Exactly 20 years ago May 28, 1992 at the Grand Prix of Monaco, the official presentation of the first road car brand McLaren. At that time nobody could have imagined that a decade later, and F1 will respectfully call the best supercar in the world.
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Not all the great players, ending a career, become brilliant coaches. On the other hand, many teachers titled did not achieve major victories in his game when he was. This is the question, why are not all successful racing teams produce masterpiece as road models. Ferrari with Lotus in terms of exotic exceptions. But all the Bugatti racing victories were in the 20-30s of last century, and Lamborghini, and even more so in my life was not interested in racing elite level. Well, what have you heard about traffic patterns of past favorites Formula 1 as Brabham, Tyrrell, Williams? That's right - did not hear anything, for there was no such spawn.
McLaren MP4 / 4 - one of the most successful cars in the history of Formula 1, as well as the machine, which pushed Ron Dennis and Gordon Murray's road to the creation of a supercar
For a long time, and MsLaren remained in the good sense of a typical racing team, does not think about anything except a victory on the road. It is understandable, because the founder of the renowned "stable" New Zealander Bruce McLaren was known as a romantic to the core, which, by definition, could not be interested prospect development and production of mass-produced cars. Alas, the star Bruce briefly shone on the racing firmament. The New Zealander was tragically killed during the testing of the prototype of his own team, to remain forever in the memory of connoisseurs Grand Prix personification of unbridled romanticism 60s.
The head of McLaren, Ron Dennis next to the newest supercar MP4/12C
The real glory of McLaren received after the death of its founder. And the lion's share of the credit rightly belongs to an Englishman, Ron Dennis, who purchased the team in 1981. A qualified engineer, a successful manager and the keen businessman, he turned artisanal company in a highly professional team, who rewrote the record books of Formula 1. It is logical that such an ambitious and good-conceited person like Dennis, reaching the top in the race, decided to try and force in the automotive business. However, there was another reason why the Englishman had the courage to create a supercar. Ron knew just the world's best designer. His name - Gordon Murray.
The genius of the Republic of South Africa
A native of the South African city of Durbin, many mistakenly believe the Englishman, and the controversy over the correct pronunciation of his name a lot. Someone insists on the version of "Murray", although a dictionary of English surnames Murray recommends reading it as "Murray". Anyway, we are talking about one of the most successful and talented engineers in the history of Formula 1.
Gordon Murray is considered one of the most successful designers of Formula 1
Remember unique Brabham BT46B, famous car vacuum cleaner, which, thanks to the two fans in the back, literally sticks to the road? Gordon's work. Another of his masterpiece - a less well-known in wider circles Brabham BT49, in the late 70s struck the experts revolutionary active suspension. Then, on moving to Woking, Murray created the famous model McLaren MP4 / 4, which in the season 1988 Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost won 15 of the 16 Grand Prix!
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