The McLaren Quiz

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A few questions on the McLaren team to tease you

1. Bruce McLaren founded his team in 1963. Where and when was their first F1 win (1/2 a point for country & year)?

The first

Belgium in 1968 (with Bruce at the wheel)

2. McLaren’s first winning car was the M7A, who designed it?

Pen man

Robin Herd

3. The M23 is arguably McLaren’s most famous car, how many races did it win?

Numbers

16

4. How many times have McLaren won the drivers Championship?

Numbers,numbers

12 (74, 76, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 98, 99, 2008)

5. With how many different drivers?

Numbers, numbers, numbers

7 (Fittipaldi, Hunt, Lauda, Prost, Senna, Hakkinen & Hamilton)

6. John Barnard gave F1 it’s first fully Carbon fibre car in 1981, the MP4/1. Which American aerospace company produced the chassis for McLaren?

and F1 was never the same

Hercules

7. Who was the first British driver for McLaren

The first Brit but not the last

Derek Bell in 1969

8. Only one German has driven for McLaren, can you name him?

Deutschland Uber Alles

Jochen Mass – from 1974 to 1977

9. McLaren were sponsored by Tobacco companies from 1974 to 2005. Who was there last non-cancer forming sponsor before Vodaphone?

Pop quiz revisited

Yardley – arguably a worse smell than either Marlboro or West cigarettes

10. After his death what memorial was dedicated to Bruce McLaren?

I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.

Bruce McLaren Intermediate school in West Auckland http://www.brucemclaren.school.nz/Site/Home.ashx

Hope you enjoy

 

[cider_and_toast]

A pretty chuffed, 5 points for me.

I was one out on question 3 but it was a guess anyway.

 

[Speshal]

5 and 1/2 - well chuffed with that - Best score ever for me I think

 

[Bleu]

3 points this time.

 

[F1Yorkshire]

1.5 Average low score for me.

 

[teabagyokel]

4 and a half.

 

[Bullfrog]

Scores taken.