McLaren MP4-18

The McLaren MP4-18 was destined to be McLaren's racing car during the 2003 Formula One season. Following a disappointing season in 2002, which was mostly dominated by Ferrari's F2002, McLaren team principal Ron Dennis decided a radical approach was needed to get back to the front. However, due to several problems during tests, the car was never actually raced, in favour of the McLaren MP4-17D, a highly developed version of the 2002 contender. The new car crashed several times^[1] with very obscure reasons, failed the FIA side impact crash tests twice, and there was a severe problem cooling the engine down, since the sidepods were made very narrow.

During 2002, it became clear that the new car would have to be a big step forward, and not a simple evolution. Therefore, Arrows' chief designer Mike Coughlan was brought in to work with Newey on development of the brand new car, while another project was started to update the MP4-17 to race during the first races in 2003. Since the car never actually drove in a race in 2003, McLaren decided to develop the MP4-18 into the MP4-19.

The McLaren MP4-19, which came out of developing the troublesome and never-raced MP4-18

References

↑ "Wurz escapes MP4-18 crash". F1 News. Retrieved 2003-06-17.

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Founder: Bruce McLaren

McLaren Technology Group: Ron Dennis (25%); TAG Group (25%); Mumtalakat (50%)

Head management: Jost Capito (CEO); Éric Boullier (Racing Director)

Current personnel: Tim Goss; Neil Oatley; Peter Prodromou; Andrea Stella

Former personnel: John Barnard; Alastair Caldwell; Gordon Coppuck; Mike Coughlan; Pat Fry; Steve Hallam; Norbert Haug; Robin Herd; Paddy Lowe; Neil Martin; Teddy Mayer; Sam Michael; Gordon Murray; Jonathan Neale; Adrian Newey; Steve Nichols; Jo Ramírez; Nicholas Tombazis; Martin Whitmarsh

2016 race drivers: 14. Fernando Alonso; 22. Jenson Button

2016 test and reserve drivers: Stoffel Vandoorne; Nobuharu Matsushita (Development)

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