McLaren

McLaren was founded by New Zealander Bruce McLaren and first raced in Formula 1 in 1966. It has won ten constructors’ championships and produced drivers’ champions from Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt through Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna and Mika Häkkinen to Lewis Hamilton in 2008. After a lean decade, the team won back-to-back constructors’ titles in 2024 and 2025, and Lando Norris took the 2025 drivers’ crown.

McLaren is based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking and uses Mercedes power units. Andrea Stella has been team principal since 2023. The 2026 drivers are reigning world champion Lando Norris, who carries the number 1, and Oscar Piastri.