{cite news |title= Honda pulls out of Formula 1 racing |date= 11 September 1992 |work= UPI |url= https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/09/11/Honda-pulls-out-of-Formula-1-racing/6443716184000/ |access-date= 6 October 2023 }} McLaren sought a new engine supplier. A deal to secure Renault engines fell through, subsequently McLaren switched to customer Ford engines for the {{F1|1993}} season.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|pages=87–88}} Senna—who initially agreed only to a race-by-race contract before later signing for the whole year{{harvnb |Rubython|2006|p=282}}{{harvnb |Rubython|2006|pp=288–289}}—won five races, including a record-breaking sixth victory at Monaco and a win at the European Grand Prix, where he went from fifth to first on the opening lap.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|pages=89–91}} His teammate, 1991 CART champion Michael Andretti, fared much worse; he scored only seven points, and was replaced by test driver Mika Häkkinen for the final three rounds of the season.{{harvnb|Rubython|2006|p=290}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/1246610.stm|title=Andretti in Indy 500 return |work=BBC Sport|date=27 March 2001|access-date=4 April 2010}} Williams ultimately won both titles and Senna—who had flirted with moving there for 1993—signed with them for the {{F1|1994}} season.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=95}} During the 1993 season McLaren took part in a seven part BBC Television documentary called A Season With McLaren.{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4f4ba3afda47b|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150131215440/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4f4ba3afda47b|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2015 |title=The TEAM – A SEASON WITH MCLAREN|work=British Film Institute Film & TV Database|access-date=24 March 2010}}

McLaren tested a Lamborghini V12 engine ahead of the {{F1|1994}} season, as part of a potential deal with the then-Lamborghini owner Chrysler, before eventually deciding to use Peugeot engines. With Peugeot power, the MP4/9 was driven by Häkkinen and Martin Brundle, despite achieving eight podiums over the season no wins were achieved. Peugeot was dropped after a single year due to multiple engine failures/unreliability which cost McLaren potential race victories and they switched to a Mercedes-Benz-branded, Ilmor-designed engine.{{harvnb|Henry|1999|pages=95–101}}

For 1995 season onwards, McLaren ended their engine deal with Peugeot Sport and started an engine full-works partnership with Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines for the first time, after the German manufacturer spent one year in partnership with the Sauber team.{{cite web|title=McLaren and Peugeot part ways|url=https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-and-peugeot-part-ways/1654184/|work=motorsport.com|date=25 October 1994|access-date=28 June 2022|archive-date=24 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224153201/https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-and-peugeot-part-ways/1654184/|url-status=dead}} The partnership included free engines from Mercedes-Benz that built and assembled by Ilmor Engineering, Mercedes-Benz official team vehicles, financial support, also earned full-factory support from Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz and also Mercedes-Benz and Ilmor staff would work with the team at their Woking base.

McLaren's Formula One car for the {{F1|1995}} season, the MP4/10, was not a front-runner and Brundle's replacement, former champion Nigel Mansell, was unable to fit into the car at first and departed after just two races, with Mark Blundell taking his place.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mansell-faces-retirement-after-mclaren-exit-1620932.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mansell-faces-retirement-after-mclaren-exit-1620932.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mansell faces retirement after McLaren exit|first=Derick|last=Allsop|work=The Independent|location=UK|date=24 May 1995|access-date=24 March 2010}}

While Williams dominated in {{F1|1996}}, McLaren, now with David Coulthard alongside Häkkinen,{{harvnb|Henry|1999|page=104}} went a third successive season without a win. In {{F1|1997}}, however, Coulthard broke this run by winning the season-opening Australian Grand Prix; Häkkinen and he would each win another race before the end of the season, and highly rated designer Adrian Newey joined the team from Williams in August that year.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/1361946.stm|title=Newey's magic touch |work=BBC Sport|date=2 June 2001|access-date=27 March 2010}} Despite the car's improved pace, unreliability proved costly throughout the season, with retirements at the British and Luxembourg Grands Prix occurring whilst Häkkinen was in the lead. It was also at the start of this season that saw long time sponsor, Marlboro, shift its support to long time rival Ferrari. For the first time since the 1974 season, McLaren would have a new identity, shifting to fellow tobacco sponsor West. This saw the traditional red and white replaced with silver, grey, white and red. McLaren would retain this colour scheme (or very similar) for twenty years until 2017.

With Newey able to take advantage of new technical regulations for {{F1|1998}},{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft00289.html|title=The 1998 Formula 1 cars|first=Peter|last=Wright|date=8 March 1998|publisher=grandprix.com|access-date=13 April 2010|archive-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630031535/http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft00289.html|url-status=dead}} and with Williams losing their works Renault engines following Renault's temporary withdrawal from the sport, McLaren were once again able to challenge for the championship. Häkkinen and Coulthard won five of the first six races despite the banning of the team's "brake steer" system, which allowed the rear brakes to be operated individually to reduce understeer, after a protest by Ferrari at the second race in Brazil.{{cite news|first=Matt|last=Bishop|title=Pedal to Metal|work=The Best of F1 Racing 1996–2006|page=66}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing-no-brake-in-mclaren-routine-1153193.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing-no-brake-in-mclaren-routine-1153193.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Motor Racing: No brake in McLaren routine|first=David|last=Tremayne|author-link=David Tremayne|work=The Independent|location=UK|date=29 March 1998|access-date=27 March 2010}}{{harvnb|Tremayne|Hughes|1998|page=232}} Schumacher and Ferrari provided the greatest competition, the former levelled on points with Häkkinen with two races to go, but wins for Häkkinen at the Luxembourg and Japanese Grands Prix gave both him the Drivers' Championship and McLaren the Constructors' Championship. Häkkinen won his second Drivers' Championship the following season, but due to a combination of driver errors and mechanical failures, the team lost the constructors' title to Ferrari.

File:Mclaren racing usgp 2004.jpg's MP4-19 into the garage during qualifying for the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2004.]]

In {{F1|2000}} McLaren won seven races in a close fight with Ferrari, but ultimately Ferrari and Schumacher prevailed in both competitions. This marked the start of a decline in form as Ferrari cemented their dominance of Formula One and also beryllium engine material banned in Formula One that affected Mercedes engine performance. In {{F1|2001}}, Häkkinen was outscored by Coulthard for the first time since 1997 and retired (ending Formula One's longest ever driver partnership), his place taken by Kimi Räikkönen,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/2152164.stm|title=Hakkinen announces retirement|work=BBC Sport|date=26 July 2002|access-date=7 April 2010}} then in {{F1|2002}}, Coulthard took their solitary win at Monaco while Ferrari repeated McLaren's 1988 feat of 15 wins in a season.

The year {{F1|2003}} started promisingly, with one win each for Coulthard and Räikkönen at the first two Grands Prix. However, they were hampered when the MP4-18 car designed for that year suffered crash test and reliability problems, forcing them to continue using a 'D' development of the year-old MP4-17 for longer than they had initially planned.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3342535.stm|title=Bold new dawn for McLaren|first=Andrew|last=Benson|work=BBC Sport|date=23 December 2003|access-date=6 April 2010}} Despite this, Räikkönen scored points consistently and challenged for the championship up to the final race, eventually losing by two points. The team began {{F1|2004}} with the MP4-19, which technical director Adrian Newey described as "a debugged version of [the MP4-18]". It was not a success, though, and was replaced mid-season by the MP4-19B. With this, Räikkönen scored the team's and his only win of the year at the Belgian Grand Prix, as McLaren finished fifth in the Constructors' Championship, their worst ranking since 1983.

Coulthard left for Red Bull Racing in {{F1|2005}} to be replaced by former CART champion Juan Pablo Montoya for what was McLaren's most successful season in several years as he and Räikkönen won ten races. However, both the team not being able to work out why the car could not heat its tyres properly in the early stages of the season and the overall unreliability of the MP4-20 cost several race victories when Räikkönen had been leading or in contention to win and also costing him grid positions in some qualifying sessions, which allowed Renault and their driver Fernando Alonso to capitalise and win both titles.

File:Lap4 Canada2005 Raikkonen.jpg challenged for the Drivers' Championship in {{F1|2005}}.]]

In {{F1|2006}}, the superior reliability and speed of the Ferraris and Renaults prevented the team from gaining any victories for the first time in a decade. Montoya parted company acrimoniously with the team to race in NASCAR after the United States Grand Prix, where he crashed into Räikkönen at the start; test driver Pedro de la Rosa deputised for the remainder of the season.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5168206.stm|title=McLaren agree to release Montoya|date=11 July 2006|work=BBC Sport|access-date=26 March 2010}} The team also lost Räikkönen to Ferrari at the end of the year.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5332710.stm|title=Ferrari reveal Raikkonen signing|date=10 September 2006|work=BBC Sport|access-date=26 March 2010}}

Steve Matchett argued that the poor reliability of McLaren in 2006 and recent previous years was due to a lack of team continuity and stability.{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Matchett|author-link=Steve Matchett|title=No-catch 22|work=F1 Racing|publisher=Haymarket Publishing|pages=58–63|date=June 2007}} His cited examples of instability are logistical challenges related to the move to the McLaren Technology Centre, Adrian Newey's aborted move to Jaguar and later move to Red Bull, the subsequent move of Newey's deputy to Red Bull, and personnel changes at Ilmor.

File:Fernando Alonso 2007 2.jpg had a difficult and controversial year with McLaren in {{F1|2007}}.|left]]

After scoring no victories in 2006, the team returned to competitive status in {{F1|2007}}. That year saw Fernando Alonso race alongside Formula One debutant and long-time McLaren protégé Lewis Hamilton.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6179704.stm|title=Hamilton gets 2007 McLaren drive|publisher=BBC|date=24 November 2006|access-date=30 March 2010}}{{cite news|last=Moffitt|first=Alastair|date=20 December 2005|title=Alonso to make shock switch from Renault to McLaren|work=The Independent|location=UK|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/alonso-to-make-shock-switch-from-renault-to-mclaren-520190.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/alonso-to-make-shock-switch-from-renault-to-mclaren-520190.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=12 April 2007}} The pair scored four wins each and led the Drivers' Championship for much of the year, but tensions arose within the team, BBC Sport claimed that Alonso was unable to cope with Hamilton's competitiveness.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6998040.stm|title=How Hamilton drove Alonso to the edge|date=16 September 2007|work=BBC Sport|access-date=8 April 2010}} At the Hungarian Grand Prix, Alonso was judged to have deliberately impeded his teammate during qualifying, so the team were not allowed to score Constructors' points at the event.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6929333.stm|publisher=BBC|title=Hungarian Grand Prix 2007|date=5 August 2007|access-date=8 April 2010}} An internal agreement within the McLaren team stated that drivers would alternatively have an extra lap for qualifying, however, Lewis Hamilton refused to accept for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Subsequently, the McLaren team was investigated by the FIA for having proprietary technical blueprints of Ferrari's car – the so-called "Spygate" controversy. At the first hearing, McLaren management consistently denied all knowledge, blaming a single "rogue engineer". However, in the final hearing, McLaren was found guilty and the team was excluded from the Constructors' Championship and fined $100 million.{{cite news|title=McLaren hit with constructors' ban|work=BBC Sport|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6991147.stm|date=13 September 2007|access-date=27 March 2010}} The drivers were allowed to continue without penalty, and while Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship heading into the final race in Brazil, Räikkönen in the Ferrari won the race and the Drivers' Championship, a single point ahead of both McLaren drivers. In November, Alonso and McLaren agreed to terminate their contract by mutual consent, Heikki Kovalainen filling the vacant seat alongside Hamilton.{{cite news|title=Alonso secures exit from McLaren|work=BBC Sport|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7074737.stm|first=Andrew|last=Benson |date=2 November 2007|access-date=2 November 2007}}{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/12/7182.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006160531/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/12/7182.html|archive-date=6 October 2014|title=Kovalainen to partner Hamilton at McLaren for 2008|work=Formula One|date=14 December 2007|access-date=14 December 2007}}

File:Lewis hamilton - 2008 Melb GP.jpg won {{F1|2008}}'s season-opening race in Australia and went on to win the title.]]

In {{F1|2008}}, a close fight ensued between Hamilton and the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Räikkönen; Hamilton won five times and despite also crossing the finish line first at the Belgian Grand Prix, he was deemed to have gained an illegal advantage by cutting a chicane during an overtake and was controversially demoted to third.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article4703540.ece|title=World media bemused by Lewis Hamilton decision|first=Ben|last=Smith|date=8 September 2008|work=The Times|location=UK|access-date=21 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202091153/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article4703540.ece |archive-date=2 December 2008|url-status=dead}} Going into the final race in Brazil, Hamilton had a seven-point lead over Massa. Massa won there, but Hamilton dramatically clinched his first Drivers' Championship by moving into the necessary fifth position at the final corner of the final lap of the race. Despite winning his first Grand Prix in Hungary, Kovalainen finished the season only seventh in the overall standings, allowing Ferrari to take the constructors' title.

Before the start of the {{F1|2009}} season, Dennis retired as team principal, handing responsibility to Martin Whitmarsh,{{cite news|title=Ron Dennis leaves McLaren in safe hands|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article5531559.ece|date=16 January 2009|work=The Times|location=UK|first=Kevin|last=Eason|access-date=11 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604150551/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article5531559.ece |archive-date=4 June 2011|url-status=dead}} but the year started badly: the MP4-24 car was off the pace and the team was given a three-race suspended ban for misleading stewards at the Australian and Malaysian Grands Prix.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8024661.stm|title=McLaren given suspended race ban|work=BBC Sport |date=29 April 2009 |access-date=24 March 2010}} Despite these early problems, a late revival had Hamilton win at the Hungarian and Singapore Grands Prix.

File:Sergio Perez 2013 Malaysia FP2.jpg driving for McLaren at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix]] File:Mclaren MP4-29 Jenson Button 2014 F1 Chinese GP.jpg driving at the 2014 Chinese Grand Prix]]

For the 2010 season, McLaren lost its status as the Mercedes works team; Mercedes decided to buy the Brackley-based Brawn team that had won the 2009 titles with its customer engines, Whitmarsh having chosen to abandon their exclusive rights to the Mercedes engines to help Brawn run.{{Cite web|date=18 September 2021|title=The incredible tale of McLaren and Mercedes' F1 split|url=https://the-race.com/formula-1/the-incredible-tale-of-mclaren-and-mercedes-f1-split/|access-date=5 November 2021|website=The Race|language=en-GB}} Mercedes still continued providing engines to McLaren, albeit under a supplier-customer relationship rather than the works partnership as before, while it sold its 40% shares of McLaren over two years. McLaren signed 2009 champion, Jenson Button, to replace Kovalainen alongside Hamilton in {{F1|2010}}.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8363892.stm|title=Button joins Hamilton at McLaren|first=Andrew|last=Benson|work=BBC Sport|date=18 November 2009|access-date=27 March 2010}} Button won twice (in Australia and China) and Hamilton three times (in Turkey, Canada, and Belgium), but they and McLaren failed to win their respective championships, that year's MP4-25 largely outpaced by Red Bull's RB6.

