{"product_id":"formula-1-mclaren-1-car-by-car-unsung-pioneers-2-book-set","title":"Formula 1: McLaren 1 Car by Car \u0026 Unsung Pioneers 2 Book Set","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplore 60 thrilling years of McLaren Formula 1 race cars in this handsome volume, complete with detailed specs, stunning photography, a foreword by twice World Champion Mika \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHäkkinen,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand the full competition record for every car.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e McLaren has been a top Formula 1 competitor and innovator since it fielded founder and driver Bruce McLaren’s first car, the M2B, in 1966. Just two years later, Bruce scored the team’s first grand prix win. Tragically, he was killed in 1970 while testing his Can-Am car at Goodwood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Despite the heavy loss of its founder, McLaren carried on, scoring its first of twelve championships in 1974 with Emerson Fitipaldi. McLaren’s roster of F1 Champions includes such greats as James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Ayrton Senna, and modern master Lewis Hamilton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Equally legendary are the cars themselves, including the:\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1960s M7A \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1970s M23 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1980s MP4\/2 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1990s MP4\/5 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2000s MP4-23 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Today’s MCL 60 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the second longest-running team in F1 (surpassed only by Ferrari), McLaren holds twelve Drivers Championships and eight Constructor’s titles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcLaren Formula 1 Car by Car\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles every McLaren Formula 1 car in chronological order, featuring an overview of each car’s significant features and evolution, its technical specifications, and its competition record accompanied by historic and contemporary images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing a Foreword from two-time F1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen, \u003ci\u003eMcLaren Formula 1 Car by Car\u003c\/i\u003e details the amazing race cars and drivers that have cemented McLaren’s reputation as one of the most dominant manufacturers in F1 history making this book a must-have for every McLaren and F1 fan.\n\n\u003cb\u003eThis is the previously untold story of a very special British racing team. The British Racing Partnership (BRP), which operated from 1958 to 1964, is best known for its association with Stirling Moss, who was driving a BRP-entered car at Goodwood on that fateful day in 1962 when a serious crash ended his career.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Less familiarly, BRP became the first fully sponsored team in Formula 1, partnering with Yeoman Credit, a go-ahead finance house, in an initiative that led to a transformation of the sport.  \u003ci\u003eFormula 1’s Unsung Pioneers\u003c\/i\u003e tells the entire history of BRP in unprecedented detail, thanks to the author’s prodigious research and numerous interviews over the years with many leading participants, including Moss himself, team boss Ken Gregory, top driver Tony Brooks, chief mechanic Tony Robinson and many others. \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormation of the team in 1958 by Stirling Moss’s father, Alfred, and his manager, Ken Gregory, running rear-engined Coopers in F1 and F2.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrival of sponsorship by Yeoman Credit in the autumn of 1959, a year that saw Stirling Moss finish second in the team’s BRM at the British Grand Prix.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tragic 1960 season brought the deaths of three BRP drivers — Harry Schell, Chris Bristow and Ivor Bueb — in the space of three months, but racing activities widened to include Lotus sports cars.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA different finance house, United Dominions Trust, became the sponsor for 1961, when Moss won many non-championship Formula 1 and sports car races for the newly named UDT-Laystall team.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1962 season began badly with Moss’s Goodwood crash but peaked at that same circuit with Innes Ireland’s Tourist Trophy victory driving a BRP-run Ferrari 250 GTO.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn response to the ground-breaking Lotus 25 with its monocoque chassis, BRP in 1963 built its own car for the first time, a BRM-powered F1 design also with a monocoque.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe last F1 season, 1964, brought one final non-championship F1 victory for the team, achieved by Innes Ireland at Snetterton.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBRP cars at Indy: an epilogue to the team’s story saw two cars built for the 1965 Indianapolis 500. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Lavishly produced and illustrated with 350 period photographs, this book will be treasured by all motorsport enthusiasts.","brand":"Midlife Classic Cars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588347343128,"sku":"KIT9780760385128\/9781910505724","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/files\/kit97807603851289781910505724.jpg?v=1772251905","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/ar\/products\/formula-1-mclaren-1-car-by-car-unsung-pioneers-2-book-set","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}