Bruce McLaren was born on August 30, 1937 in Auckland, New Zealand. As the founder of the wealthy team McLaren, his huge impact on the F1 world far exceeds all his achievements as a driver. In the mid-1950s, McLaren began his career as a driver in his hometown. He made rapid progress as a driver and in 1958 won a bonus to go to Europe to compete in an F2 race. The following year, he made his F1 debut with Cooper Racing. By the end of the season, he was a regular on the scoresheet. He eventually won the final race of the season at Sebring, and at the age of 22, he became the youngest Grand Prix winner ever. In 1960, he served as the team's second driver behind Jack Brabham. The following year, Brabham left the team and McLaren was promoted to number one driver. After unsatisfactory results in the following seasons, he formed his own team. Inspired by Brabham, he formed "Bruce. McLaren Racing Ltd." and assembled his own cars. He gradually developed the company into a successful professional organization that won widespread acclaim for its technical excellence. McLaren's first F1 chassis was designed by Robin Held and built in 1966. Because it was the first year that Formula One implemented the 3-liter engine rule, it was extremely difficult to find a matching power unit. Unfortunately, he had to make do with a low-power Italian Serenissima engine and an overly heavy Ford racing car. At the 1966 British Grand Prix, Bruce chased from thirteenth place on the grid to finishing sixth, winning the team's first point of the year. The M7 powered by the Ford Cosworth DFV engine became a powerful weapon for victory, and Bruce brought the new car its first victory in the championship. In 1968, Bruce successfully attracted his friend and championship champion Danny Hulm to the team. The two fought together. The championship was close at hand, but in the last few games of the season they Eventually lost to Graham Hill. In the North American-Canadian-American Cup Winners Cup Sports Car Series (CanAm), Bruce and Danny's McLaren is a formidable force. Bruce died while testing a CanAm car at Goodwood in June 1970, and the company he left behind is still in operation today. While the M7 was certainly good, it was the M23 that really put McLaren in F1. In 1973, Danny Hulme and Peter Levison won three races in this car. In 1974, Emerson Fittipaldi left Lotus and came to McLaren, winning McLaren's first driver and constructor championship. He won three races and won in many races in a row. Score. He lost to Ferrari's Niki Lauda in 1975 and failed to continue his glory. At the same time, the constructor's championship was also won by Ferrari. Fittipaldi left McLaren at the end of the season and was replaced by James Hunt. After a dramatic season, Hunt won the drivers' crown by a narrow margin of one point, but the constructors' title was taken away by Ferrari. In '77, Hunt won three races, but McLaren looked set to be surpassed by upcoming technology called ground effects. In the 1984 season, McLaren team boss Teddy Mayer sold part of the company to Ronald Dennis, the owner of the Project Four team in the F2 competition at the time, and McLaren regained victory. Dennis paid attention to every detail of the team. He worked with designer John Bernard to create the MP4, an epoch-making racing car in the F1 field. The reason why this car is so significant is that its chassis is made of carbon fiber materials. Since 1983, McLaren, equipped with naturally aspirated engines, has been struggling with the emerging turbine engines, but the debut of the Porsche TAG engine still brings a bright future to the team. In 1982, Dennis urged Lauda to come back and join McLaren. In 1984, Dennis signed Alain Prost. At this time, everything was ready for McLaren to become a super team.

Prost and Lauda dominated the F1 field that year, with Prost winning seven races and Lauda winning five, but the latter eventually won the driver's championship with a slim margin of 72:71.5. The next season the driver's championship title was taken away by Prost, and McLaren also won the constructors' championship again. Prost successfully defended his title in 1986, but as far as the team is concerned, the Williams team with Honda engines and the combination of Mansell and Piquet is obviously more powerful. In 1988, McLaren, with Prost, Senna and Honda engines, was more powerful than ever and completely dominated the field. Won 15 of all 16 games in the season. Senna won McLaren's first constructor title in 85 years, and Prost defended the team's driver and constructor titles the next year. Due to the bad blood between the two teammates, Prost switched to Ferrari after the season, while Senna stayed with the team and won the driver's championship for McLaren for two consecutive years. Honda withdrew in 1992, and the team was forced to use Ford engines with relatively poor performance. In 1993, Senna won five more victories for McLaren before switching to Williams. The Ford engine was replaced by the Mark engine in '94, but the ensuing campaign was disastrous and the entire season achieved nothing. In '95, McLaren switched to the Mercedes engine still used today. The next two years were still fruitless. Afterwards, Coulthard broke the deadlock and brought the team its first victory since Senna won the Australian Grand Prix in 1993, and Coulthard's victory happened to be achieved in Australia. The driver lineup was strong, but the reliability of the Mercedes engine was so poor that Coulthard and Hakkinen missed victory many times. Coulthard finally won again at the Italian Grand Prix, and when Williams' Villeneuve broke down at Jerez in '97, Hakkinen was able to overtake him and take his first victory. . In 1998, the F1 field once again became McLaren's world. Hakkinen and Coulthard did their part, winning five of the first six races with an overwhelming advantage. Ferrari and Michael Schumacher fought with McLaren until the end of the season, but McLaren once again came out on top, taking back both the constructors' and drivers' championships. The '99 season was a mixed bag. Although McLaren still has a clear advantage, Ferrari and Michael Schumacher continue to narrow the gap with them. Mechanical failures, driver errors, sheer bad luck and more greatly hampered McLaren in the final year of the century. In the last race, Ferrari took away the constructor's crown with a slight advantage, but Hakkinen successfully defended the title in the driver's individual battle. At the beginning of the 2000 season, Ferrari dominated the F1 field. McLaren struggled with poor engine reliability. Coulthard finished second at the Brazilian Grand Prix, but his result was later disqualified for a technical violation. After the third race of the 2001 season, McLaren realized that it would be even more difficult to defeat the improved Ferrari. Despite Coulthard's fearless challenge to his German rival, the Scot was left well behind to finish second in the drivers' championship. Meanwhile, after a disappointing year, two-time world champion Hakkinen announced that he would retire in 2002, having previously said he would only take a year off. Hakkinen was replaced by fellow Finn Raikkonen, with the young driver opting to leave Sauber and sign a long-term contract with McLaren. In one race, oil leakage from other cars on the track caused the young driver's McLaren car to lose friction between its tires and the ground when passing through this area, thus losing the chance to win his first victory. That season was another disappointing year as McLaren fell again in the constructors' championship, finishing third behind Ferrari and Williams. In 2003, Raikkonen and Coulthard had to compete for the entire season using cars improved on the MP4-17 because their new cars could not be put into battle. Under such unfavorable conditions, Raikkonen still finished second in the driver battle, only two points behind him. But McLaren failed to surpass the two teams that defeated it in 2002 and once again finished third. 2004 had the worst start in recent years - only five points in the first seven races.

Then came a strong rebound, with Raikkonen winning in Belgium and the team finishing fifth. The 2005 MP4-20 race car was the fastest car of the 2005 season. McLaren won 10 races in a row, two more than Renault, but the car's poor reliability caused McLaren to miss the championship. Raikkonen finished fourth, while teammate Montoya missed two races due to a shoulder injury. In 2006, McLaren's performance was unsatisfactory. The team's performance was far behind Ferrari and Renault. The stability of the car has always been a focus of debate. Montoya chose to leave F1 in the second half of the season, which also affected McLaren's progress to a certain extent. However, after the season, the joining of world champion Alonso gave everyone new expectations for this veteran team.