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The McLaren M26 was a Formula One racing car designed by Gordon Coppuck for the McLaren team, to replace the aging McLaren M23 model. The car was designed to be a lighter and lower car than its predecessor, with a smaller frontal area and narrower monocoque.
James Hunt, in a McLaren M26, crashed out on lap 8. The 1978 British Grand Prix (formally the XXXI John Player British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on 16 July 1978. It was the tenth race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors. [1]
The McLaren M23 was a Formula One racing car designed by Gordon Coppuck, with input from John Barnard, and built by the McLaren team. It was a development of the McLaren M16 Indianapolis 500 car. A Ford Cosworth DFV engine was used, which was prepared by specialist tuning company Nicholson-McLaren Engines. This helped push the DFV's horsepower ...
McLaren CEO Zak Brown walks in the Paddock prior to practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome in Miami, Fla., on May 3, 2024. Credit - Chris Graythen—Getty Images
For 1977, he started the season with a year-old March 761 run by Bob Sparshott and entered under the name of his sponsor, Chesterfield Racing, but switched to a McLaren M23 after three races. In 1978, he stayed with the McLaren M23 and also tried an M26, but now entered by Sparshott's racing outfit, BS Fabrications.
McLaren Racing, one of the legendary teams up there in F1 lore like Ferrari and Williams, is celebrating its 60th year as an F1 constructor. CEO Zak Brown, a long-time vet of the racing scene both ...
Bruce McLaren: Ret 5 5 M4A: Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4: Alan Rollinson: 9 Ret 1968 M7A: Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: ROC: INT: OUL: Bruce McLaren: 1 P F: 2 Denny Hulme: 3 1 M5A: BRM P101 3.0 V12: Joakim Bonnier: Ret Ret Ret M2A: Climax V8: Keith St. John WD Trevor Taylor: WD 1969 M7A: Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: ROC: INT: MAD: OUL: Denny Hulme: 3 Ret ...
Alfredo Costanzo (born 3 January 1943, in Soveria Mannelli, Calabria, Italy [1]) is a retired Italian born Australian racing driver. From 1980 to 1983 Costanzo won four Australian Drivers' Championships in a row, equalling the record set by Bib Stillwell from 1962 to 1965.