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  Hi, this week I'm introducing McLaren F1 Team. McLaren is the 2nd oldest F1 team and 2nd most successful F1 team. McLaren has won 12 Drivers' Championships and 8 Constructors' Championships. McLaren is based in Woking, Surrey, England, UK. Current team members: CEO- Zak Brown Team Principal- Andreas Seidl Technical Director- James Key Drivers- Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris Founder- Bruce McLaren History. Bruce McLaren Motor Racing was founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren .  Bruce was a works  driver for the British Formula One  team Cooper  with whom he had won three Grands Prix  and come second in the 1960  World Championship. Wanting to compete in the Australasian Tasman Series , Bruce approached his employers, but when team owner Charles Cooper insisted on using 1.5-litre Formula One-specification engines instead of the 2.5-litre motors permitted by the Tasman rules, Bruce decided to set up his own team to run him and ...

  Hi, this week I'm posting about the trip to Mondello Park. Mondello Park is in Caragh, Co. Kildare. History. The Mondello Park short circuit was designed on farmland near Naas  in Co. Kildare  by Stuart Cosgrave in 1966, following the demise of the Dunboyne  motor races on traditional and dangerous roads in Co. Meath . The circuit opened in 1968, and was extended via the National Loop the following year. Well-known Irish drivers such as Derek Daly , David Kennedy , Tommy Byrne  and Eddie Jordan  cut their teeth on the circuit in the 1970s and early 1980s, going on to international fame, but financial difficulties emerged thereafter. Mondello was purchased by the late businessman Martin Birrane  with the Royal Irish Automobile Club in 1986, and Birrane bought the facility outright one year later once the scale of investment became clear. The circuit was extended to 3.5km with the opening of the international circuit in 19...