Hamilton and Button remained with the team into {{F1|2011}}, with Hamilton winning three races – China, Germany, and Abu Dhabi and Button also winning three races – Canada, Hungary, and Japan. Button finished the Drivers' Championship in second place with 270 points behind 2011 Drivers' Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing, ahead of Hamilton's 227 points. McLaren was second in the Constructors' Championship to Red Bull Racing. Throughout the season, Hamilton was involved in several incidents with other drivers including – most notably – multiple collisions with 2008 title rival Massa.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/30/lewis-hamilton-felipe-massa-formula-one|title=Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa: A season of flashpoints|website=TheGuardian.com|date=30 October 2011}}

In {{F1|2012}}, McLaren won the first race of the year in Australia with a dominant victory by Button and a 3rd place from pole for Hamilton, while Hamilton went on to win in Canada, but by the mid-way mark of the season at the team's home race at Silverstone, the McLaren cars managed only eighth place (Hamilton) and 10th place (Button), while the drivers' and Constructors' Championships were being dominated by Red Bull Racing and Ferrari, whose cars occupied the first four places of the {{F1 GP|2012|British}}, this was partially due to pit stop problems and Button's temporary dip in form after not adapting as well as Hamilton to the new Pirelli tyres. The car also suffered reliability problems which cost the team and its drivers numerous potential points, most notably in Singapore and Abu Dhabi, where Hamilton had been leading from the front in both races {{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/20193556|title=Abu Dhabi GP: Lewis Hamilton says McLaren not good enough|work=BBC Sport|date=4 November 2012|access-date=5 November 2012}} and in Italy where the team lost a 1-2 finish when Button's car failed with fuel problems on lap 33.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/09/lewis-hamilton-italian-grand-prix|title=Lewis Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix as Button and Vettel retire|website=TheGuardian.com|date=9 September 2012}}

Sergio Pérez replaced Hamilton for {{F1|2013}}, after Hamilton decided to leave for Mercedes.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/19755236|title=Lewis Hamilton to leave McLaren after signing Mercedes contract|work=BBC Sport|date=28 September 2012|access-date=29 September 2012|first=Andrew|last=Benson}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/19755616|title=Lewis Hamilton: Sergio Perez joins McLaren from Sauber|work=BBC Sport|date=28 September 2012|access-date=29 September 2012}} The team's car for the season, the MP4-28, was launched on 31 January 2013.{{cite news|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/mclaren/motorsport/story/97781.html|title=McLaren set to launch MP4-28 on January 31|publisher=ESPN F1|date=20 December 2012|access-date=7 January 2013}} The car struggled to compete with the other top teams and the season had McLaren fail to produce a podium finish for the first time since {{F1|1980}}.{{cite news|last=Benson|first=Andrew|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/25858643|title=BBC Sport – McLaren unveil MP4-29 car for 2014 Formula 1 season|work=BBC Sport |access-date=27 January 2014}}

Kevin Magnussen replaced Pérez for {{F1|2014}}, and Ron Dennis, who had remained at arm's length since stepping down from the team principal role, returned as CEO of the operation. McLaren was the first team to officially launch their 2014 car, the MP4-29, which was revealed on 24 January 2014. They had a largely unsuccessful 2014; their best result was in Australia where – after Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from second place – Magnussen finished second and Button third. Button subsequently finished fourth in Canada, Britain, and Russia. Their highest grid position was in Britain with Button's third place on the grid.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicanef1.com/query.pl?year=2014&country=&circuit=&carno=&driver=&entrant=&car=McLaren&engine=&tyres=&lubricant=&qualpos=&gridpos=&classi=&flappos=&exact=on&rpp=50&sh_year=on&sh_gp=on&sh_driver=on&sh_qualpos=on&action=Search|title=Data Search Results|work=chicanef1.com|access-date=31 January 2015}}

File:McLaren duo 2015 Malaysia Race.jpg|left]] File:Fernando Alonso 2016 Malaysia Q1.jpg during qualifying for the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix]]

For {{F1|2015}}, McLaren ended their engine deal with Mercedes which included buying back the 40% stake that Mercedes held in the team and reforging their historical partnership with Honda. The Honda deal not only meant they would supply engines, but that Honda staff would work with the team at their Woking base as well as received full-factory support from Honda including official team vehicles and free engines. The team announced Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button as their race drivers, with Kevin Magnussen demoted to test driver. During pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in February, Alonso suffered a concussion and, as a result, Kevin Magnussen replaced him for the season-opening {{F1 GP|2015|Australian}} in March. At that inaugural race of the season, Jenson Button finished 11th, but was lapped twice and finished last of the finishing cars.{{cite web|url=http://grandprix.com.au/2015/results/sunday |title=2015 Results - Sunday Tab |work=grandprix.com.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316141433/http://grandprix.com.au/2015/results/sunday |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 March 2015}} Following considerable unreliability and initial suggestions that the Honda engine was underpowered relative to its competitors, steady performance gains eventually resulted in Button managing to score the team's first (four) points of the season at the sixth round in Monaco.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119151|title=Jenson Button proud of first McLaren 2015 F1 points in Monaco GP|magazine=Autosport|date=25 May 2015}} By contrast, Alonso scored his first point three races later at the British Grand Prix.{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/race/r925racenotes.html|title=Race Notes – Sunday - British GP – F1 2015|work=Grandprix.com|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064131/http://www.grandprix.com/race/r925racenotes.html|url-status=dead}}

The Hungarian Grand Prix saw the team score their best result of the season with Alonso and Button finishing fifth and ninth, respectively.{{cite web|title=Hungarian Grand Prix 2015 - live|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11763670/Hungarian-Grand-Prix-2015-live.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728233652/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11763670/Hungarian-Grand-Prix-2015-live.html |archive-date=28 July 2015 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=26 July 2015|access-date=26 July 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Ramsey|first1=Jonathon|title=Race Recap: 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix is Magyar for 'What a race!'|url=http://www.autoblog.com/2015/07/26/2015-hungarian-grand-prix-race-recap/|publisher=AutoBlog|access-date=26 July 2015|date=31 July 2015}} However, McLaren did not score points in the next four races until Button finished ninth at the Russian Grand Prix. At the following United States Grand Prix, Button scored his best result of the season with sixth place. The team finished ninth in the constructors' standings with 27 points, McLaren's worst performance since 1980.File:Stoffel Vandoorne 2017 Catalonia test (27 Feb-2 Mar) Day 4.jpg in the MCL32, showing the new orange and black livery]]

McLaren retained the Alonso - Button pairing for the {{F1|2016}} season. The second year of the Honda partnership was better than the first, with the team being able to challenge for top 10 positions on a more regular basis. However, the season started with a massive crash at the Australian Grand Prix in which Fernando Alonso sustained rib fractures and a collapsed lung after colliding with Esteban Gutiérrez and somersaulting into the crash barriers. Alonso, as a result of his injuries, was forced to miss the second round of the Championship, the Bahrain Grand Prix, and was replaced by reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne. Vandoorne produced an impressive performance in his first race to score the team's first point of the season with 10th place. The next points for McLaren came at the Russian Grand Prix with Alonso and Button finishing sixth and 10th respectively. The rain-affected Monaco Grand Prix was one of best races of the season for the team. Alonso finished fifth, having kept Nico Rosberg's Mercedes behind him for 46 laps, while Button scored two points with ninth. At the Austrian Grand Prix, Button recorded his best result of the season with a sixth-place after qualifying third in a wet/dry session. After a disappointing display at their home race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the team scored points at the next three rounds with six points in Hungary, four in Germany, and six points again thanks to an impressive seventh-place finish from Alonso at the Belgian Grand Prix. At the United States Grand Prix, McLaren matched their Monaco result with 12 points after an attacking race from Alonso saw him claim fifth position while Button once again finished ninth. After a season of significant progress compared to 2015, Alonso and Button finished the championship in 10th and 15th places respectively with the team ending the season in sixth place in the Constructors' Championship with 76 points. On 3 September 2016, Jenson Button announced he would take a sabbatical from Formula One for the 2017 season. He then confirmed on 25 November that he would retire from F1 altogether with Vandoorne being Alonso's new Teammate for 2017.

In February 2017, McLaren signed Lando Norris to their Young Driver Programme.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39054098|title=Lando Norris: McLaren sign British teenager to young driver programme|last=Benson|first=Andrew|work=BBC Sport|date=22 February 2017|access-date=22 February 2017}}

Alonso did not take part in the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix as he was participating in the Indianapolis 500. Instead Jenson Button returned for the one race as his replacement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/40033528|title=Monaco Grand Prix: Jenson Button feeling no pressure on Formula 1 return|date=24 May 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=5 November 2017}} McLaren finished 2017 9th with 30 points in total.

File:2018 Chinese Grand Prix FP3 Fernando Alonso (40970600574) (cropped).jpg at the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix|left]]

File:Carlos Sainz-Mclaren-2019 (1).jpg driving the McLaren MCL34 at a test day around the Circuit de Catalunya, in Barcelona]]

McLaren announced during the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix weekend that they would split from engine supplier Honda at the end of the 2017 season and had agreed on a three-year customer deal to be supplied with Mecachrome-assembled Renault engines.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/41248320|title=McLaren-Honda split after three years of troubled partnership|date=15 September 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=15 September 2017}} Team boss Éric Boullier described their performance between 2015 and 2017 as a "proper disaster" for the team's credibility.{{Cite news|last=Galloway|first=James|date=21 September 2017|title=McLaren-Honda reunion a 'disaster' for credibility, says Eric Boullier|work=Sky Sports|url=http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11046080/mclaren-honda-reunion-a-disaster-for-credibility-says-eric-boullier|access-date=22 September 2017}} {{F1|2018}} was the first season in McLaren's history when their cars were powered by Renault engines. McLaren also announced that Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne would remain with the team for the 2018 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/10/alonso-to-race-on-with-mclaren-in-2018.html|title=Alonso to race on with McLaren in 2018|work=Formula1.com|access-date=5 November 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/131359/vandoorne-to-continue-with-mclaren-in-2018|title=Stoffel Vandoorne confirmed at McLaren for 2018 Formula 1 season|last=Elizalde|first=Pablo|work=Autosport.com|access-date=5 November 2017}} On 6 November 2017, the team announced that Lando Norris would be the team's test and reserve driver.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/41888988 |title=Lando Norris: McLaren promote young Briton to test and reserve driver for 2018|work=BBC Sport|date=6 November 2017|access-date=6 November 2017}}

File:Lando Norris 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix - race day.jpg driving the McLaren MCL35 at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix]]

At the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso scored the team's best finish since the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix with fifth, Alonso said that the team's target would be Red Bull Racing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/3/proud-alonso-targets-red-bull-after-fifth-place-finish.html|title=Proud Alonso targets Red Bull after fifth-place finish|work=Formula1.com|access-date=30 March 2018}} McLaren had a relatively good start to the season with points finishes in the next four races, but in the next 16 races after Spain, McLaren only scored 22 points, 8 points less than in the same period in 2017. On 14 August 2018, Fernando Alonso announced he would not compete in Formula One in 2019, ending his four-year spell at the team.{{cite web|url=https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/fernando-alonso/mclaren-confirms-fernando-alonso-decision/|title=McLaren confirms Fernando Alonso decision|publisher=McLaren|date=14 August 2018|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-date=14 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814191822/https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/fernando-alonso/mclaren-confirms-fernando-alonso-decision/|url-status=dead}} Carlos Sainz Jr. was signed as his replacement on a multi-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/inside-the-mtc/carlos-sainz-race-mclaren-2019/|title=Carlos Sainz to race for McLaren from 2019|publisher=McLaren|date=16 August 2018|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-date=9 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509135633/https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/inside-the-mtc/carlos-sainz-race-mclaren-2019/|url-status=dead}} On 3 September 2018, it was announced that Stoffel Vandoorne would be leaving the team at the end of the season, with Lando Norris being promoted from reserve driver to replace him in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/lando-norris/lando-norris-drive-mclaren-2019/|title=Lando Norris to drive for McLaren in 2019|publisher=McLaren|date=3 September 2018|access-date=3 September 2018|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903151214/https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/lando-norris/lando-norris-drive-mclaren-2019/|url-status=dead}} McLaren struggled with performance throughout the season, with the McLaren drivers being knocked out 21 times in the first qualifying session, and McLaren having the second-worst average qualifying ranking of any team, only ahead of Williams.{{cite web|url=https://www.racefans.net/2018-f1-season/2018-f1-statistics/2018-f1-qualifying-data/|title=2018 F1 qualifying data|website=www.racefans.net|access-date=3 February 2020}} The team finished the disappointing season – after being helped by the exclusion of Force India's points from the first 12 races – in 6th place with 62 points, 357 points behind their target, Red Bull Racing, with the same engine.

The 2019 season was much more positive for McLaren, with the team securely establishing themselves as the best constructor behind Mercedes, Ferrari, and Red Bull. At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Sainz recorded the team's first podium since the 2014 Australian Grand Prix, finishing fourth on the road but later promoted to third after Lewis Hamilton received a post-race penalty, meaning that the team missed out on the official podium ceremony.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamilton-penalty-brazil-podium-albon/4599156/|title=Hamilton loses podium after penalty for Albon clash|website=www.motorsport.com|date=17 November 2019 |language=en|access-date=1 February 2020}} McLaren ended the season in 4th place with 145 points, their best result since 2014 and 54 points ahead of their nearest competitor, Renault.

McLaren retained Norris and Sainz for the {{F1|2020}} season.{{Cite web |date=9 July 2019 |title=Carlos and Lando will continue with the team next year |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/mclaren-confirms-2020-formula-1-driver-line-up/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=McLaren |language=en}} The season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was shortened to 18 races, with the season opener to take place in Austria.{{Cite web |last=Batchelor |first=Joseph |date=2 June 2020 |title=All eyes on Austria as F1 season set to start in Spielberg |url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/f1-austrian-grand-prix-2020-season-start |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=Red Bull}} At the Austrian Grand Prix, Norris achieved his first ever podium,{{Cite web |date=5 July 2020 |title='Speechless' Norris thought he'd 'fudged' chance of maiden podium finish |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.speechless-maiden-podium-finisher-norris-says-i-thought-i-fudged-it-up.1BaTwJwpCf8VMcs1y8BYDq.html |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=Formula 1}} finishing in third.{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ryan |date=6 July 2020 |title=Norris 'proud' to snatch third place with fastest lap on final lap |url=https://www.motorsportweek.com/2020/07/05/norris-proud-to-snatch-third-place-with-fastest-lap-on-final-lap/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=Motorsport Week}} Sainz achieved the team's second podium in 2020 at the Italian Grand Prix, where he finished second.{{Cite web |last=Partridge |first=Jarrod |date=7 September 2020 |title=Carlos Sainz happy with second at 2020 Italian Grand Prix |url=https://f1chronicle.com/carlos-sainz-happy-second-2020-italian-grand-prix/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=F1 Chronicle}} The team finished the 2020 season third in the constructors' championship with 202 points.{{cite web |title=2020 Constructor Standings |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2020/team.html |access-date=21 January 2021 |website=Formula 1 |language=en}} Sainz finished the drivers' championship in sixth with 105 points and Norris in ninth with 97 points.{{Cite web |title=2020 Driver Standings |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2020/drivers.html |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=Formula 1}}

File:2021 British Grand Prix (51350004859).jpg driving the McLaren MCL35M at the 2021 British Grand Prix]]

McLaren again used Mercedes engines in {{F1|2021}} after their deal with Renault ended.{{cite web|title=McLaren F1 To Be Powered By Mercedes-Benz From 2021|url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/inside-the-mtc/mclaren-f1-powered-mercedes-benz-2021/|website=McLaren.com/racing|publisher=McLaren Technology Group|date=27 September 2019|access-date=27 September 2019}} McLaren had previously collaborated with Mercedes from 1995 through 2014 (1995 to 2009 was a works partner and later 2010 to 2014 was a customer partner) but this time a customer role system by pay-lease agreement.{{cite web|title=Why McLaren and Mercedes have joined forces again for 2021|url=http://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.why-mclaren-and-mercedes-have-joined-forces-again-for-2021.13KAgEaykDn1Y2O0ZwvNDa.html|website=F1|publisher=Formula One World Championship|date=29 September 2019|access-date=29 September 2019}} Daniel Ricciardo moved from Renault to partner Lando Norris for the 2021 Formula One World Championship on a multi-year deal.{{cite news|title=McLaren swoop for Daniel Ricciardo as Carlos Sainz's replacement for 2021|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-swoop-for-daniel-ricciardo-as-carlos-sainz-replacement-for-2021.6CgsQLN5ZasbdFg4qCjbZo.html|website=F1|publisher=Formula One World Championship|date=15 May 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020}} Ricciardo replaced Carlos Sainz, who moved to Ferrari.{{cite news|title=Sainz confirmed as Leclerc's Ferrari team mate for 2021

|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-sainz-confirmed-as-leclercs-ferrari-team-mate-for-2021.5dSxBMUOyivTKN67Qx28Tl.html|website=F1|publisher=Formula One World Championship|date=14 May 2020 |access-date=14 May 2020}} In the season's first nine races, the team scored three podiums with Mercedes power, in Italy, Monaco and Austria, all courtesy of Norris.

File:Daniel Ricciardo 2022 Emilia Romagna.jpg driving the McLaren MCL36 at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. His teammate scored a podium, while Ricciardo finished 18th and last, leading some to question his future.]]

At the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, Ricciardo scored his first win since the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix, and McLaren's first win since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.{{cite web|title=2021 Italian Grand Prix race report and highlights: Ricciardo leads stunning McLaren 1-2 at Monza after Verstappen and Hamilton collide again|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ricciardo-leads-stunning-mclaren-1-2-at-monza-after-verstappen-and-hamilton.2BH4g9dpznux3HTK3SXj9B.html|access-date=12 September 2021|website=www.formula1.com|language=en}} A second-place finish for Norris also meant that McLaren achieved their first one-two finish since the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix and the only one-two finish for the 2021 season. Norris secured the team's first pole position in the hybrid era at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix but was unable to convert it to a win, finishing in seventh place due to the sudden drastic change in weather conditions and team strategy in the last two laps of the race. A subsequent drop in form in the latter part of the season saw McLaren ending up fourth in the constructors' championship behind Ferrari.

