F1 Racing: Hail! Hail! McLaren
In 2006, McLaren celebrate four decades in the sport, 40 seasons that have been crowned by eight constructors' and 11 drivers' world championships. It's a record second only to Ferrari's - and, let's face it, they had a quarter-century start. To mark the moment, F1 Racing pitches in with a revealing history lesson: a celebration of the best McLaren of the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s, as voted for by McLaren's entire current staff. Each car is then recalled by a McLaren employee who not only works for the team today, but was on the strength during each car's genesis...
McLaren M7A (1968)
Remembered by Tyler Alexander
Age: 65
First joined McLaren: September 1963
Job title in 1963: Director/chief mechanic
Job title now: Embedded systems consultant
"There was a buzz in the team over the winter of 1967. We'd moved into our new factory in Colnbrook; we'd won the Can-Am series with the McLaren M6As and now we were running Cosworth DFVs in F1 with a major, two-car team - Bruce and the new world champion, Denny Hulme. The comedian, Bill Dana, had mimicked the NASA exhortation, 'Okay, Jose, you're on the way!' and I remember that sort of becoming the catchphrase of our winter.
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