10 Facts About McLaren Group

1.

McLaren Group is a British holding company based in Woking, England, which is involved in Formula One and other motorsport and the manufacture of luxury cars.

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2.

Bruce McLaren Group started Bruce McLaren Group Motor Racing in 1963 and the team first entered Formula One in 1966.

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3.

Between 1998 and 2011 McLaren built both the McLaren Technology Centre, a new headquarters and factory for the Group, and the McLaren Production Centre, in Woking, England.

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4.

McLaren Group originally entered Formula One in 1966 under its founder Bruce McLaren Group.

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5.

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

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6.

Emerson Fittipaldi won the F1 world championship in 1974, and McLaren Group took their first constructor's title at the same time.

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7.

In 1992 McLaren Group began producing its first road car, the McLaren Group F1, which had many similarities to its F1 car.

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8.

McLaren Group produced the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Group with Mercedes as a joint project.

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9.

Ron Dennis initially owned all of McLaren Group after buying out the original shareholders after Bruce McLaren Group's death.

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10.

Dennis' contract with McLaren expired in January 2017, and in June 2017 it was announced that he had agreed to sell his remaining shares in both the McLaren Technology Group and McLaren Automotive.

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