McLaren 50 - 2013 Celebrating 50 Years of McLaren [Split]

It’s all a long way from that small south London lock-up back in 1963. But Bruce wouldn’t wish for us to merely look backwards without looking forwards, too.

Accordingly, echoes of our past will reverberate throughout a series of unique events and celebrations to be held across our anniversary year.

From the McLaren 50 logos we’ll proudly sport on our team shirts, through our specially commissioned heritage video features, to the launch of our new MP4-28 Formula 1 car with Jenson Button and Sergio Perez on January 31st, every lap, every corner, every mile and every road we take will be an opportunity to revel in McLaren’s present while recalling our 50-year past.

Ron Dennis CBE, executive chairman, McLaren Group and McLaren Automotive, said: “McLaren’s history is long and storied, but McLaren’s legacy is harder to define – and that’s because it’s still being vividly written every day by the dedicated men and women who work at the McLaren Technology Centre.

“Bruce McLaren wrote the beginning of the story, and the legend is going to continue for many years to come. I’m only a chapter, not the book, and I want other people to come in and write their own chapters as time goes by.

“This is a book that’s still being written, and that, perhaps, is the greatest legacy of McLaren.”

Edited by Anonymous, 21 January 2013 - 16:58.

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‘Life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.’ - Bruce McLaren



FANTASTIC!

New wallpaper with the McLaren 50 logo, i wonder if they will run it on the car as it was on Checos teamwear?

Edited by ScM, 24 January 2013 - 11:43.

I don't know where to post this...but it has nothing to do with the car but here goes:

joseluisf1: Mas rumores: McLaren podría estar reduciendo algo recursos en F1 para dedicarlos a otras areas con el fin de asegurar el futuro del grupo

"More rumors: McLaren could be reduced somewhat in F1 to devote resources to other areas in order to ensure the future of the group"

don't really know how to read into that. feel free to move this into its own topic if need be?

I don't know where to post this...but it has nothing to do with the car but here goes:

joseluisf1: Mas rumores: McLaren podría estar reduciendo algo recursos en F1 para dedicarlos a otras areas con el fin de asegurar el futuro del grupo

"More rumors: McLaren could be reduced somewhat in F1 to devote resources to other areas in order to ensure the future of the group"

don't really know how to read into that. feel free to move this into its own topic if need be?

Edited by Raziel, 24 January 2013 - 19:42.

From official Vodafone McLaren Mercedes facebook page

What a great photo! Bruce, Hakkinen, Senna, Prost, Hunt....

http://img849.images...00369641413.jpg

Lewis already there amongst the legends! Nice!


damn you 10e10! ;)

We shouldn't expect anything less.

I have to imagine were he still alive, Bruce would be absolutely thrilled to see that his creation has survived for 50 seasons.

I wish he were still here to see all of the success his company has had. I wonder if he would ever have imagined all the race victories and world championships that were to come for the team.

I hope they see another 50 years.

Edited by Mc_Silver, 24 January 2013 - 23:37.

"It’s all a long way from that small south London lock-up back in 1963."

I presume that this is from McLaren themselves? It is a real pity they don't know that the 'small lock-up' where the team originated was actually in New Malden, Surrey, which wasn't even part of London back in 1963. And even today, it certainly isn't in south London. McLaren need to get their own history straight!

From an unimpressed former resident of New Malden!

Do you know the address in New Malden of the first McLaren base, was it a workshop for building cars or an office>

Yes, it was in Wellington Crescent, a small industrial estate. We tracked it down in this thread in The Nostalgia Forum and it has been verified by Howden Ganley and Eoinn Young who were both there at the time, living in a nearby house with Bruce McLaren. It was a shed of some sort, which we do not think still survives, used as the team's first base.

Edited by dave34m, 25 January 2013 - 23:41.

Seems a bit odd not to have the 1990 MP4/5b, was quite a bit different to the 1989 MP4/5 and Senna won the world title in it! They have the 17 and 17d there!!

Seems a bit odd not to have the 1990 MP4/5b, was quite a bit different to the 1989 MP4/5 and Senna won the world title in it! They have the 17 and 17d there!!

Edited by dave34m, 26 January 2013 - 03:53.

Why is the 1970 M7A shown with No 1, I think thats the 1968 Denny Hulme car. They haven't shown the M14A or D from 1970/71 either

Now wouldn't it be great if they got the cars out of the museum and paraded them at the Silverstone GP.

You will find a large number of them are now sitting at McLaren dealerships around the world, each usually with a special attachment to the country they reside.

You will find a large number of them are now sitting at McLaren dealerships around the world, each usually with a special attachment to the country they reside.

Are they the real thing?

Edited by JRizzle86, 26 January 2013 - 22:18.

Edited by Anonymous, 26 January 2013 - 22:10.

Seems a bit odd not to have the 1990 MP4/5b, was quite a bit different to the 1989 MP4/5 and Senna won the world title in it! They have the 17 and 17d there!!

Likewise the odd inclusion of the MP4-19, which was practically a midfield car.

Not sure, i'd like to hope they are the true chassis to that particular car but i doubt the engine and gearbox are present.

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Now, with the launch of the 12C, more of those dust sheets are being pulled off and the treasures of Unit 2 will be seen far more widely. McLaren is opening 35 showrooms by the end of 2012 to supply its new sports car and every one will have a Unit 2 car on display when it opens: not a plastic dummy, but a genuine race car: one that bites.

http://www.mclarenau...ide-unit-2.aspx

Correct!

There is a McLaren dealership 5 minutes from where I live and I can assure you that the MP4/5 in the showroom is absolutely the real thing, raced by Prost, from unit 2. Engine and gearbox included, correct 'Personal' steering wheel and digital instrument panel. And it's lovely!

Correct!

There is a McLaren dealership 5 minutes from where I live and I can assure you that the MP4/5 in the showroom is absolutely the real thing, raced by Prost, from unit 2. Engine and gearbox included, correct 'Personal' steering wheel and digital instrument panel. And it's lovely!

Where's the Can Am McLarens?
Not that anyone would notice......