33 Facts About McLaren Mercedes

1. McLaren Mercedes Applied Technologies delivers breakthroughs in performance through the application of advanced technology and design.

2. McLaren Mercedes Racing has one single mission: to win Grands Prix and World Championships, and we believe our business is the sum of our people.

3. McLaren Mercedes entered esports in 2017 to explore the performance opportunities that exist at the intersection of gaming and real-world racing.

4. McLaren Mercedes Applied Technologies works at the intersection of technology, data and human ingenuity to deliver quantifiable performance advantage to four key sectors undergoing large-scale disruptive change; Motorsport, Automotive, Public Transport and Health.

5. McLaren Mercedes will contest the 2019 Indy 500 with Fernando Alonso at the wheel.

6. McLaren Mercedes Focus in producing sports car, in 2014 this automotive produced 1,649 units sports car.

7. McLaren Mercedes has around 25 of its historic cars and 632 trophies on display in the MTC.

8. McLaren Mercedes Applied Technologies worked with UK Sport to support five teams competing at last summer's Olympic Games in London.

9. McLaren Mercedes developed and installed technology to precisely measure athletes' speed, position and performance.

10. McLaren Mercedes has continued to tease what looks set to be a camouflaged livery ahead of its 2019 car launch on Wednesday.

11. McLaren Mercedes has signed a multi-year deal with British American Tobacco, the company that owned the BAR Formula 1 team.

12. In 2015 McLaren Mercedes were without a title sponsor, and set to lose a further £20m in sponsorship in 2016.

13. In 2007, McLaren Mercedes signed a seven-year contract with telecommunications company Vodafone, and became known as "Vodafone McLaren Mercedes".

14. McLaren Mercedes altered their livery to introduce red into the design, and changed the silver to chrome.

15. In 1997, Philip Morris parted ways with McLaren Mercedes, moving to Ferrari, instead.

16. In 2007, McLaren Mercedes were involved in an espionage controversy after their chief designer Mike Coughlan obtained confidential technical information from Ferrari.

17. McLaren Mercedes rejected the Concorde Agreement of 1997 before signing a new 10-year agreement in 1998.

18. McLaren Mercedes has had an uneasy relationship with the Formula One's governing body, the FIA, and its predecessor FISA, as well as with the commercial rights holder of the sport.

19. McLaren Mercedes Racing is part of the McLaren Mercedes Group which includes five other associated companies; in 2009 the Group was said to have "more than 1300" employees.

20. On 10 November 2018, McLaren Mercedes announced that they would participate in the 2019 Indianapolis 500 with Fernando Alonso again at the wheel, using Chevrolet engines.

21. McLaren Mercedes won their first Indianapolis 500 in 1974 with Rutherford.

22. McLaren Mercedes finished the disappointing season 6th with 62 points although it was a huge improvement from 2017.

23. McLaren Mercedes announced that Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne would remain with the team for the 2018 season.

24. McLaren Mercedes 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 a three-year deal to be supplied by Renault.

25. The next points for McLaren Mercedes came at the 2016 Russian Grand Prix with Alonso and Button finishing sixth and 10th respectively.

26. McLaren Mercedes retained their Alonso—Button pair for the 2016 season.

27. McLaren Mercedes signed that year's champion, Jenson Button, to replace Kovalainen alongside Hamilton in 2010.

28. McLaren Mercedes tested a Lamborghini V12 engine ahead of the 1994 season, as part of a prospective deal with then-Lamborghini owner Chrysler, before eventually deciding to use Peugeot engines.

29. That year, McLaren Mercedes 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".

30. McLaren Mercedes 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.

31. McLaren Mercedes announced in 2013 that they would be using Honda engines from 2015 onwards, replacing Mercedes-Benz.

32. In 1981, McLaren Mercedes 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.

33. McLaren Mercedes is best known as a Formula One constructor but has competed in and won the Indianapolis 500 and the Canadian-American Challenge Cup.