For the {{F1|2022}} season, McLaren retained both Norris and Ricciardo.{{Cite web |last=Beaver |first=Dan |date=19 May 2021 |title=Lando Norris signs extension with McLaren F1 for '2022 and beyond' |url=https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2021/05/19/lando-norris-mclaren-f1-daniel-ricciardo/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US |archive-date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731215302/https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2021/05/19/lando-norris-mclaren-f1-daniel-ricciardo/ |url-status=dead }} Ricciardo tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the pre-season tests in Bahrain,{{Cite web |date=11 March 2022 |title=McLaren Racing Statement - Daniel Ricciardo tests positive for covid-19 |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/inside-the-mtc/daniel-ricciardo-tests-positive-covid-19/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=McLaren |language=en}} which meant Norris was required to do all the remaining running for the test{{Cite web |last=Cline |first=Ashley |date=12 March 2022 |title=McLaren faces challenges on second day of testing in Bahrain |url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2022/03/mclaren-faces-challenges-on-second-day-of-testing-in-bahrain/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=The Checkered Flag |language=en-GB}} although a brake problem limited the testing he was able to conduct.{{Cite web |last=McDonagh |first=Connor |date=14 March 2022 |title=Norris bemoans 'not ideal' Bahrain F1 test after brake issues |url=https://www.crash.net/f1/results/998377/1/norris-bemoans-not-ideal-bahrain-f1-test-after-brake-issues |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=Crash |language=en}} Both drivers struggled at the first race in Bahrain, with neither driver reaching Q3 – the first time since the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix – and finishing 14th and 15th in the race.{{Cite web |last=Saha |first=Rishika |date=20 March 2022 |title=McLaren fails to qualify into Q3 for the first time since the Turkish Grand Prix in 2020 |url=https://firstsportz.com/formula-one-mclaren-fails-to-put-forth-a-stellar-performance-in-bahrain-gp-qualifying/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=First Sportz |language=en}} Norris achieved third at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.{{Cite web |date=24 April 2022 |title=Norris hails 'amazing' McLaren performance after consecutive Imola podiums |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.norris-hails-amazing-mclaren-performance-after-consecutive-imola-podium.1f3vPsqPzm9UbjCyAEOwWl.html |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=Formula 1 |language=en}} After Norris missed the first day at the track during the São Paulo Grand Prix weekend, McLaren suffered their first double DNF finish since Monaco 2017 as Norris had an electrical fault{{Cite web |title='I'm not here to let everyone past' – Norris defends collision with Leclerc after 'disappointing' DNF in Sao Paulo {{!}} Formula 1® |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.im-not-here-to-let-everyone-past-norris-defends-collision-with-leclerc-after.3cTQglpTJ8IgGK2SWoKkm2.html |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}} and Ricciardo was involved in a collision with Haas' Kevin Magnussen.{{Cite web |title='Lap one incidents are brutal' – Magnussen and Ricciardo reflect on race-ending collision in Sao Paulo {{!}} Formula 1® |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.lap-1-incidents-are-brutal-magnussen-and-ricciardo-reflect-on-race-ending.1krTQZT1SBGok7X0guUZpn.html |access-date=16 November 2022 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}} Compared to his teammate, Ricciardo struggled and many were critical of his performance,{{Cite web |last=Golding |first=Nick |date=28 May 2022 |title=McLaren unhappy after Ricciardo 'simply struggled' |url=https://formula1news.co.uk/mclaren-unhappy-after-ricciardo-simply-struggled/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=Formula 1 News |language=en-GB}} with some suggesting that McLaren would drop him.{{Cite web |date=7 June 2022 |title=Daniel Ricciardo has McLaren contract but 'mechanisms' for 2023 as F1 'rumours grow louder' |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24239/12623521/daniel-ricciardo-has-mclaren-contract-but-mechanisms-for-2023-as-f1-rumours-grow-louder |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}} This forced Ricciardo into releasing a statement on Instagram, confirming he would stay through to 2023.{{Cite web |last=Straw |first=Edd |date=21 July 2022 |title=Who Ricciardo was targeting with statement on his F1 future |url=https://the-race.com/formula-1/who-ricciardo-was-targeting-with-statement-on-his-f1-future/ |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=The Race |language=en}} In August 2022, Riccardo's contract for 2023 was terminated by mutual agreement.{{Cite web |title=Daniel Ricciardo to leave McLaren at end of 2022 season as team eye wantaway Alpine driver Oscar Piastri |website = Sky Sports |language=en |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12680562/daniel-ricciardo-to-leave-mclaren-at-end-of-2022-season-as-team-eye-wantaway-alpine-driver-oscar-piastri/ |access-date=24 August 2022}} Oscar Piastri replaced Ricciardo for the 2023 season after a contract dispute with Alpine F1 Team was resolved in McLaren's favour by the FIA Contract Recognition Board.{{Cite web |date=2 September 2022 |title=Decision of the Contract Recognition Board 02/09/2022 |url=https://www.fia.com/news/decision-contract-recognition-board-02092022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |website=Federation Internationale de l'Automobile |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Piastri to drive for McLaren as Alpine lose appeal |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/62767046 |access-date=2 September 2022}} McLaren finished the season in fifth place in the constructors' championship behind Alpine.

File:FIA F1 Austria 2023 Nr. 4 (2).jpg driving the McLaren MCL60 at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix. After a poor start to the season, the team rethought its design direction, resulting in an uptick in the MCL60's performance by the midpoint of the season.]]

The 2023 season celebrated the 60th anniversary of the team's founding, with the season's car named the MCL60 in commemoration.{{Cite web |date=8 February 2023 |title=What is McLaren60? |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/inside-the-mtc/what-is-mclaren60/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209020831/https://www.mclaren.com/racing/inside-the-mtc/what-is-mclaren60/ |archive-date=9 February 2023 |access-date=9 February 2023 |website=McLaren Racing |publisher=McLaren Racing Ltd. |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lyndon-Griffiths |first=Hamilton |date=13 February 2023 |title=McLaren presents 2023 F1 car and livery for 60th celebratory year |url=https://readmotorsport.com/2023/02/13/mclaren-presents-2023-f1-car-and-livery-for-60th-celebratory-year/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Read Motorsport |language=en}} The season started with a myriad of issues for the team,{{cite web |title=How a 15mm difference triggered McLaren's F1 2023 woes |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-a-15mm-difference-triggered-mclarens-f1-2023-woes/10440939/ |website=Autosport.com |date=7 March 2023 |access-date=23 March 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Noble |first1=Jonathan |title=McLaren failed to hit development targets with 2023 F1 car |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-failed-to-hit-development-targets-with-2023-f1-car-/10435975/ |website=motorsport.com |date=24 February 2023 |access-date=23 March 2023}} causing them to release a public statement after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, announcing certain organisational changes; James Key would be replaced as Technical Director{{cite news |last1=Benson |first1=Andrew |title=Formula 1: McLaren technical director James Key leaves as new team structure revealed |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/65054104 |website=BBC.com |publisher=BBC SPORT |access-date=23 March 2023}} and replaced by a Technical Executive Team consisting of three new specialised Technical Director roles consisting of Peter Prodomou as Technical Director, Aerodynamics, David Sanchez (joining in January 2024 after his gardening leave ends) as Technical Director, Car concept and performance, and Neil Houdly, Technical Director Engineer and Design{{cite web |title=McLaren Formula 1 Team Announces Organisational Changes |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2023/mclaren-formula-1-team-announces-organisational-changes/ |website=mclaren.com |publisher=McLaren |access-date=23 March 2023}} who is a placeholder for Rob Marshall, who, like Sanchez, has been hired from a rival team but is on gardening leave until January 2024.{{Cite web |title=McLaren announce signing of Rob Marshall from Red Bull as new technical chief {{!}} Formula 1® |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-mclaren-announce-signing-of-rob-marshall-from-red-bull-as-new.4uMlM1wSvYRFeFdgxv5CM.html |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}} After not scoring points in the first two races, Norris and Piastri finished the chaotic Australian Grand Prix in sixth and eighth place respectively, with Piastri scoring his first points in Formula One and for McLaren.{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=Giles |date=2 April 2023 |title=Max Verstappen wins Australian GP as chaotic F1 race finishes under safety car |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/apr/02/max-verstappen-wins-australian-gp-as-chaotic-f1-race-finishes-under-safety-car |access-date= |issn=0261-3077}} At the Spanish Grand Prix, Norris qualified in a surprising third place whereas Piastri started in ninth.{{Cite web |title=Official Grid – Who starts where for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix {{!}} Formula 1® |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.official-grid-who-starts-where-for-sundays-spanish-grand-prix-after.17oDwyyqkDhrBrC8TYHoQY.html |access-date=4 June 2023 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}} On race day, Norris made contact with Hamilton at the start of the race and damaged his front wing. He dropped down to the bottom end of the grid after making a pit stop for a front wing change and finished the race in 17th whereas Piastri finished in 13th.{{Cite web |last=Kalinauckas |first=Alex |date=4 June 2023 |title=F1 Spanish GP: Verstappen breezes to win by over 24s from Hamilton |url=https://autosport.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-spanish-gp-verstappen-breezes-to-win-by-over-24s-from-hamilton/10478566/ |access-date=4 June 2023 |website=motorsport.com |language=en}}

McLaren brought new car upgrades for Norris for the Austrian Grand Prix while Piastri received his at the British Grand Prix.{{Cite web |last=Valantine |first=Henry |date=30 June 2023 |title=Ferrari, McLaren lead the way with key updates as Austrian GP upgrades unveiled |url=https://www.planetf1.com/news/ferrari-mclaren-austrian-gp-upgrades-unveiled/ |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=PlanetF1 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Gale |first=Ewan |date=29 June 2023 |title=Piastri misses out on McLaren upgrade |url=https://racingnews365.com/piastri-misses-out-on-mclaren-upgrade |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=RacingNews365 |language=en}} With the new car upgrades, Norris qualified in third in the sprint shootout. At the sprint in wet conditions, Norris' car went into anti-stall due to the lack of grip at turn 3 on the first lap which dropped him immediately to tenth. He finished the sprint in ninth.{{Cite web |last=Kew |first=Matt |date=1 July 2023 |title=How Norris "lost everything" in Austrian GP F1 sprint race |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/how-norris-lost-everything-in-austrian-gp-f1-sprint-race/10490191/ |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Jonathan |date=2 July 2023 |title=Norris explains why anti-stall kicked in during Austria F1 sprint race |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/norris-explains-anti-stall-austria-sprint-race/10490370/ |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}} Norris qualified in fourth for the race and finished in fifth after battling mostly with Hamilton and Sainz throughout the race. Norris got promoted to fourth after Sainz, who finished fourth, was given a post-race ten-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.{{Cite web |date=30 June 2023 |title=Norris hails McLaren as updates aid P4 qualifying charge in Austria despite 'messing up' lap {{!}} Formula 1® |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.norris-hails-mclaren-as-updates-aid-p4-qualifying-charge-in-austria-despite.7J0FTqxjk6mtZwcfDgLEHL.html |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=3 July 2023 |title=Austrian GP results confirmed as Sainz and Hamilton demoted |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.austrian-grand-prix-results-confirmed-as-sainz-and-hamilton-among-drivers.5NDy3AuwARp91UnXCknqge.html |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}} At the British Grand Prix, with both cars having the new upgrades, Norris and Piastri qualified in second and third respectively, giving McLaren their best qualifying result of the season at that moment.{{Cite web |last=Boxall-Legge |first=Jake |date=8 July 2023 |title=F1 British GP: Verstappen on pole as McLaren drivers star |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-british-gp-verstappen-on-pole-as-mclaren-drivers-star/10493329/ |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}} On race day, Norris had a quicker start and overtook Verstappen at the first corner to lead the race for the first four laps before being overtaken by Verstappen on lap five. Piastri, too, had a good start to keep third position and built a sizeable lead against Charles Leclerc. Piastri made his pit stop on lap 29 but two laps later, Kevin Magnussen's engine caught fire which called out the virtual safety car and safety car where Hamilton benefitted to jump ahead of Piastri into third after making his pit stop. Norris also pitted during the safety car and came out ahead of Hamilton. Norris, who switched to the hard tyres, defended his position against Hamilton (who switched to the soft tyres) when the race resumed to finish in second place, giving McLaren and Norris their first second-place finish since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. Piastri finished in fourth place after battling against George Russell in his best Formula One career finish at that point.{{Cite web |last=Bradley |first=Charles |date=9 July 2023 |title=F1 race results: Max Verstappen wins British GP |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-race-results-british-gp-verstappen/10493873/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}} Norris scored his first ever consecutive podium finish by finishing second at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Unfortunately for Piastri, after being in second place at the start of the race from fourth, he finished in fifth place after suffering floor damage.{{Cite web |last=Boxall-Legge |first=Jake |date=23 July 2023 |title=F1 Hungarian GP: Verstappen wins by 33s to give Red Bull record-breaking victory |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-hungarian-gp-verstappen-wins-by-33s-to-give-red-bull-record-breaking-victory/10499218/ |access-date=23 July 2023 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Chokhani |first=Darshan |date=25 July 2023 |title=Norris reflects on another podium; Piastri suffered floor damage |url=https://formularapida.net/norris-reflects-on-another-podium-piastri-suffered-floor-damag/ |access-date=29 July 2023 |website=FormulaRapida.net |language=en-US}} At the Belgian Grand Prix, Piastri qualified in second position in the sprint shootout, his highest qualifying position to date and missed out on pole position by 11 milliseconds.{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Michelle |date=29 July 2023 |title=Belgian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen on pole in delayed Sprint Shootout |url=https://www.planetf1.com/news/belgian-grand-prix-2023-sprint-shootout-report/ |access-date=29 July 2023 |website=PlanetF1 |language=en}} During the sprint race, Piastri led the race on the second lap for the first time in his Formula One career but was overtaken by Verstappen on lap 5. Piastri finished the sprint in second place whereas Norris finished in sixth.{{Cite news |last=Richards |first=Giles |date=29 July 2023 |title=Max Verstappen wins wet Belgian F1 GP sprint race with Oscar Piastri second |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/29/max-verstappen-masters-wet-track-to-win-belgian-f1-gp-sprint-race |access-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730030650/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/29/max-verstappen-masters-wet-track-to-win-belgian-f1-gp-sprint-race |archive-date=30 July 2023 |issn=0029-7712}}

McLaren introduced further upgrades to the MCL60 at the Singapore Grand Prix, where Piastri, having been impeded by Lance Stroll's heavy crash, started seventeenth with Norris in fourth. Both cars would make their way up the Marina Bay Street Circuit; Piastri recovered ten places to finish seventh, while Norris took advantage of George Russell finding the walls and the assistance of his former teammate and race leader Carlos Sainz Jr. to finish second.{{cite web | url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.sainz-credits-key-carlando-moment-for-preventing-him-being-dead-meat-on-his.3EkQ4E8uKvn2kJdVgZksAE.html | title=Sainz credits key 'Carlando' moment for preventing him being 'dead meat' on his way to Singapore victory |website=Formula One |date=17 September 2023 |access-date=14 December 2023}} At the Japanese Grand Prix, Norris and Piastri finished in second and third respectively, giving McLaren their first double podium finish of the season and their first since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. This is also Piastri's first podium finish in Formula One.{{Cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Matthew |date=24 September 2023 |title='Pretty special': Oscar Piastri claims maiden podium at Japanese Grand Prix |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/formula-one/f1-japanese-grand-prix-live-race-updates/news-story/78bcf48ae7e259060c865b007a6ca445 |access-date=24 September 2023 |website=news.com.au}} Piastri won the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race, marking McLaren's first sprint race victory in Formula One; both would recover from lower grid positions in the main race to finish second and third respectively. It was in this race that McLaren recorded the fastest pit stop in Formula One, setting a pit stop time of 1.80 seconds, 0.02 quicker than the previous record set by Red Bull Racing in the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix.{{Cite web |title=Fastest F1 pit stop: McLaren just set the world record with this speedy stop |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/formula1/2023/10/15/fastest-f1-pit-stop-formula-one/71155604007/ |access-date=23 November 2023 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} At the United States Grand Prix Norris and Piastri finished fourth and fifth respectively in the sprint, while Norris finished third in the main race, only to be promoted to second after Hamilton's car was found to be illegal in post race inspections,{{Cite web |title=Explained: Why Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified from the 2023 United States GP {{!}} Formula 1® |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.explained-why-hamilton-and-leclerc-were-disqualified-from-the-united-states.35mNgpUwUVjJiePtPjEWWQ.html |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}} with Piastri retiring on lap 10 from a damaged intercooler after contact with Ocon on lap 1. The Mexican Grand Prix saw Norris knocked out in Q1 after being unable to set a competitive lap time, due to mistakes and yellow flags. The team decided against running a fresh power unit and incurring penalties despite the low grid position and losing some engine components at the first race in Bahrain{{Cite web |last=Goddard |first=Benjamin |date=18 March 2023 |title=Lando Norris makes candid admission on 'whole new engine' on McLaren |url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport/1748004/Lando-Norris-McLaren-Saudi-Arabia-Grand-Prix |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}} and Norris recovered to a brilliant fifth-place finish, ahead of Piastri in eighth. The Brazilian Grand Prix saw Norris take pole for the sprint race with Piastri in tenth, but only could convert that to a second and tenth-place finish respectively. Norris started the race in sixth with Piastri again in tenth. A very good start saw Norris jump to second by the first corner, where he remained for the rest of the race. Meanwhile, Piastri got caught up in a turn one incident which damaged his rear wing and diffuser, the team was able to repair his car under the red flag, but due to needing to pit immediately while the rest of the cars went around for another lap under the safety car he ended up a lap down.{{Cite web |title=Ricciardo and Piastri react to opening lap 'chaos' in Brazil |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ricciardo-and-piastri-react-to-opening-lap-chaos-in-brazil-as-both-endure.6gba3cmPXoEAgmsB7LzH6a.html |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}} He eventually finished in 16th, two laps down.

