In conversation with a McLaren legend

By:

Jonathan Noble

Sep 3, 2013, 8:09 PM

Tyler Alexander has seen it all at McLaren, first joining the team as a mechanic in 1963. As McLaren celebrates its half-century, he shared his memories with JONATHAN NOBLE

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Tyler Alexander has been there, seen it and done it all at McLaren.

After cutting his teeth as a mechanic in his native United States, he witnessed up close the formation of McLaren in 1963, when he originally joined as a mechanic.

He quickly rose through the ranks and became one of Bruce McLaren's most trusted lieutenants.

His experiences with McLaren, Teddy Mayer, Dan Gurney, Denny Hulme and the raft of stars who each helped play a part in the team's 50 amazing years has become the stuff of legend.

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Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.