In the intervening years, however, the Can-Am was McLaren. In 1972 the M20s lost out in the power stakes to Roger Penske’s brutally fast turbocharged Porsches. In 1966, the debut year of the Canadian American Challenge Cup series – the Can-Am for short – Bruce McLaren’s M1B sports cars were outclassed by their more powerful Lola and Chaparral opposition. Since then there have been ups and downs. In 2008 Lewis Hamilton brings team their first drivers' championship since 1999, but partnership with Heikki Kovalainen ultimately not strong enough to wrest constructors' crown from Ferrari and they finish second, 21 points shy of the Italian team. Hamilton and Alonso finish level on points - one shy of the drivers' title. Despite a rivalry between Hamilton and Alonso, McLaren won eight Grands Prix but were stripped of constructors' points and fined $100 million for benefiting from possession of confidential Ferrari data. While competitive thereafter, it wasn't till 2007 that true success came back. The rule changes in the late 1990s allowed Mika Hakkinen to take the drivers' championship in both seasons with McLaren taking the constructors' championship in 1998. In 1990 Senna takes back the title and retains it in 1991. In 1988 Ayrton Senna took the title from his team mate Alain Prost, with honors reversed in 1989. The next year, Prost wins again for back to back honors. In 1976, James Hunt takes the drivers' championship for the team, beating Ferrari's Niki Lauda by one point.ĭominance came in the 1980s, when partnering Alain Prost, Niki Lauda took the drivers' championship by half a point from his team mate as they won 12 of the season's 16 races in 1984. Back in 1968, Bruce McLaren won in Belgium, giving a first Grand Prix victory to his team, who finish second in the constructors' championship that year. Founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren, the team continues to build on a long and successful history in F1. McLaren is the second-oldest active Formula 1 team and if you have been following their race team for more than five seasons, they have actually been pretty successful at the sport, with some of the most iconic and successful Formula 1 cars ever made.
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