The Las Vegas Grand Prix saw a double Q1 elimination for the first time since Miami earlier in the year, this being down to the team electing against using a second set of softs for their final runs.{{Cite web |date=18 November 2023 |title=The 'painful' culprit behind McLaren's sudden fall from grace |url=https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-double-q1-exit-vegas-gp-qualifying-cause-norris-piastri/ |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=The Race |language=en}} The race was not any much better; Norris suffered his first retirement of the season on lap 3 after a heavy crash going around the eleventh corner with his car bottoming out over the bumps, with the car heavy on fuel and the tyre pressures low from the lack of temperature. Norris was admitted to a hospital for precautionary checks but was released soon after. Meanwhile, Piastri fought valiantly up the grid. However, on lap 17 he collided with Hamilton, causing a puncture. Having started on hards, he boxed to hards again in hope for a late safety car. Unfortunately for him, the safety car came out 10 laps later, on lap 27 of 50; at that point, the medium tyres could not be run for that long optimally. At the restart, he was 4th and showed impressive pace against the front runners, staying out until lap 44 to build an overcut on those behind. He would then switch to the mediums and come out twelfth, where he fought up to eventually finish in tenth with the fastest lap. During the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend, McLaren signed an extension to use Mercedes engines until 2030. For the race, Piastri started third with Norris in fifth after a mistake on his final run in Q3 cost him a likely front row. The cars finished the race in fifth for Norris and sixth for Piastri, rounding off the 2023 season for McLaren, seeing them take fourth place in the constructors' championship, with Norris taking sixth and Piastri taking ninth in the drivers' championship.

2024: Constructors' Champion

File:2024-08-25 Motorsport, Formel 1, Großer Preis der Niederlande 2024 STP 3805 by Stepro.jpg driving the McLaren MCL38 at the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix. An evolution of the accomplished MCL60, the MCL38 scored consistent results after a mid-season upgrade, propelling them into championship contention.]]

The success of the MCL60 provided McLaren, who finished the 2023 season in fourth, allowing for more testing time,{{Cite web |date=2024-08-13 |title=Stella sets out McLaren's development plan for rest of 2024 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/stella-sets-out-mclarens-development-plan-for-second-half-of-2024-as-he.IjSxVv8pxljt7LhOnCBLI |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One Administration |language=en |archive-date=16 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816030633/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/stella-sets-out-mclarens-development-plan-for-second-half-of-2024-as-he.IjSxVv8pxljt7LhOnCBLI |url-status=live }} numerous opportunities to capitalise in performance for the {{f1|2024}} season. Retaining Norris and Piastri, the team hired David Sanchez from Scuderia Ferrari to lead development{{cite web |last=Medland |first=Chris |date=23 March 2023 |title=Key leaves McLaren, Sanchez returning amid technical restructure |url=https://racer.com/2023/03/23/key-leaves-mclaren-sanchez-returning-amid-technical-restructure/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324033950/https://racer.com/2023/03/23/key-leaves-mclaren-sanchez-returning-amid-technical-restructure/ |archive-date=24 March 2023 |access-date=24 March 2023 |website=RACER |language=en-US |issn=1066-6060}} alongside Peter Prodromou and Neil Houldey (after a restructuring, Rob Marshall would lead development{{Cite web |last=Suttill |first=Josh |date=2024-04-02 |title=McLaren's big ex-Ferrari F1 hire out after three months |url=https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-reshuffle-ex-ferrari-f1-hire-david-sanchez-out-after-three-months/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=The Race |language=en |archive-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407152757/https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-reshuffle-ex-ferrari-f1-hire-david-sanchez-out-after-three-months/ |url-status=live }}) for the 2024 car, titled the MCL38. The MCL38 marked the first design to be developed in the in-house McLaren wind tunnel.{{cite web |last=Noble |first=Jonathan |date=1 August 2023 |title=McLaren pushing to sign off final F1 'conceptual evolution' update for 2023 car |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-pushing-to-sign-off-final-conceptual-evolution-update-for-f1-2023-car/10502886/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801130910/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-pushing-to-sign-off-final-conceptual-evolution-update-for-f1-2023-car/10502886/ |archive-date=1 August 2023 |access-date=1 August 2023 |website=Motorsport.com |publisher=Motorsport Network |language=en}} Team principal Andrea Stella set three goals for development of the MCL38, including improving aerodynamic efficiency, mechanical grip, tyre performance,{{cite web |last1=Cleeren |first1=Filip |last2=Kew |first2=Matt |date=2024-02-14 |title=McLaren targets early F1 2024 upgrades in three key areas |url=https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-targets-early-f1-2024-upgrades-in-three-key-areas/10575892/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Motorsport.com Australia |publisher=Motorsport Network |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214214823/https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-targets-early-f1-2024-upgrades-in-three-key-areas/10575892/ |url-status=live }} and overall driveability, which had been a long-standing problem of McLaren cars;{{cite web |last=Kew |first=Matt |date=17 February 2023 |title=Norris wants better behaved McLaren F1 car, not ultimate performance |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/norris-wants-better-behaved-mclaren-f1-car-not-ultimate-performance/10433281/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217110402/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/norris-wants-better-behaved-mclaren-f1-car-not-ultimate-performance/10433281/ |archive-date=17 February 2023 |access-date=17 February 2023 |website=Motorsport.com |publisher=Motorsport Network |language=en}}{{cite web |date=9 August 2023 |title=Norris has 'more hope than last few years' that McLaren can sort chief limitation that makes car 'difficult to drive' |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.norris-has-more-hope-than-last-few-years-that-mclaren-can-sort-chief.7AEUH2VCurrz1nI9coZyBJ.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811055822/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.norris-has-more-hope-than-last-few-years-that-mclaren-can-sort-chief.7AEUH2VCurrz1nI9coZyBJ.html |archive-date=11 August 2023 |access-date=9 August 2023 |website=Formula1.com|publisher=Formula One Administration |language=en}} the latter issue was excaberated with the mid-season upgrades introduced to the MCL60.{{cite web |last=Kew |first=Matt |date=26 November 2023 |title=McLaren must investigate whether F1 upgrades have introduced bad handling traits |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/mclaren-must-investigate-whether-f1-upgrades-have-introduced-bad-handling-traits/10551917/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126135550/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/mclaren-must-investigate-whether-f1-upgrades-have-introduced-bad-handling-traits/10551917/ |archive-date=26 November 2023 |access-date=27 November 2023 |website=Autosport |publisher=Motorsport Network |language=en}} Stella theorised that field-leading Red Bull Racing, who had dominated the 2023 season, had built up a backlog of upgrades for the RB20.{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Hughes (journalist) |date=16 January 2024 |title=Mark Hughes on McLaren's worrying Red Bull theory |url=https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclarens-stark-red-bull-warning/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117092859/https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclarens-stark-red-bull-warning/ |archive-date=17 January 2024 |access-date=17 January 2024 |website=The Race |language=en}}

The MCL38 was first introduced at the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix and took its first podium with Norris at the 2024 Australian Grand Prix; by this point, the MCL38 proved to be the third-fastest car overall behind Ferrari's SF-24. The SF-24 had superior tyre management, but the MCL38 excelled in qualifying.{{Cite web |last=Mitchell-Malm |first=Scott |date=2024-04-09 |title=McLaren's gained on Red Bull - but not where it needs to most |url=https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/where-mclarens-gained-in-f1-2024-so-far-and-whats-it-lost/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=The Race |language=en |archive-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422062018/https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/where-mclarens-gained-in-f1-2024-so-far-and-whats-it-lost/ |url-status=live }} McLaren revealed a substantial upgrade package that would be utilised for the {{f1 gp|2024|Miami}}. The upgrade's success would be confirmed after Norris took the lead from Verstappen and went on to win the race, marking his maiden Formula One career victory.{{Cite web |last=Suttill |first=Josh |date=2024-05-05 |title=Lando Norris's first F1 victory at Miami GP explained |url=https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/lando-norris-first-f1-win-at-miami-gp-explained/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=The Race |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506015905/https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/lando-norris-first-f1-win-at-miami-gp-explained/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Kalinauckas |first=Alex |date=2024-05-06 |title=F1 Miami GP: Norris takes advantage of safety car for maiden win |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-miami-gp-norris-safety-car-maiden-win/10607405/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Motorsport.com |publisher=Motorsport Network |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505235211/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-miami-gp-norris-safety-car-maiden-win/10607405/ |url-status=live }} McLaren expected the upgrades to improve the car's performance across all conditions;{{Cite web |last=Coch |first=Mat |date=2024-05-04 |title=F1 UPGRADES: Huge upgrade for McLaren in Miami |url=https://speedcafe.com/f1-upgrades-huge-upgrade-for-mclaren-in-miami/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Speedcafe |language=en-AU |archive-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504040531/https://speedcafe.com/f1-upgrades-huge-upgrade-for-mclaren-in-miami/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Hughes (journalist) |date=2024-05-03 |title=Big packages for McLaren and Mercedes among Miami F1 upgrades |url=https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-mercedes-upgrades-miami-gp-f1-declared/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=The Race |language=en |archive-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504040509/https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-mercedes-upgrades-miami-gp-f1-declared/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Anderson (motorsport) |date=2024-05-10 |title=Gary Anderson's verdict on McLaren's race-winning F1 upgrade |url=https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-race-winning-f1-upgrade-gary-anderson-explains/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=The Race |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621112020/https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-race-winning-f1-upgrade-gary-anderson-explains/ |url-status=live }} the upgrade was much more successful than expected, to the point the team needed to investigate it.{{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Jonathan |date=2024-05-24 |title=Why McLaren's biggest F1 weakness may not hold it back at Monaco |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclarens-biggest-f1-weakness-may-not-hold-it-back-at-monaco/10614674/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Motorsport.com |publisher=Motorsport Network |archive-date=30 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530035354/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclarens-biggest-f1-weakness-may-not-hold-it-back-at-monaco/10614674/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Jonathan |date=2024-05-31 |title=McLaren chasing answers to unexpected F1 upgrade success |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-chasing-answers-unexpected-upgrade-success/10617803/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Motorsport.com |publisher=Motorsport Network |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601070159/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-chasing-answers-unexpected-upgrade-success/10617803/ |url-status=live }}

The MCL38 displayed consistency following the Miami victory, with either driver being a constant presence on the podium; by the {{f1 gp|2024|British}}, the MCL38 had been established as the fastest car.{{Cite magazine |last=Hughes |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Hughes (journalist) |date=September 2024 |editor-last=Dunn |editor-first=Joe |title=Merc and McLaren take the Bull by the horns |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-2024/32/mercedes-and-mclaren-take-the-bull-by-the-horns-british-hungarian-and-belgian-gp-report/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-08-14 |magazine=Motor Sport |location=London |pages=32–36 |volume=100 |issue=9 |issn=0027-2019 |archive-date=14 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814124706/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-2024/32/mercedes-and-mclaren-take-the-bull-by-the-horns-british-hungarian-and-belgian-gp-report/ |url-status=live }} Of these successes included a 1-2 finish at the {{f1 gp|2024|Hungarian}}, McLaren's first since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. A mid-season upgrade introduced for the {{f1 gp|2024|Dutch}} further improved performance,{{Cite web |last1=Somerfield |first1=Matt |last2=Noble |first2=Jonathan |date=2024-08-23 |title=What's behind McLaren's 'more risky' latest F1 upgrade |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/whats-behind-mclarens-more-risky-latest-f1-upgrade/10646898/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Motorsport.com |publisher=Motorsport Network |language=en |archive-date=23 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823160642/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/whats-behind-mclarens-more-risky-latest-f1-upgrade/10646898/ |url-status=live }} with Norris winning by over 27 seconds ahead of second-placed Verstappen.{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Hughes (journalist) |date=2024-08-26 |title=The critical moments for Norris as he soared to an emphatic Dutch Grand Prix win |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/monday-morning-debrief-the-critical-moments-for-norris-as-he-soared-to-an.54ullW6EEUkZOFRa1ltmAP |url-access=registration |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One Administration |language=en |archive-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826152413/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/monday-morning-debrief-the-critical-moments-for-norris-as-he-soared-to-an.54ullW6EEUkZOFRa1ltmAP |url-status=live }} Piastri's triumph at the {{f1 gp|2024|Azerbaijan}} moved McLaren up to first in the World Constructors' Championship. This was the first time since {{F1|2014}} that McLaren had led the WCC.{{Cite web |last=Cleeren |first=Filip |date=2024-09-15 |title=F1 Azerbaijan GP: Piastri beats Leclerc in thrilling battle; Norris outscores Verstappen |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-azerbaijan-gp-piastri-wins-amid-late-drama-norris-outscores-verstappen/10654518/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Motorsport.com |publisher=Motorsport Network |language=en}} In Abu Dhabi, Norris finished in first to win McLaren's first World Constructors' Championship since 1998.{{cite news |last= Richards |first= Giles |date= 8 December 2024 |title= Lando Norris wins Abu Dhabi F1 GP as McLaren take first title since 1998 |work= The Guardian |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/08/lando-norris-wins-f1-abu-dhabi-gp-as-mcclaren-take-first-title-since-1998 |access-date= 10 December 2024 }}

File:McLaren M1A at Silverstone.jpg of 1964 was the team's first self-designed car. The 'B' version raced in Can-Am in the 1966 season.]]

McLaren's first racing car designed and built "from the rubber up" by Bruce McLaren Motor Racing was the M1. The car with a small block Oldsmobile had immediate success driven by Bruce McLaren. The car was raced in North America and Europe in 1964 in various A sports and United States Road Racing Championship events. In 1965 the team car was the M1A prototype from which the production Elva M1As were based. In late 1965, the M1B (also known as Mk2) was the team car for the North American races at the end of the year. For the Can-Am Series, which started in 1966, McLaren created the M3 which Bruce and Chris Amon drove – customer cars also appeared in several races in the 1966 season. With the M3, they led two races but scored no wins, and the inaugural title was taken by John Surtees in a Lola T70. The following year, Robin Herd purpose-designed the Chevrolet V8-powered M6A, delays with the Formula One programme allowing the team to spend extra resources on developing the Can-Am car which was the first to be painted in McLaren orange. With Denny Hulme now partnering Bruce, they won five of six races and Bruce won the championship, setting the pattern for the next four years. In the 1968 season, they used a new car, the M8, to win four races; non-works McLarens took the other two, but this time Hulme was victorious overall. In the 1969 season, McLaren domination became total as they won all 11 races with the M8B; Hulme won five, and Bruce won six and the Drivers' Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.bruce-mclaren.com/the-racing-team/articles/clockwork-orange-mclaren-domination.html|title=Clockwork Orange – McLaren Domination|first=Mark|last=Hughes|author-link=Mark Hughes (journalist)|work=Bruce McLaren Trust|access-date=8 April 2010|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165406/http://www.bruce-mclaren.com/the-racing-team/articles/clockwork-orange-mclaren-domination.html|url-status=dead}} From 1969 onwards, McLaren M12 – the customer "variant" of the M8 – was driven by several entrants, including a version modified by Jim Hall of Chaparral fame. McLaren's success in Can-Am brought with it financial rewards, both prize money and money from selling cars to other teams, that helped to support the team and fund the nascent and relatively poor-paying Formula One programme.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=36}}

File:McLarenM8D.jpg in 1970.]]

When Bruce was killed testing the 1970 season's M8D, he was at first replaced by Dan Gurney, then later by Peter Gethin. They won two and one races, respectively, while Hulme won six on the way to the championship. Private teams competing in the 1970 Can-Am series included older M3Bs as well as the M12 – the customer version of the team's M8B. In the 1971 season, the team held off the challenge of 1969 world champion Jackie Stewart in the Lola T260, winning eight races, with Peter Revson taking the title. Hulme also won three Can-Am races in the 1972 season, but the McLaren M20 was defeated by the Porsche 917/10s of Mark Donohue and George Follmer. Faced by the greater resources of Porsche, McLaren decided to abandon Can-Am at the end of 1972 and focus solely on open-wheel racing. When the original Can-Am series ceased at the end of the 1974 season, McLaren was by far the most successful constructor with 43 wins.{{harvnb|Taylor|2009|page=301}}

File:1973RevsonIndyMcLaren.jpg.]]

