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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Woking, UK
Martin Whitmarsh
Paddy Lowe
L Hamilton
J Button
P de la Rosa
G Paffett
MP4-26
Mercedes-Benz FO 108Y
Pirelli
1966
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	2010 Car not as quick as Red Bull's, but more reliable and shines in damp conditions. Performance aided by innovative (and much copied) F-duct, which allows drivers to stall rear wing at speed. Lead standings for first half of season, but ultimately finish second overall after five race wins.
	2009 Tough start to season leaves Hamilton and Kovalainen struggling to score, let alone win. Hard work gradually turns MP4-24 into a race winner, with Hamilton victorious in Hungary and Singapore, helping team to well-earned third in the standings, one point above Ferrari.
	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.
	2007 Win eight Grands Prix, but stripped of constructors' points and fined $100 million for benefiting from possession of confidential Ferrari data. Intense rivalry sees team mates Hamilton and Alonso finish level on points - one shy of the drivers' title.
	2006 Distant third in championship, despite strong race pace in second half of season. End campaign winless for first time in a decade. Kimi Raikkonen the dominant driver, Juan Pablo Montoya departing mid season for NASCAR.
	2005 The MP4-20 proves the quickest car on the grid, but poor reliability means they narrowly miss out on constructors' title, despite 10 wins - two more than champions Renault. Kimi Raikkonen runner-up in drivers' championship.
	2004 Worst start to a season in years with just five points from the first seven races. Stage strong recovery, including victory for Kimi Raikkonen in Belgium, to end the year fifth in the table.
	2003 Third in the constructors' standings, just behind Williams. Kimi Raikkonen emerges as the team's key contender for the drivers' championship, losing out to Michael Schumacher at the final race in Japan.
	2002 Pushed down to third place in the constructors' championship, behind Ferrari and Williams. David Coulthard takes fifth place in the drivers' championship.
	2000 - 2001 Finish second in both drivers' and constructors' championships two years in a row, with Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard.
	1998 - 1999 Dominate after successfully adapting to rule changes. Mika Hakkinen takes the drivers' championship in both seasons with McLaren taking the constructors' championship in 1998.
	1988 - 1991 A period of total McLaren dominance. In 1988 Ayrton Senna takes the title from his team mate Alain Prost, with honours reversed in 1989. In 1990 Senna takes back the title and retains it in 1991.
	1985 - 1986 Alain Prost takes back-to-back drivers' championships for the team.
	1984 Niki Lauda joins to partner Alain Prost. The Austrian takes the drivers' championship by half a point from his French team mate .
	1976 James Hunt takes the drivers' championship for the team, beating Ferrari's Niki Lauda by one point.
	1970 Bruce McLaren is killed at the Goodwood circuit while testing a Can-Am sportscar.
	1968 Bruce McLaren wins in Belgium, giving a first Grand Prix victory to his team, who finish second in the constructors' championship.
	1963 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd founded.