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Happy birthday to one of motorsport ’s great names

McLaren, with 183 world championship grand prix wins, is the second-most successful team in Formula 1, behind only Ferrari. Like any team that’s been around for six decades, it’s had its ups and downs, but there can be no doubt that the British squad has produced some of the greatest racing cars of all time, often piloted by the sport’s finest exponents. And in this issue we celebrate McLaren’s 60th birthday, with help from the orange team itself.

Three of McLaren’s F1 winners headed to Pembrey recently and Autosport was lucky enough to tag along. As you’ll see on page 12, all were impressive but there’s still something about those old V10s… McLaren’s roster of drivers over the years is impressive and includes 20 GP winners. Seven have won world championships in McLaren machinery and we take on the challenge of ranking the top 10 on p22. Gary Watkins also speaks to some of the key figures that turned the F1 supercar into an unlikely Le Mans winner (p28).

Current McLaren boss Zak Brown is very aware of the team’s rich heritage. He tells Matt Kew about his passion for the sport and the team, as well as outlining his plan to return McLaren to winning ways (p34). How soon will Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri get the chance to add their names to that list of 20?

● We’re delighted to announce the 10 finalists for this year’s Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award. Turn to p4 to see who could follow in the footsteps of Norris and George Russell.

Kevin Turner Chief Editor

kevin.turner@autosport.com

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PIT & PADDOCK 4 Young Driver Award finalists revealed 6 Palou turns his back on McLaren 8 Lambo Hypercar hits the track 9 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 11 Guest column: Jake Dennis

McLAREN 60 SPECIAL 12 On track in three grand prix winners 22 Top 10 McLaren F1 drivers 28 How the F1 GTR won Le Mans 34 Zak Brown interview

FEATURES 38 Formula E season review

RACE CENTRE 44 BTCC: Sutton pulls clear at Knockhill 50 World of Sport: IndyCar; NASCAR Cup; Indy NXT

CLUB AUTOSPORT 61 Obituary: Peter Baldwin 62 Onyx heads Festival Italia demos 64 Menzies faces race against time after crash 66 National reports: Knockhill; Snetterton;

Silverstone; Mondello Park; Croft; Donington Park; Cadwell Park; Shelsley Walsh

FINISHING STRAIGHT 78 What’s on this week 80 From the archive: 1983 Detroit GP 82 My favourite car: Jeff Allam

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