McLaren first contested the United States Auto Club's (USAC) Indianapolis 500 race in 1970, encouraged by their tyre supplier Goodyear, which wanted to break competitor Firestone's stranglehold on the event. With the M15 car, Bruce, Chris Amon, and Denny Hulme entered, but after Amon withdrew and Hulme was severely burned on the hands in an incident in practice, Peter Revson and Carl Williams took their places in the race to retire and finish seventh, respectively. The team also contested some of the more prestigious races in the USAC championship that year, as they would do in subsequent years.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|pages=125–128}} For 1971 they had a new car, the M16, which driver Mark Donohue said: "...obsoleted every other car on track..." At that year's Indianapolis 500, Revson qualified on pole and finished second, whilst in 1972, Donohue won in privateer Team Penske's M16B.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|pages=136–137}} The 1973 event had Johnny Rutherford join the team; he qualified on pole, but finished ninth, Revson crashed out.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=143}} McLaren won their first Indianapolis 500 in 1974 with Rutherford. The McLaren and Rutherford combination was second in 1975 and won again in 1976.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=144}} Developments of the M16 had been used throughout this period until the new M24 car was introduced in 1977. The team did not reproduce their recent success at Indianapolis in 1977, 1978, or 1979, and although they continued to win other USAC races, by the end of 1979, they decided to end their involvement in order to concentrate on their Formula One programme.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|pages=146–148}}

File:Dallara DW12 (Fernando Alonso) 2017 Indianapolis 500.jpg, which was driven by Fernando Alonso]]

On 12 April 2017, McLaren revealed they would participate in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 with their current Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso at the wheel of a Honda-powered McLaren-branded Andretti Autosport IndyCar.{{cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128926/alonso-to-race-in-2017-indy-500|last1=Noble|first1=Jonathan|last2=Straw|first2=Edd|website=autosport.com|title=Fernando Alonso to race in 2017 Indianapolis 500|date=12 April 2017|access-date=12 April 2017}}

In qualifying, Alonso secured a second-row start from fifth.{{cite web|url=http://m.gpupdate.net/en/indycar-series-news/353468/dixon-claims-third-500-pole-alonso-fifth/|title=Dixon claims third 500 pole, Alonso fifth|website=GPUpdate.net|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601045146/http://m.gpupdate.net/en/indycar-series-news/353468/dixon-claims-third-500-pole-alonso-fifth/|archive-date=1 June 2017|url-status=dead}} During the race Alonso led 27 laps in his first Indy 500 start. With 21 laps remaining Alonso was running seventh when his Honda engine failed.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/alonso-says-he-will-definitely-return-to-the-indy-500-911979/|title=Alonso says he will "definitely" return to the Indy 500|website=motorsport.com|date=28 May 2017 |access-date=1 June 2017}} He was classified 24th. After his retirement he received a standing ovation from the grandstands.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2017/05/28/doyel-fernando-alonso-won-everything-but-race/346010001/|title=Doyel: Fernando Alonso won everything but the race|last=Doyel|first=Gregg|date=28 May 2017|work=The Indianapolis Star|access-date=22 November 2017}} Alonso was praised for his strong debut.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/may/29/fernando-alonso-indianapolis-500-debut-mclaren-honda|title=Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 debut was superb but his engine let him down again|first=Andrew Lawrence at the Indianapolis Motor|last=Speedway|date=29 May 2017|access-date=1 June 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/40079495|title=Indy 500: Fernando Alonso retires after brilliant debut race as Takuma Sato wins|work=BBC Sport |date=28 May 2017|access-date=1 June 2017}}

On 10 November 2018, McLaren announced that they would participate in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 with Fernando Alonso and using Chevrolet engines.{{cite web|title=McLaren returns to the Indy 500 with Fernando Alonso in 2019|url=https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/mclaren-returns-indy-500-fernando-alonso-2019/|access-date=10 November 2018|website=mclaren.com|archive-date=11 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111000351/https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/mclaren-returns-indy-500-fernando-alonso-2019/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indycar.com/News/2018/12/12-04-fernando-alonso-mclaren-chevy-2019-indy-500|title=Alonso, McLaren to use Chevrolet power at 2019 Indy 500|website=IndyCar.com|access-date=4 December 2018}} However, after mechanical difficulties and a severe crash in practice, the team failed to qualify for the race.{{cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/143518/alonso-and-mclaren-fail-to-qualify-for-indy-500|title=Fernando Alonso and McLaren fail to qualify for Indianapolis 500|first=Matt|last=Beer|website=Autosport.com|date=19 May 2019 }}

{{main|Arrow McLaren}}

{{Infobox IndyCar team

| Team_name = Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team

| Logo = File:Arrow McLaren SP logo.png

| Owner_names = McLaren Racing Limited (75%)
Sam Schmidt & Ric Peterson (25%)

| principals = Zak Brown (Chairman)
Brian Barnhart (General Manager)
Gavin Ward (Racing Director)

| Base = Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

| Series = IndyCar Series

| Drivers = {{0}}5. {{flagicon|MEX}} Pato O'Ward
{{0}}6. {{flagicon|USA}} Nolan Siegel

{{0}}7. {{flagicon|DEN}} Christian Lundgaard

| Sponsors = Arrow Electronics, Lucas Oil, Vuse and NTT Data

| Manufacturer = Chevrolet

| Debut = 2020 Genesys 300

| Final = {{Latest IndyCar}}

| Races =

| indy_wins =

| Wins = 6

| Poles = 9

| Drivers_champ =

}}

In August 2019, it was announced McLaren would contest the championship full-time in 2020, collaborating with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/mclaren-indycar-fulltime-arrow-spm/4510636/|title=McLaren returns to IndyCar full-time partnering with Arrow SPM|last=Malsher|first=David|work=Motorsport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|date=9 August 2019|access-date=9 August 2019}} to form Arrow McLaren SP.

Zak Brown stated in an interview with Leigh Diffey that McLaren joining the IndyCar Series full time was spurred by two different objectives. The first was to market the McLaren brand and some of the McLaren Formula One team's prominent American based sponsors in a primarily North America centric racing series, as Formula One only had three races in North America in 2021 and only one of those races was in the United States. The second was to branch McLaren's engineering expertise into a racing series that the other Formula One teams were not involved in, as Brown thought McLaren would stand out more amongst its competitors in IndyCar than it would in other racing series. Brown also stated that McLaren chose to partner with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports because their previous efforts fielding their team with assistance from Andretti Autosport and Carlin exclusively for the Indianapolis 500 had not been successful and that the purchase of the IndyCar Series by Penske Entertainment gave McLaren more confidence in the long term viability and stability of the series compared to the previous ownership under Tony George.{{cite web|last1=Diffey|first1=Leigh|title=Long Beach 'where it all started' for Zak Brown|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Kw48_CwFc&t=673s|website=Youtube|date=27 September 2021 |publisher=NBC Sports Network|access-date=1 October 2021}}

In August 2021, it was announced that McLaren Racing will acquire a majority stake in the IndyCar Team. The transaction closed by the end of the year and saw McLaren Racing take a 75% share of the team. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.{{cite web| url = https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/mclaren-racing-opens-new-indycar-chapter-agreement-acquire-majority-stake-arrow-mclaren-sp/| title = McLaren Racing - McLaren Racing opens new IndyCar chapter with agreement to acquire majority stake in AMSP}}

For the 2022 IndyCar Series, the team's first under McLaren ownership, both O'Ward and Rosenqvist would return to the team as full time entries. The No. 6 car would again return on a part-time basis for the GMR Grand Prix and the 2022 Indianapolis 500 driven by Juan Pablo Montoya.{{cite web |last1=Pyrson |first1=Mike |title=Juan Pablo Montoya Returning to Indy 500 in 2022 |url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/indycar/a38737355/juan-pablo-montoya-returning-to-indy-500-in-2022/ |website=Autoweek |date=11 January 2022 |publisher=Hearst Autos |access-date=23 January 2022}} O'Ward and Rosenqvist would finish second and fourth in the Indianapolis 500 respectively, the team's best finish at Indianapolis to date. The team announced they had signed Alexander Rossi to drive a third full time car from 2023 and beyond.{{cite web |last1=Cavin |first1=Curt |title=ROSSI READY TO CHALLENGE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP WITH AMSP MOVE |url=https://www.indycar.com/news/2022/06/06-03-rossi-amsp-2023 |website=Indycar.com |publisher=Indycar Group |access-date=3 June 2022}}

For 2023, the team announced they had signed Alexander Rossi to drive a third full time car. Additionally, team president Taylor Kiel left the team. His duties were parsed and redistributed between Brian Barnhart, who joins the team with Rossi from Andretti Autosport as General Manager, and Gavin Ward.{{cite web |last1=Pruett |first1=Marshall |title=AMSP appoints Barnhart as GM; Ward as racing director |url=https://racer.com/2022/10/04/amsp-appoints-barnhart-as-gm-ward-as-racing-director/ |website=RACER |access-date=4 October 2022 |date=4 October 2022}} In conjunction with McLaren's 60th-anniversary celebration, the team raced a special livery for the 2023 Indianapolis 500 to celebrate McLaren's Triple Crown achievement. The liveries of the Nos. 7, 6 and 5 were painted as the McLaren M16C/D that won the 1974 Indianapolis 500, the McLaren MP4/2 that won the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix, and the McLaren F1 GTR that won the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans respectively to honour the three winning McLaren cars that forms the Triple Crown.{{Cite web |title=Triple Crown Liveries Revealed |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/indycar/2023/triple-crown-liveries/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Will |date=14 April 2023 |title=McLaren unveil special Indy 500 'Triple Crown' liveries · RaceFans |url=https://www.racefans.net/2023/04/14/mclaren-unveil-special-indy-500-triple-crown-liveries/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=RaceFans |language=en-GB}}

For 2024, Rosenqvist moved to Meyer Shank Racing and was replaced by David Malukas who moved from Dale Coyne Racing.{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Nate |date=5 September 2023 |title=Felix Rosenqvist joining Meyer Shank Racing for 2024 as Simon Pagenaud leaves team |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/motor-sports/news/felix-rosenqvist-joining-meyer-shank-racing-for-2024-simon-pagenaud-tom-blomqvist |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Bruce |date=8 September 2023 |title=Arrow McLaren Rounds Out 2024 IndyCar Lineup With David Malukas |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucemartin/2023/09/08/arrow-mclaren-rounds-out-2024-indycar-lineup-with-david-malukas/ |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=Forbes |language=en}} However, after injuring his left wrist early in the year and missing out the start of the season, Malukas was released from the team and has been replaced by Théo Pourchaire.{{cite web |title=ARROW McLAREN RELEASES DAVID MALUKAS FROM TEAM |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/indycar/2024/arrow-mclaren-releases-david-malukas-from-team/ |website=McLaren |publisher=Arrow McLaren |access-date=6 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=ARROW McLAREN CONFIRMS POURCHAIRE FOR REMAINDER OF 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES SEASON, ABSENT INDIANAPOLIS 500 |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/indycar/2024/arrow-mclaren-confirms-pourchaire-for-remainder-of-2024-ntt-indycar-series-season-absent-indianapolis-500/ |website=McLaren |publisher=Arrow McLaren |access-date=11 May 2024}}

Neom is McLaren's title partner into their endeavour to electric motorsport as NEOM McLaren Electric Racing.{{Cite web |date=27 June 2022 |title=McLAREN RACING AND NEOM ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC TITLE PARTNERSHIP |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/partners/neom/mclaren-racing-and-neom-announce-strategic-title-partnership/ |website=McLaren Racing}}

{{Infobox motor racing team

|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} McLaren Extreme E Team

|logo = File:McLaren Extreme E logo.png

|founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2021|6|11}}

|number = 58

|former names = McLaren XE (2022)
NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team (2022–2024)

|base = McLaren Technology Centre
{{nowrap|Woking, Surrey, England, UK}}

|current series =

|current drivers =

|drivers ={{flagicon|USA}} Tanner Foust
{{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström
{{flagicon|NZL}} Emma Gilmour
{{flagicon|ITA}} Tamara Molinaro
{{flagicon|NOR}} Hedda Hosås
{{flagicon|SPA}} Cristina Gutiérrez

|races = 19

|wins = 0

|podiums = 3

|best qualifiers = 0

|super sectors = 1

|points = 166

|first entry = 2022 Desert X-Prix

|last entry = 2024 Hydro X-Prix

|first win =

|last win =

|website = {{URL|https://www.mclaren.com/racing/extreme-e/}}

|former series=Extreme E}}

In June 2021, McLaren announced it would enter Extreme E in the 2022 season using existing personnel from outside the Formula One program{{cite web |title=McLaren Racing - McLaren Racing to enter Extreme E in 2022 |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/mclaren-racing-enter-extreme-e-2022/ |access-date=20 August 2021 |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=11 June 2021 |title=McLaren Racing to enter Extreme E in 2022 |url=https://www.extreme-e.com/en/news/287_McLaren-Racing-to-enter-Extreme-E-in-2022/ |access-date=13 February 2024 |website=Extreme E - The Electric Odyssey |language=en}} with Tanner Foust and Emma Gilmour (who becomes the first woman factory driver for McLaren) as drivers for the team.{{Cite web |title=McLaren Racing signs Emma Gilmour for maiden Extreme E tilt |url=https://www.motorsport.com/extreme-e/news/mclaren-racing-signs-emma-gilmour-for-maiden-extreme-e-tilt/6740813/ |access-date=3 November 2021 |website=www.motorsport.com |date=3 November 2021 |language=en}} Entering as McLaren XE, the team was rebranded for their second race as NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team for sponsorship reasons. The team won its first podium by finishing second in the Energy X-Prix. In the process, Gilmour became the first woman podium winner for McLaren.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=28 November 2022 |title=Emma Gilmour makes history as first female driver to podium for iconic race team McLaren |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/130606892/emma-gilmour-makes-history-as-first-female-driver-to-podium-for-iconic-race-team-mclaren |access-date= |website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=28 November 2022 |title=First woman podium winner for McLaren |url=https://twitter.com/mclarenxe/status/1596945517002399746 |access-date= |website=Twitter |language=en}} The team finished in fifth place in the Team's Championship standings.

McLaren retained Foust and Gilmour for the 2023 season.{{Cite web |date=23 January 2023 |title=10 reasons to be excited for 2023 |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/10-reasons-be-excited-2023/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en-GB}} The team won its second podium by finishing second in Round 4 at the Hydro X-Prix.{{Cite web |date=14 May 2023 |title=Veloce Racing take the win in Round 4 at the Hydro X Prix |url=https://www.extreme-e.com/en/news/861_Veloce-Racing-take-the-win-in-Round-4-at-the-Hydro-X-Prix |access-date=14 May 2023 |website=Extreme E - The Electric Odyssey |language=en}} In Round 7 at the Island X-Prix II, Gilmour suffered a fractured rib and a concussion following a crash during the first free practice session and was ruled out for the rest of the weekend. She was replaced by Extreme E's championship reserve driver Tamara Molinaro for Rounds 7 and 8.{{Cite web |last=Dominik |first=Wilde |date=15 September 2023 |title=McLaren's Gilmour suffers broken rib, concussion in Extreme E spill |url=https://racer.com/2023/09/15/mclarens-gilmour-suffers-broken-rib-concussion-in-extreme-e-spill/ |access-date=16 September 2023 |website=RACER |language=en-US}} McLaren withdrew from Round 8 due to the spare car being too heavily damaged in Round 7's redemption race after Molinaro colided with JBXE's Hedda Hosås on the run down to the first jump at the start of the race and rolled the car. This is the first instance of a team withdrawing from a race in Extreme E.{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Dominik |date=16 September 2023 |title=Acciona Sainz team wins opening Island X Prix |url=https://racer.com/2023/09/16/acciona-sainz-team-wins-opening-island-x-prix/ |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=RACER |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Dominik |date=16 September 2023 |title=McLaren withdraws from Island X Prix II after second roll |url=https://racer.com/2023/09/16/mclaren-withdraws-from-island-x-prix-ii-after-second-roll/ |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=RACER |language=en-US}} For the final two rounds of the season, McLaren announced that Gilmour was still recovering from her injuries and was replaced by Hosås.{{Cite web |date=21 November 2023 |title=NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team announce Hedda Hosås to replace recovering Emma Gilmour for Copper X Prix |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/extreme-e/neom-mclaren-extreme-e-team-announce-hedda-hosas-to-replace-recovering-emma-gilmour-for-copper-x-prix/ |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=McLaren |language=en-GB}} McLaren finished in eighth place in the Team's Championship standings. At the end of the season, McLaren announced that Foust and Gilmour will leave the team.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2023 |title=Emma Gilmour and Tanner Foust to depart the NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/extreme-e/emma-gilmour-and-tanner-foust-to-depart-the-neom-mclaren-extreme-e-team/ |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=McLaren |language=en-GB}}

For the 2024 season, McLaren announced a new driver pairing of Cristina Gutiérrez and Mattias Ekström, who moved from X44 and Carlos Sainz Sr.#Sainz XE Team respectively.{{Cite web |date=1 February 2024 |title=NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team announce Cristina Gutiérrez and Mattias Ekström |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/extreme-e/2024/neom-mclaren-extreme-e-team-announce-cristina-gutierrez-and-mattias-ekstrom-for-2024-extreme-e-championship-season/ |access-date=1 February 2024 |website=McLaren |language=en-GB}} The team won its first podium of the season by finishing second in Round 1 at the Desert X-Prix.{{Cite web |date=17 February 2024 |title=Rosberg X Racing win epic opening round of Season 4 |url=https://www.extreme-e.com/en/news/1183_Rosberg-X-Racing-win-epic-opening-round-of-Season-4 |access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Extreme E |language=en}} On 6 September, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix, Extreme E announced that the rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix were cancelled as the series transition to Extreme H for 2025.{{Cite web |date=6 September 2024 |title=Extreme E Season 4 statement |url=https://www.extreme-e.com/en/news/1314_Extreme-E-Season-4-statement |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Extreme E |language=}}{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Dominik |date=6 September 2024 |title=Extreme E puts its season's remaining races on hold |url=https://racer.com/2024/09/06/extreme-e-puts-its-seasons-remaining-races-on-hold/ |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=RACER |language=}}

{{Infobox motor racing team

|name = {{flagicon|GBR}} NEOM McLaren Formula E Team

|logo = File:Neom McLaren Formula E Team logo.png

|base = McLaren Technology Centre
{{nowrap|Woking, Surrey, England, UK}}

|current series = Formula E

|current drivers = {{0}}5. {{flagicon|GBR}} Taylor Barnard
{{0}}8. {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

|races = 33

|wins = 1

|podiums =

|poles = 4

|points = 216

|first entry = 2023 Mexico City ePrix

|last entry = 2025 Jeddah ePrix

|first win =2024 São Paulo ePrix (March)

|last win =2024 São Paulo ePrix (March)

|website = {{URL|https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-e/}}

|drivers={{flagicon|DEU}} René Rast
{{flagicon|GBR}} Jake Hughes

}}

In December 2020, Zak Brown announced McLaren's interest in entering Formula E once the company's battery supplier contract has expired.{{cite web |last=Baldwin |first=Alan |date=12 December 2020 |title=McLaren interested in Formula E once Gen3 car comes in |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-motor-f1-abudhabi-mclaren/mclaren-interested-in-formula-e-once-gen3-car-comes-in-idUKKBN28M0G2?edition-redirect=uk |access-date=11 January 2021 |work=Reuters}} In January the following year, McLaren signed an option to enter the championship for 2022.{{cite web |last=Kew |first=Matt |date=11 January 2021 |title=McLaren signs option to join Formula E agreement from 2022 |url=https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/154523/mclaren-signs-option-to-join-formula-e-from-2022 |access-date=11 January 2021 |work=Autosport |publisher=Motorsport Network}}

In May 2022, McLaren announced the acquisition of the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team and debuted in the 2022–23 season as NEOM McLaren Formula E Team using Nissan's EV powertrain.{{Cite web |date=23 June 2022 |title=McLAREN RACING TO BE POWERED BY NISSAN FORMULA E GEN3 POWERTRAINS FROM SEASON 9 |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/mclaren-racing-be-powered-nissan-formula-e-gen3-powertrains-season-9/ |website=McLaren Racing}} René Rast, who last raced in the 2020–21 season with Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, and Jake Hughes were signed as drivers for the team.{{Cite web |title=Rene Rast returns to Formula E with McLaren Racing from Season 9 |url=http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2022/august/mclaren-signs-rast |access-date=23 August 2022 |website=FIA Formula E |date=23 August 2022 |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |date=29 November 2022 |title=McLaren Racing - NEOM McLaren Formula E team announces its full Season 9 driver line-up |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/neom-mclaren-formula-e-team-announces-its-full-season-9-driver-line-up/ |access-date= |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en}} McLaren made its ePrix debut at the 2023 Mexico City ePrix. Hughes qualified in third and finished the race in fifth place whereas Rast qualified in fifteenth but retired from the race on lap 40 after colliding with Mahindra's Oliver Rowland.{{Cite web |date=14 January 2023 |title=Di Grassi seals pole in Mexico City on Mahindra debut |url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/15687/di-grassi-seals-pole-in-mexico-city-on-mahindra-debut |access-date= |website=The Official Home of Formula E |language=en }}{{Cite web |date=14 January 2023 |title=Dominant Dennis becomes first winner of GEN3 era in Mexico City |url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/15748/dominant-dennis-becomes-first-winner-of-gen3-era-in-mexico-city |access-date= |website=The Official Home of Formula E |language=en }}{{Cite web |last=Western |first=Yasmin |date=14 January 2023 |title=Dominant Dennis takes Mexico City E-Prix win for Andretti |url=https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/01/14/dominant-dennis-takes-mexico-city-e-prix-win-for-andretti/ |access-date= |website=Motorsport Week |language=en-GB}} McLaren achieved several milestones at the Diriyah ePrix. In the first round, Hughes qualified at second place (missing out on pole position by 0.060s) but finished in eighth whereas Rast qualified and finished in fifth place while scoring McLaren's first fastest lap in Formula E.{{Cite web |date=27 January 2023 |title=Buemi denies McLaren to end four-year pole drought |url=https://the-race.com/formula-e/buemi-denies-mclaren-to-end-four-year-pole-drought/ |access-date= |website=The Race |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=27 January 2023 |title=McLaren Racing - 2023 Diriyah E-Prix Race 1 |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-e/2023-diriyah-e-prix-race-1/ |access-date= |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en}} In the second round, Hughes secured McLaren's maiden pole position in Formula E and Rast qualified in third place.{{Cite web |date=28 January 2023 |title=Hughes seals maiden Julius Baer Pole Position for Round 3 in Diriyah |url= https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/16380/hughes-seals-maiden-julius-baer-pole-position-for-round-3-in-diriyah |access-date= |website=The Official Home of Formula E |language=en }} Hughes finished the race in fifth and Rast finished in third place, giving McLaren their maiden podium finish in Formula E.{{Cite web |date=28 January 2023 |title=Wehrlein doubles up in Diriyah to take standings lead |url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/16439/wehrlein-doubles-up-in-diriyah-to-take-standings-lead |access-date= |website=The Official Home of Formula E |language=en }} Hughes qualified in second at the Monaco ePrix but was later promoted to pole position after Nissan's Sacha Fenestraz was stripped of his pole position for exceeding his power limit in his final run.{{Cite web |last=Mackley |first=Stefan |date=6 May 2023 |title=Monaco E-Prix: Hughes handed pole after Fenestraz penalised |url=https://www.autosport.com/formula-e/news/monaco-e-prix-hughes-handed-pole-after-fenestraz-penalised/10465846/ |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=www.autosport.com |language=en}} Hughes finished the race in fifth place whereas Rast finished in seventeenth after suffering from multiple collisions.{{Cite web |last=Khorounzhiy |first=Valentin |date=6 May 2023 |title=Cassidy wins in Monaco from ninth, takes Formula E points lead |url=https://the-race.com/formula-e/cassidy-wins-in-monaco-from-ninth-takes-formula-e-points-lead/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=The Race |language=en-GB}} McLaren finished the season in eighth in the Teams' Championship.

In August 2023, McLaren announced that Hughes had re-signed with the team whereas Rast will leave the team and was replaced by Sam Bird for the 2023–24 season.{{Cite web |last=Mackley |first=Stefan |date=17 August 2023 |title=Hughes re-signs with McLaren Formula E team as Rast leaves |url=https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/hughes-re-signs-with-mclaren-formula-e-team-as-rast-leaves/10508323/ |access-date=17 August 2023 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=NEOM McLaren Formula E Team Announces Sam Bird |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-e/neom-mclaren-formula-e-team-announces-sam-bird/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=McLaren.com}} Bird won McLaren's maiden electric race victory at the São Paulo ePrix.{{Cite web |last=Wyrich |first=Sandrine |date=16 March 2024 |title=Formula E Sao Paulo E-Prix - Sam Bird produces stunning last-lap overtake to win race in Brazil |url=https://www.eurosport.com/formula-e/sao-paulo-eprix/2023-2024/formula-e-sao-paulo-eprix-follow-race-coverage-live_sto10063324/story.shtml |access-date=17 March 2024 |website=Eurosport |language=}} At the Monaco ePrix, Bird suffered a hand injury during the first free practice session and was replaced by reserve and development driver Taylor Barnard.{{Cite web |date=27 April 2024 |title=Barnard To Step In For Injured Bird In Monaco |url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/496284 |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=The Official Home of Formula E. |language=en}} Barnard qualified in 22nd and finished his debut race in 14th while becoming the youngest driver and the first teenager to start an ePrix at 19 years and 331 days.{{Cite web |last=Mackley |first=Stefan |date=27 April 2024 |title=Monaco E-Prix: Pole for Wehrlein after Jaguar errors |url=https://us.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/monaco-e-prix-pole-for-wehrlein-after-jaguar-errors/10603876/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Motorsport.com}}{{Cite web |last=Stefan |first=Mackley |date=27 April 2024 |title=Monaco E-Prix: Evans leads Jaguar 1-2 after strategy masterclass |url=https://us.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/monaco-e-prix-evans-leads-jaguar-1-2-after-strategy-masterclass/10603987/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Motorsport.com}}{{Cite web |title=Taylor Barnard |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/taylor-barnard/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=McLaren |language=}} Barnard continued to deputise for Bird at the Berlin ePrix, where he finished Race 1 in tenth to become youngest point scorer.{{Cite web |date=2 May 2024 |title=NEOM McLaren Confirm Taylor Barnard Is Back For Berlin |url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/497070 |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=Formula E |language=}}{{Cite web |last=Mackley |first=Stefan |date=11 May 2024 |title=Berlin E-Prix: Cassidy wins after superb under-the-radar performance |url=https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/berlin-e-prix-cassidy-wins-jaguar-points-lead/10609682/ |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=Motorsport.com}} At the end of the season, Hughes left McLaren to join Maserati MSG Racing{{Cite web |date=29 July 2024 |title=Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Hughes join Maserati MSG Racing |url=https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/504522 |access-date=30 July 2024 |website=Formula E |language=}} and was replaced by Barnard, who was promoted to compete full-time in the 2024–25 season.{{Cite web |last=Mackley |first=Stefan |date=27 August 2024 |title=Barnard joins Bird at McLaren for 2024/25 Formula E season |url=https://www.autosport.com/formula-e/news/barnard-joins-bird-at-mclaren-for-2024-25-formula-e-season/10648277/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Autosport |language=}}

At the season opening São Paulo ePrix, Barnard won his maiden podium by finishing in third while also becoming the youngest podium finisher at the age of 20 years and 189 days whereas Bird finished in fourth.{{Cite web |date=7 December 2024 |title=2024 São Paulo E-Prix - Race Report |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-e/2025/sao-paulo-e-prix/2024-sao-paulo-e-prix-race-report/ |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=McLaren |language=en-GB}}{{Cite tweet |number=1865489758996074792 |user=FIAFormulaE |title=Mega job, Taylor Barnard! 🙌The @McLarenFE driver is our youngest-ever podium finisher, surpassing 22-year-old Daniel Abt in 2015 👏#SaoPauloEPrix |date=7 December 2024 |access-date=8 December 2024}} Barnard followed up with another podium finish by coming in third at Race 1 of the Jeddah ePrix.{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Dominik |date=14 February 2025 |title=Early Jeddah E-Prix battles may have cost Barnard victory |url=https://racer.com/2025/02/14/early-jeddah-e-prix-battles-may-have-cost-barnard-victory/ |access-date=15 February 2025 |website=RACER |language=en-US}} At Race 2, he scored his first pole position, becoming the youngest polesitter at the age of 20 years 259 days{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Dominik |date=15 February 2025 |title=Barnard becomes Formula E's youngest pole winner for Jeddah race 2 |url=https://racer.com/2025/02/15/barnard-becomes-formula-es-youngest-pole-winner-for-jeddah-race-2/ |access-date=15 February 2025 |website=RACER |language=en-US}} but failed to convert it to a win, finishing the race in second.{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Dominik |date=15 February 2025 |title=Barnard's first Formula E win 'not far away' at all now |url=https://racer.com/2025/02/15/barnards-first-formula-e-win-not-far-away-at-all-now/ |access-date=16 February 2025 |website=RACER |language=en-US}}

McLaren announced that they will exit the series at the end the 2024–25 season.{{Cite web |date=25 April 2025 |title=McLaren Racing strategic portfolio review results in Formula E exit |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-e/2025/mclaren-racing-strategic-portfolio-review-results-in-formula-e-exit/ |access-date=25 April 2025 |website=McLaren |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Boxall-Legge |first=Jake |date=25 April 2025 |title=McLaren firms up Formula E exit to focus on WEC entry |url=https://www.autosport.com/formula-e/news/mclaren-firms-up-formula-e-exit-to-focus-on-wec-entry/10716743/ |access-date=25 April 2025 |website=Autosport.com}}

McLaren is reviewing the LMH/LMDh and GTP regulations for a possible entry into the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) Hypercar and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP classes respectively in the future.{{Cite web|last=Lloyd|first=Daniel|title=McLaren Clarifies Position on LMDh Evaluations – Sportscar365|url=https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/mclaren-clarifies-position-on-lmdh-evaluations/|access-date=3 November 2021|website=sportscar365.com|date=22 April 2021 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=6 August 2021|title=McLaren chasing engine partner for WEC effort|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/08/06/mclaren-chasing-engine-partner-for-wec-effort/|access-date=3 November 2021|website=Speedcafe|language=en-US |last1=Coch |first1=Mat }}{{Cite web |last=Development |first=PodBean |title=MP 1351: Catching Up With Zak Brown {{!}} The Marshall Pruett Podcast |url=https://marshallpruett.podbean.com/e/mp-1351-catching-up-with-zak-brown/ |access-date=24 December 2022 |website=marshallpruett.podbean.com |language=en}} On 19 June 2024, Zak Brown announced that McLaren is planning a Hypercar class entry with the LMDh regulations by the 2027 season.{{cite web|title=Zak Brown on McLaren Hypercar entry at le Mans: "2026 would be optimistic timeframe"|url=https://www.crash.net/le-mans/news/1050843/1/zak-brown-mclaren-hypercar-entry-le-mans-2026-would-be-optimistic-timeframe|last=Jones|first=Robert|work=Crash.net|date=20 June 2024|access-date=20 June 2024}}{{cite web|title=McLaren takes the next step toward a Hypercar future|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2024/11/04/mclaren-takes-the-next-step-to-a-hypercar-future.html|last=Goodwin|first=Graham|work=dailysportscar.com|date=4 November 2024|access-date=4 November 2024}} On 10 April 2025, McLaren announced that they will enter WEC in the Hypercar class utilizing the LMDh formula regulations starting from the 2027 season onwards.{{Cite web |last=Watkins |first=Gary |date=10 April 2025 |title=McLaren bids for Le Mans outright victory with future WEC entry |url=https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/mclaren-mans-return-official-wec-entry/10711449/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410114004/https://www.motorsport.com/lemans/news/mclaren-mans-return-official-wec-entry/10711449/ |archive-date=10 April 2025 |access-date=10 April 2025 |website=Motorsport.com}}{{Cite web |last=Atkins |first=Russell |date=10 April 2025 |title=McLaren confirms FIA WEC Hypercar entry in 2027 |url=https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/mclaren-confirms-fia-wec-hypercar-entry-in-2027/8250 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410113847/https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/mclaren-confirms-fia-wec-hypercar-entry-in-2027/8250 |archive-date=10 April 2025 |access-date=10 April 2025 |website=FIA WEC |language=en}}

File:Paul Ricard-1995-03-12-008.jpg, competing during the 1995 BPR Global GT Series season]]

Besides the cars raced by the works team, a variety of McLaren racing cars have also been used by customer teams. In their formative years, McLaren built Formula Two,{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=92}} hillclimbing,{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=86}} Formula 5000{{harvnb|Nye|1988|loc=Appendix 2}} and sports racing cars{{harvnb|Nye|1988|page=76}} that were sold to customers. Lacking the capacity to build the desired numbers, Trojan was subcontracted to construct some of them. In Can-Am, Trojan built customer versions of the M6 and M8 cars and ex-works cars were sold to privateers when new models arrived; half of the field was McLarens at some races. Author Mark Hughes says, "over 220" McLarens were built by Trojan. In USAC competition and Formula One, too, many teams used McLarens during the late 1960s and 1970s.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|pages=128–213}} A 1972 M8F was rebuilt as the C8 for use in Group C racing in 1982, but had little success.{{cite web |url=http://www.tuttomclaren.it/altre_selezione_telaio.asp?cod=McLaren%20C8 |title=McLaren C8 |publisher=Tutto McLaren |access-date=27 September 2013}}

In the mid-1990s, McLaren Racing's sister company, McLaren Cars (now McLaren Automotive) built a racing version of their F1 road car, the F1 GTR which won the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1995 and 1996 BPR Global GT Series.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080711152838/http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/cars/f1gtr_introduction.htm |title=McLAREN F1 GTR RACE CAR – INTRODUCTION |publisher=mclarenautomotive.com |url=http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/cars/f1gtr_introduction.htm |archive-date=11 July 2008 |access-date=9 April 2010 |url-status=dead }} In 2011, a GT3 version of the MP4-12C road car was developed in partnership with CRS Racing, making its competitive debut at the VLN and ADAC GT Masters in 2012.{{cite news|url=http://mclarengt.com/news-and-events/details/id/8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015003308/http://mclarengt.com/news-and-events/details/id/8 |archive-date=15 October 2011|title=New McLaren MP4-12C GT3 breaks cover|work=McLaren GT|publisher=McLaren Group|date=11 March 2011|access-date=22 November 2011}} The MP4-12C was succeeded by the McLaren 650S and then the McLaren 720S for GT3 racing, while a GT4 version of the McLaren 570S was also developed as well.

In 2022, McLaren Automotive announced a new GT4 model based on the McLaren Artura,{{Cite web |title=McLaren Artura GT4 to be track ready for '23 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article//91/mclaren-artura-gt4-to-be-track-ready-for-23 |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=Motor Sport Magazine |language=en-GB}} along with an unrestricted version named the Artura Trophy, which is to be used in McLaren's planned one-make series.{{Cite web |title=McLaren launches one-make series for unrestricted Artura racer {{!}} GRR |url=https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/modern/2022/8/mclaren-launches-one-make-series-for-unrestricted-artura-racer/ |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=www.goodwood.com}}

In October 2023, McLaren Automotive announced its intent to participate in the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans under the new LMGT3 category through CEO Zak Brown's United Autosports as its customer team.{{Cite web |last=Kilbey |first=Stephen |date=6 October 2023 |title=McLaren confirms United Autosports as its LMGT3 customer team |url=https://racer.com/2023/10/06/mclaren-confirms-united-autosports-as-its-lmgt3-customer-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030040740/https://racer.com/2023/10/06/mclaren-confirms-united-autosports-as-its-lmgt3-customer-team/ |archive-date=30 October 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=RACER |language=en-US}} McLaren Automotive also announced that it will enter the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship under the GT Daytona Pro (GTD Pro) category through Pfaff Motorsports as its customer team.{{Cite web |last=James |first=Richard S. |date=9 October 2023 |title=More McLarens racing globally the goal for Pfaff-McLaren partnership |url=https://racer.com/2023/10/09/more-mclarens-racing-globally-the-goal-for-pfaff-mclaren-partnership/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011100838/https://racer.com/2023/10/09/more-mclarens-racing-globally-the-goal-for-pfaff-mclaren-partnership/ |archive-date=11 October 2023 |access-date=10 October 2023 |website=RACER |language=en-US}} Both United Autosports and Pfaff Motorsports will be using the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo. In the following month, McLaren Automotive confirmed its participation in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season in the LMGT3 category in collaboration with United Autosports.{{Cite web |date=27 November 2023 |title=2024 FIA WEC entry list features 14 manufacturers and record number of Hypercars |url=https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/2024-fia-wec-entry-list-features-14-manufacturers-and-record-number-of-hypercars/7838 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127145023/https://www.fiawec.com/en/news/2024-fia-wec-entry-list-features-14-manufacturers-and-record-number-of-hypercars/7838 |archive-date=27 November 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=FIA WEC |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Two McLaren LMGT3 entries confirmed for 2024 FIA WEC |url=https://base.unitedautosports.com/news/wec-two-united-autosports-mclaren-lmgt3-cars-confirmed-on-2024-grid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127135734/https://www.unitedautosports.com/news/wec-two-united-autosports-mclaren-lmgt3-cars-confirmed-on-2024-grid |archive-date=27 November 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=United Autosports |language=en}}

McLaren Racing is majority owned by the McLaren Group, having sold 15% of the team to American investors MSP Sports Capital in 2020, rising to a 33% stake in 2022.{{cite news |last= Benson |first= Andrew |date=13 December 2020 |title=McLaren Racing to sell third of company to US-based investors|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55292974|access-date=12 July 2023 }} The team had previously been wholly owned by the Group since its inception.

File:Ron dennis 2000Monaco.jpg, here pictured at the 2000 Monaco Grand Prix, was team principal from 1980 to 2009 and was chairman of the McLaren Group until 2017.]]

After Bruce McLaren died in a testing accident in 1970, Teddy Mayer took over the team. In 1981, McLaren merged with Ron Dennis' Project Four Racing; Dennis took over as team principal and shortly after organised a buyout of the original McLaren shareholders to take full control of the team. Dennis offered Mansour Ojjeh the chance to purchase 50% of the team in 1983, with McLaren becoming a joint venture with Ojjeh's TAG Group. In 2000, after supplying engines to the team through its Mercedes subsidiary for 5 years, DaimlerChrysler (now Daimler AG) exercised an option to buy 40% of the TAG McLaren Group.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/feb/04/12 |title=DaimlerChrysler buys into F1 team|newspaper=The Guardian|date=4 February 2000|access-date=7 April 2010}} Dennis and Ojjeh each retained a 30% share,{{cite web|title=Daimler takes large stake in McLaren |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/daimlerchrysler-buys-stake-in-mclaren-1105994.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/daimlerchrysler-buys-stake-in-mclaren-1105994.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|date=11 July 1999|access-date=19 October 2021}} and each sold half of their stake to the Mumtalakat Holding Company (the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain) in 2007.{{cite news|last=Noble|first=Jonathan|title=Bahrain company buys into McLaren|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56174|date=9 January 2007|access-date=11 January 2007|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Media}} Although Daimler were reportedly considering acquiring the remaining 60% from Dennis and Ojjeh, they instead bought Brawn GP (renaming it Mercedes GP) in November 2009;{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8362295.stm|last=Benson|first=Andrew|title=Mercedes takes over Brawn F1 team|work=BBC Sport|date=16 November 2009|access-date=23 November 2009}} their McLaren shares were sold back to Mumtalakat, Dennis, and Ojjeh in 2010.{{cite web|title=McLaren reclaim shares from Daimler|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/mar/18/mercedes-mclaren-shares-formula-one |date=18 March 2010|access-date=19 October 2021}}

Dennis stepped down as both CEO and team principal of McLaren in 2009, handing both roles over to Martin Whitmarsh.{{cite news|title=Ron Dennis steps down from F1 team McLaren|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/apr/16/ron-dennis-mclaren-formula-one|first=Tom|last=Bryant|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 April 2009|access-date=25 March 2010}}{{cite news|first=Sarah|last=Holt| title=Dennis to quit as McLaren F1 boss|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7833402.stm|work=BBC Sport|date=16 January 2009|access-date=6 April 2009}} However, following the uncompetitive 2013 season, Dennis retook the role in January 2014;{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula-one/25766407|title=Ron Dennis replaces Martin Whitmarsh as CEO in coup|work=BBC Sport |date=16 January 2014|access-date=22 January 2014}} Whitmarsh formally left the team later that year.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115578 |title=Ex-team principal Martin Whitmarsh formally parts ways with McLaren |date=26 August 2014 |access-date=10 September 2014}} Dennis sought to take a controlling interest in the company, but his relationship with Ojjeh had deteriorated, perhaps as early as 2013.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30452819|last=Benson|first=Andrew|title=Dennis seeks control of McLaren|date=12 December 2014|access-date=19 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30452819|title=How Ron Dennis lost control of McLaren|date=30 June 2017 |access-date= 19 October 2021|last=Benson|first=Andrew|publisher=BBC Sport}} In 2016, Dennis was forced out of his role as CEO by Ojjeh.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/37957967|title=Ron Dennis: McLaren chairman fails with High Court bid|access-date=27 April 2019|date=11 November 2016}} He sold his remaining shares in the company the next year.{{cite news|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/130471/dennis-cuts-final-ties-with-mclaren|title=Ron Dennis sells his shares in McLaren companies|access-date=27 April 2019|date=30 June 2017}}

After Dennis' 2014 return, he had abolished the position of team principal at McLaren, saying it was an 'outdated' position.{{cite news|last=Benson|first=Andrew|date=6 March 2014|title=McLaren: Ron Dennis on his restructuring of the team|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/26467140|newspaper=BBC Sport|access-date=10 March 2014}} Éric Boullier was instead named racing director in January 2014, becoming responsible for the F1 team.{{cite news|last=Benson|first=Andrew|date=29 January 2014|title=Eric Boullier appointed racing director at McLaren after Lotus exit|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/25944231|newspaper=BBC Sport|access-date=10 March 2014}} After Dennis' exit, Zak Brown was chosen for the post of Group executive director, with the positions of Group CEO and Racing CEO both being left vacant.{{Cite news|url=http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-confirms-zak-brown-as-new-executive-director-852419/|title=McLaren confirms Zak Brown as new executive director|newspaper=Motorsport.com|access-date=21 November 2016}} While his position was formally within the wider McLaren Group, it was understood that his role would focus only on the F1 team. The increasing awareness of the mediocrity of the car prompted a reshuffle in 2018: Brown was appointed McLaren Racing CEO in April, and when Boullier resigned in July, his position was divided between Gil de Ferran as sporting director and Andrea Stella as performance director.{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12522/11424988/eric-boullier-quits-mclaren-gil-de-ferran-appointed-sporting-director|title=Eric Boullier quits McLaren, Gil de Ferran appointed Sporting Director|website=skysports.com|access-date=4 July 2018}} In May 2019, Andreas Seidl was appointed as the new team principal.{{cite web|url=https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/getting-to-know-andreas-seidl/|title=McLaren Formula 1 - Getting to know: Andreas Seidl|website=www.mclaren.com|access-date=10 May 2019|archive-date=9 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509173317/https://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/getting-to-know-andreas-seidl/|url-status=dead}} In December 2022, Seidl left McLaren to join Sauber as CEO with Stella promoted to team principal.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title=McLaren Racing - McLaren Formula 1 appoints Andrea Stella as new Team Principal with immediate effect |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/mclaren-formula-1-appoints-andrea-stella-new-team-principal-immediate-effect/ |access-date= |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title=Andreas Seidl leaves McLaren to join Sauber ahead of Audi transition; Andrea Stella appointed McLaren team principal |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12767326/andreas-seidl-leaves-mclaren-to-join-sauber-ahead-of-audi-transition-andrea-stella-appointed-mclaren-team-principal |access-date= |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}

Since 2004 the team has been based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England.{{cite web |url=http://www.mclaren.com/technologygroup/ |title=Highlights |publisher=mclaren.com |access-date=1 May 2010 |archive-date=21 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121060417/http://www.mclaren.com/technologygroup/ |url-status=dead }} Facilities there include a wind tunnel and a driving simulator which is said to be the most sophisticated in the sport.{{cite web|url=http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/12/f1-in-the-future-simulation-and-gaming/|title=F1 in the Future – Simulation and Gaming|first=James|last=Allen|author-link=James Allen (journalist)|work=James Allen on F1|date=30 December 2009|access-date=1 May 2010|archive-date=3 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103082515/http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/12/f1-in-the-future-simulation-and-gaming/|url-status=dead}} The team also created the McLaren Driver Development Programme, which currently has eight drivers signed to it as of July 2024.{{Cite web |date=19 October 2023 |title=What is the McLaren Driver Development programme |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2023/what-is-the-mclaren-driver-development-programme/ |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en-GB}}{{cite web |date=May 16, 2024 |title=FIA FORMULA 3 DRIVERS ALEX DUNNE AND MARTINIUS STENSHORNE JOIN McLAREN DRIVER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2024/fia-formula-3-drivers-alex-dunne-and-martinius-stenshorne-join-mclaren-driver-development-programme/ |access-date=May 16, 2024 |website=McLaren}}

McLaren has had an uneasy relationship with Formula One's governing body, the FIA, and its predecessor FISA, as well as with the commercial rights holders of the sport. McLaren was involved, along with the other teams of the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), in a dispute with FISA and Alfa Romeo, Renault, and Ferrari over control of the sport in the early 1980s. During this dispute, known as the FISA-FOCA war, a breakaway series was threatened, FISA refused to sanction one race, and FOCA boycotted another. It was eventually resolved by a revenue-sharing deal called the Concorde Agreement.{{harvnb|Tremayne|Hughes|1998|page=114}}{{harvnb|Collings|2004|pages=116–117}}{{harvnb|Collings|2004|pages=145–148}}

Subsequent Concorde Agreements were signed in 1987 and 1992, but in 1996, McLaren was again one of the teams which disputed the terms of a new agreement, this time with former FOCA president Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Promotions and Administration organisation; a new 10-year agreement was eventually signed in 1998.{{harvnb|Collings|2004|pages=217–224}} Similar arguments restarted in the mid-2000s, with McLaren and their part-owner Mercedes again threatening to start a rival series, before another Concorde Agreement was signed in 2009.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8179661.stm|title=New deal ends F1 breakaway fears|work=BBC Sport|date=1 August 2009|access-date=26 March 2010}} In 2007, McLaren were involved in an espionage controversy after their chief designer Mike Coughlan obtained confidential technical information from Ferrari. McLaren was excluded from the Constructors' Championship for one year, and the team was fined US$100 million.{{cite web| url=http://marcasdecoches.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/17844641__WMSC_Decision_130907.pdf|title=World Motor Sport Council: Decision|publisher=Marcas de coches|date=13 September 2007|access-date=1 May 2010}} Although the terms of the most recent agreements, in 2013 and 2021, have been extensively negotiated on, McLaren have not taken as openly hostile a stance as in the past.

File:Marlboro McLarens Donington.jpg cigarette brand.]]

McLaren's Formula One team was originally called Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, and for their first season ran white-and-green coloured cars, which came about as a result of a deal with the makers of the film Grand Prix.{{cite web |url=http://www.thebrucemclarenmovie.com/wscolours.htm |title=The Colours of McLaren |work=The Bruce McLaren Movie Official Website |access-date=26 March 2010}} Between {{F1|1968}} and {{F1|1971}}, the team used an orange design, which was also applied to cars competing in the Indianapolis 500 and Can-Am series, and was used as an interim testing livery in later years.{{cite book|title=Speed and Power|first=Alexander|last=von Wegner|chapter=Grand Prix Motor Racing|page=77|publisher=Parragon|year=1999|isbn=0-7525-3144-1}}{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2006/1/3902.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806204331/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2006/1/3902.html|archive-date=6 August 2014|title=Orange livery for interim McLaren|work=Formula1.com|publisher=Formula One|date=9 January 2006|access-date=26 March 2010}}

In {{F1|1968}}, the Royal Automobile Club and the FIA relaxed the rules regarding commercial sponsorship of Formula One cars, and in {{F1|1972}}, the Yardley of London cosmetics company became McLaren's first title sponsor and the team raced as Yardley Team McLaren.{{harvnb|Tremayne|Hughes|1998|pages=238–248}}{{harvnb|Tremayne|Hughes|1998|p=246}} As a result, the livery was changed to a predominantly white one to reflect the sponsor's colours.{{harvnb|Taylor|2009|pages=98–101}} This changed in {{F1|1974}}, when Philip Morris joined as title sponsor through their Marlboro cigarette brand, whilst one car continued to run-ostensibly by a separate team-with Yardley livery for the year. Marlboro's red-and-white branding lasted until {{F1|1996}}, during which time the team went by various names incorporating the word "Marlboro", making it the then longest-running Formula One sponsorship (and still the longest title sponsorship, which has since been surpassed by Hugo Boss' sponsorship of the team, which ran from {{F1|1981}} to {{F1|2014}}).{{cite web |url=http://mclaren.com/article/2010/hugo-boss |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218225912/http://mclaren.com/article/2010/hugo-boss |archive-date=18 December 2010 |title=Hugo Boss |publisher=mclaren.com |access-date=26 March 2010}}{{harvnb|Tremayne|Hughes|1998|p=250}}{{cite news|url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/316894/hugo-boss-switches-from-mclaren-to-mercedes/|date=1 October 2014|title=Hugo Boss switches from McLaren to Mercedes|work=GPUpdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|access-date=1 February 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://stats.crash.net/team_seasons.asp?teamsroot_id=7556 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306102826/http://stats.crash.net/team_seasons.asp?teamsroot_id=7556|archive-date=6 March 2012|title=McLaren Seasons|work=Grand Prix Archive|publisher=Crash Media Group|access-date=13 April 2010}}

In {{F1|1997}}, Philip Morris moved its Marlboro sponsorship to Ferrari and was replaced by Reemtsma's West cigarette branding, with the team entering under the name West McLaren Mercedes.{{cite news |title=Hill linked again with McLaren |newspaper=The Independent |date=28 August 1996 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/hill-linked-again-with-mclaren-1311800.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/hill-linked-again-with-mclaren-1311800.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=25 March 2010}} As a result, McLaren adopted a silver and black livery. By mid-2005, a European Union directive banned tobacco advertising in sport, which forced McLaren to end its association with West.{{cite news |newspaper=The Independent|first=David|last=Tremayne|author-link=David Tremayne|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/minority-stall-as-tobacco-ban-starts-302951.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/minority-stall-as-tobacco-ban-starts-302951.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Minority stall as tobacco ban starts |date=1 August 2005|access-date=26 March 2010}} In {{F1|2006}}, the team competed without a title sponsor, entering under the name Team McLaren Mercedes. McLaren altered their livery to introduce red into the design, and changed the silver to chrome.

In {{F1|2007}}, McLaren signed a seven-year contract with telecommunications company Vodafone, and became known as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes.{{cite news| title = McLaren seal deal with Vodafone| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/4527512.stm |work=BBC Sport | date= 14 December 2005| access-date =12 April 2007}} The arrangement was due to last until {{F1|2014}}, although the team announced at the 2013 Australian Grand Prix that their partnership would conclude at the end of the 2013 season.{{cite news|title=McLaren to lose Vodafone title sponsorship|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/03/14/mclaren-lose-vodafone-title-sponsorship/|first=Keith|last=Collantine|work=F1 Fanatic|publisher=Keith Collantine|date=14 March 2013|access-date=17 March 2013}} Despite explaining the decision to conclude the sponsorship as being a result of Vodafone's desire to reconsider its commercial opportunities, it was later reported that the decision to run the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix despite an ongoing civil uprising and protests against the race, and Vodafone's inability to remove their logos from the McLaren cars during the race as being a key factor in the decision to terminate the sponsorship.{{cite news|title=Bahrain violence convinces Vodafone to end its F1 deal|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/formula-one/article/bahrain-violence-convinces-vodafone-to-end-its-f1-deal-qzrkm2gmm8f|first=Nic|last=Fildes|work=The Times|date=14 March 2013|access-date=17 March 2013}} Diageo-owned whisky brand Johnnie Walker, an associate sponsor since 2005, offered to take over as title sponsor at the end of 2013, but their offer of £43 million was turned down by McLaren chairman Ron Dennis, who believed it to be "too small."{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11845062/McLaren-set-to-lose-20m-in-sponsorship-next-year.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11845062/McLaren-set-to-lose-20m-in-sponsorship-next-year.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=McLaren set to lose £20m in sponsorship next year|date=4 September 2015|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}

At the end of 2015, it was announced that McLaren was due to lose sponsor TAG Heuer to Red Bull Racing and thus McLaren brought Richard Mille to replace TAG Heuer from {{F1|2016}} onwards. McLaren chief Ron Dennis later admitted to falling out with TAG Heuer CEO Jean-Claude Biver. In 2015, McLaren was without a title sponsor and was set to lose a further £20 million in sponsorship in 2016. Between 2015 and 2017, the team competed as McLaren Honda due to their engine partnership with Honda.{{cite web|url=http://richardmille.com/star/mclaren-honda/|title=Richard Mille|website=MCLAREN-HONDA Formula 1 team|access-date=24 January 2018}} The team has competed as McLaren F1 Team since 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/teams/McLaren.html|title=McLaren|website=Formula1.com|access-date=24 January 2018}} CEO Zak Brown has said that he will not be selling the name of the team to a title sponsor to keep the team's name intact and will be looking for major sponsors instead.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Adam |date=19 December 2017 |title=McLaren won't have a title sponsor in 2018 - Brown |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-wont-have-title-sponsor-in-2018-brown-989635/1383952/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Luke |date=1 March 2018 |title=McLaren not looking for traditional F1 title sponsor |url=https://www.crash.net/f1/news/890327/1/mclaren-not-looking-traditional-f1-title-sponsor |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=Crash |language=en}}

McLaren's cars were originally named with the letter M followed by a number, sometimes also followed by a letter denoting the model.{{harvnb|Nye|1988|loc=Appendix 1}} After the 1981 merger with Project Four, the cars were called "MP4/x", or since 2001 "MP4-x",{{cite web |title=History of McLaren – Timeline – The 2000s |url=http://www.mclaren.com/historyofmclaren/timeline_00s.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103005051/http://www.mclaren.com/historyofmclaren/timeline_00s.php |archive-date=3 January 2008 |access-date=29 December 2007 |publisher=mclaren.com}} where x is the generation of the chassis (e.g. MP4/1, MP4-22). "MP4" stood initially for "Marlboro Project 4",{{cite book |last1=Schlegelmilch |first1=Rainer W. |url=https://archive.org/details/mclarenformula100schl/page/98 |title=McLaren Formula 1 |last2=Lehbrink |first2=Hartmut |publisher=Könemann |year=1999 |isbn=3-8290-0945-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mclarenformula100schl/page/98 98] |url-access=registration}} so that the full title of the cars (McLaren MP4/x) reflected not only the historical name of the team, but also the names of the team's major sponsor and its new component part. Since the change of title sponsor in 1997, "MP4" was said to stand for "McLaren Project 4".{{cite web |title=Formula One Teams Profile: McLaren |url=http://www.espnstar.com/formula1/formula1_teamdetails_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429214801/http://www.espnstar.com/formula1/formula1_teamdetails_2.html |archive-date=29 April 2007 |access-date=12 April 2007 |publisher=espnstar.com |url-status=usurped |agency=ESPN}} From 2017, following Ron Dennis' departure from the team, the naming scheme of the cars changed to "MCL" followed by a number.{{cite web |date=3 February 2017 |title=McLaren announce new car name |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/2/mclaren-announce-new-car-name.html |access-date=3 February 2017 |work=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One World Championship Ltd}} Since 2017, McLaren have increasingly adopted orange colours, which the team dubs "papaya", designed to recall Bruce McLaren's liveries.

In {{f1|2019}}, British American Tobacco (BAT) agreed to a global partnership with McLaren under its "A Better Tomorrow" campaign to promote BAT's alternative smoking products Vuse (previously Vype) and Velo (previously Lyft).{{cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/141420/exbar-team-owner-bat-back-to-f1-with-mclaren|title=Former BAR team owner BAT back into Formula 1 with McLaren deal|last=Mitchell|first=Scott|website=Autosport.com|date=11 February 2019 |language=en|access-date=11 February 2019}} The agreement has enticed a similar controversy to the Mission Winnow sponsorship with Scuderia Ferrari due to the association with tobacco companies.{{cite web|url=https://www.racefans.net/2019/03/14/mclaren-removes-british-american-tobacco-slogan-in-melbourne/|title=McLaren removes British American Tobacco slogan in Melbourne|website=www.racefans.net|date=14 March 2019|access-date=17 August 2020}} In late 2019, BAT and McLaren announced the signing of an enhanced partnership deal that saw BAT become a principal partner of McLaren with increased branding position and the partnership being extended to the McLaren IndyCar Team.{{cite news |date=28 November 2019 |title=BAT Expands Formula 1 Sponsorship to Boost Vuse, Velo Brands |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-28/bat-expands-formula-1-sponsorship-to-boost-smoking-alternatives |access-date=9 June 2020 |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |publisher=Bloomberg}} In April 2024, McLaren and BAT announced a partnership extension which includes the partnership being extended to the McLaren Formula E Team.{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2024 |title=McLaren Racing and BAT announce multi-year partnership extension |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/partners/british-american-tobacco/mclaren-racing-and-bat-announce-multi-year-partnership-extension/ |access-date=April 8, 2024 |website=McLaren |language=}}

In July 2020, McLaren announced a multi-year strategic partnership with long time sponsor Gulf Oil International,{{cite web |last=Noble |first=Jonathan |date=24 July 2020 |title=McLaren set for F1 reunion with Gulf Oil in new sponsorship deal |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/150799/mclaren-set-for-f1-reunion-with-gulf-oil |access-date= |website=Autosport.com |language=en}} which includes Gulf Oil being the preferred lubricant supplier to McLaren Automotive{{Cite web |date=28 July 2020 |title=McLaren Racing - Gulf partners with McLaren to announce multi-year partnership covering F1 and luxury supercars |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/partners/gulf-oil-ltd/gulf-partners-mclaren-announce-multi-year-partnership-covering-f1-and-luxury-super-cars/ |access-date= |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en}} and a special Gulf livery for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix.{{Cite web |date=16 May 2021 |title=McLaren Racing - McLaren Racing and Gulf Oil International unveil limited edition Monaco Grand Prix livery |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/2021/monaco-grand-prix/mclaren-racing-and-gulf-oil-international-unveil-limited-edition-monaco-grand-prix-livery/ |access-date= |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en}}

In May 2022, OKX signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with McLaren as a primary partner.{{cite web |title=McLaren Racing announces OKX as a Primary Partner of McLaren Formula 1 Team |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/partners/okx/mclaren-racing-announces-okx-a-primary-partner-mclaren-formula-1-team/ |access-date=7 May 2022 |website=McLaren Racing}} The deal was expanded in March 2023 with OKX becoming McLaren's official primary partner where OKX will receive increased branding presence on the car. The expanded deal also includes OKX supporting the McLaren Shadow esports team.{{Cite web |date=30 March 2023 |title=McLaren Racing announces expansion with Official Primary Partner OKX |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2023/mclaren-racing-announces-expansion-with-official-primary-partner-okx/ |access-date= |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en-GB}}

As part of McLaren's 60th-anniversary celebration, the team revealed a special livery for the 2023 Monaco and Spanish Grands Prix to celebrate their Triple Crown achievement. The Triple Crown livery is the amalgamation of the liveries of the three winning McLaren cars that forms the Triple Crown – the papaya of the M16C/D that won the 1974 Indianapolis 500 at the rear, the white of the MP4/2 that won the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix at the middle, and the black of the F1 GTR that won the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans at the front of the MCL60.{{Cite web |date=23 May 2023 |title=McLaren to run one-off 'Triple Crown' livery at Monaco Grand Prix as part of 60th anniversary celebrations {{!}} Formula 1® |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-to-run-one-off-triple-crown-livery-at-monaco-grand-prix-as-part-of.1L0qis9t214tiz6Rj3cuyN.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Alex |first=Kalinauckas |date=23 May 2023 |title=McLaren reveals 'Triple Crown' livery for Monaco and Spanish F1 races |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-reveals-triple-crown-livery-for-monaco-and-spanish-f1-races/10472634/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}} McLaren's IndyCar Series sister team also raced their version of the Triple Crown livery for the 2023 Indianapolis 500, with the liveries of the Nos. 7, 6 and 5 painted as the M16C/D, MP4/2 and F1 GTR respectively. For the 2023 British Grand Prix, in conjunction with primary partner Google Chrome, McLaren used a chrome livery in a throwback to the fan favourite livery from 2006 to 2014. The chrome livery was more commonly associated with the Vodafone McLaren years.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Sam |date=3 July 2023 |title=McLaren unveils throwback chrome F1 livery for British GP |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-unveils-throwback-chrome-f1-livery-for-british-gp/10491196/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=www.motorsport.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Saunders |first=Nate |date=3 July 2023 |title=McLaren adds chrome throwback to British GP livery |url=https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/37954171/mclaren-adds-chrome-throwback-british-gp-livery |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} McLaren and OKX collaborated again for the 2023 Singapore and Japanese Grands Prix to race a predominantly black car with streaks of the standard papaya orange called "Stealth Mode".{{Cite web |last=ESPN |date=13 September 2023 |title=McLaren runs 'Stealth Mode' livery for Singapore, Japan |url=https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/38390982/mclaren-runs-stealth-mode-livery-singapore-japan |access-date=24 September 2023 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=13 September 2023 |title=McLaren unveil 'Stealth Mode' livery for Singapore and Japan |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-reveal-stealth-mode-car-livery-for-singapore-and-japan-races.6bisW0mQphTTeYPKJAZU0k.html |access-date=24 September 2023 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}} McLaren and Vuse collaborated for a 3rd time for the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (the previous 2 collaborations being in 2021 and 2022) to race a car with a similar livery to the main livery of 2023, but featuring more papaya on the front wing, along with an updated sidepod which features abstract shapes, influenced by rolling sand dunes and ocean waves.{{Cite web |title=McLaren Racing and Vuse reveal one-off livery designed by emerging UAE-based artist |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2021/abu-dhabi-grand-prix/mclaren-racing-and-vuse-reveal-one-livery-designed-emerging-uae-based-artist-abu-dhabi-gp/ |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=McLaren Racing and Vuse unveil special Abu Dhabi Grand Prix livery designed by emerging artist |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2022/abu-dhabi-grand-prix/mclaren-racing-and-vuse-unveil-special-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-livery-designed-emerging-artist/ |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Applying a livery against the clock |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2023/abu-dhabi-grand-prix/applying-a-livery-against-the-clock/ |access-date=22 November 2023 |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en-GB}}

The MCL39 saw minimal changes from the previous year's car, due to a tradition where the team would run the same design the season after a championship win, and that the team would not change the livery substantially during a period of sustained success.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-19 |title=The story behind McLaren's 2025 livery design |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2025/the-story-behind-mclarens-2025-livery-design/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=McLaren |language=en-GB}}

As a constructor, McLaren has entered numerous race cars designed in-house into racing events, most prominently Formula One. As of 2025, the only exceptions to this are the Arrow McLaren IndyCar team, who run Dallara-built chassis (initially the IR-12, which was supplemented by the IR-18), McLaren's Extreme E team, who run the Spark Odyssey 21, and their Formula E operation, who run Formula E Gen3 with Nissan's powertrain.

Currently, McLaren builds only Formula One cars; the most successful McLaren Formula One car is the McLaren MP4/4 of {{f1|1988}}, also one of the most successful Formula One cars of all time. The MP4/4, driven by teammates Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, took victories and pole positions in all but one race.{{cite web|title=McLaren Timeline '80s|url=http://www.mclaren.com/mclarengroup/timeline-80s.php|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801174826/http://www.mclaren.com/mclarengroup/timeline-80s.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2008}}

{{Main|McLaren Grand Prix results}}

• Constructors' Championships winning percentage: {{Percentage|9|59|1}}
• Drivers' Championships winning percentage: {{Percentage|12|59|1}}
• Winning percentage: {{Percentage|{{f1cstat|MCL|wins}}|{{f1cstat|MCL|entries}}|1}}

Seven drivers have won a total of twelve Drivers' Championships with McLaren:{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame.html |title=Hall of Fame - the World Champions |work=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited |access-date=26 July 2015}}

• {{flagicon|BRA}} Emerson Fittipaldi ({{F1|1974}})
• {{flagicon|UK}} James Hunt ({{F1|1976}})
• {{flagicon|AUT}} Niki Lauda ({{F1|1984}})
• {{flagicon|FRA|variant=1974}} Alain Prost ({{F1|1985}}, {{F1|1986}}, {{F1|1989}})
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Ayrton Senna ({{F1|1988}}, {{F1|1990}}, {{F1|1991}})
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Häkkinen ({{F1|1998}}, {{F1|1999}})
• {{flagicon|UK}} Lewis Hamilton ({{F1|2008}})

{{main|Formula One Esports Series}}

The following drivers won the Formula One Esports Drivers' Championship for McLaren Shadows:

• {{flagicon|GBR}} Lucas Blakeley (2022).

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

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2. {{note|2}} In conjunction with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.
3. {{note|3}} In conjunction with Hendrick Motorsports

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• {{cite book |last1=Codling |first1=Stuart |title=McLaren Formula 1 Car by Car: Every Race Car Since 1966 |date=2024 |publisher=Motorbooks |location=Beverly, MA, USA |isbn=9780760385128}}
• {{cite book |first=Timothy |last=Collings |title=The Piranha Club |publisher=Virgin Books |edition=Revised and updated |year=2004 |orig-year=2001 |isbn=0-7535-0965-2}}
• {{cite book |first=Alan |last=Henry |author-link=Alan Henry |title=McLaren: Formula 1 Racing Team |publisher=Haynes |year=1999 |isbn=1-85960-425-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mclarenformula1r0000henr }}
• {{cite book |first=Doug |last=Nye |author-link=Doug Nye |title=McLaren: The Grand Prix, Can-Am and Indy Cars |publisher=Guild Publishing |year=1988 |orig-year=1984 |edition=New |isbn=0-905138-54-6}}
• {{cite book |first=Tom |last=Rubython |author-link=Tom Rubython |title=The Life of Senna |edition=1st softback |date=14 October 2006 |publisher=BusinessF1 Books |isbn=0-9546857-3-3 }}
• {{cite book |first=William |last=Taylor |editor-first=David |editor-last=Tremayne |editor-link=David Tremayne |title=McLaren – The Cars 1964–2008 |publisher=Coterie Press |year=2009 |edition=Second |orig-year=2008 |isbn=978-1-902351-34-6}}
• {{cite book |title=The Concise Encyclopedia of Formula One |first1=David |last1=Tremayne |first2=Mark |last2=Hughes |author-link1=David Tremayne |author-link2=Mark Hughes (journalist) |year=1998 |publisher=Dempsey Parr |isbn=1-84084-037-4}}
• All Formula One World Championship results are taken from [http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results.html Formula1.com]. Formula One Administration.

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