F1 Origins | Bruce McLaren's Incredible Rise And The Story Of McLaren

Discover the story behind McLaren's rise! From the humble beginnings of Kiwi founder Bruce McLaren and his maiden F1 win on 12 December in 1959, to the incredible years of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, onwards to present day with Lando Norris and new signing Oscar Piastri.

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[DavidGomez-qqwr]

Seeing Fitipaldi, Lauda, Prost, Senna, Coulthard, Hunt, Hakkinen, Alonso, Hamilton, and seeing that amazing cars like the McLaren Honda Marlboro and McLaren Mercedes West and also McLaren Mercedes Vodafone, is a bit annoying to see them like they are right now, i hope that they can comeback stronger than ever.

[squadling]

I really hope that McLaren can compete for a WDC title once again in the next couple of seasons

[yestoadventure]

I've been a devoted McLaren fan for over 40 years. I'll never give up, go McLaren!

[tuckervfx]

Literally the man that got me into Formula 1. I’m a kiwi seeing a kiwi on the world stage gives ya goosebumps. One of a king Bruce and still an absolute inspiration to hundreds of thousands of kiwis. Up the FLYING KIWI!

[m.fadhilakbar]

Lando is probably the next driver who can lead McLaren into where they belong again. I just hope they can provide him a car that he deserves to have.

[shadrianshadrach]

As a life long McLaren fan. I don't thank Bruce McLaren enough for introducing us to your vision. Thank you Bruce

[samc.]

Go and watch the ‘McLaren’ documentary for a more detailed retelling. Really great film. Great to see the team still holding Bruce’s name.

[TomaccoRoad]

When I was a kid, McLaren was Can Am and Denny Hulme. I don't recall seeing anything more about McLaren's Can Am days other than the Goodwood crash. Can Am was the fastest racing series until the Penske Porsche 917 open cockpit car blew everyone away and the series died from lack of competition.

[MinionInc]

This was awesome! Would love to watch more F1 Team Origin stories!

[kiwi]

Bruce Mclaren is a New Zealand legend for me Mclaren will always be New Zealands team

[Allstarhero]

If bruce Mclaren never died he would be very proud of his team

[MrBouch]

Great film about a great team. I bet a lot of people don't see the nod to Bruce in the team logo, the kiwi.

[LucasAmadoor]

Spygate was definitely a big moment in McLaren history

[zer]

Amazing video! Make one for every team!!! Well done f1

[Mr.Wolfmusic]

Please do all of the teams. I LOVE THESE

[georgecooke]

Really nicely done. Proud kiwi here, Bruce is one of my heroes and im forever a McLaren fan

[josemonsaji]

U have no idea how long i have been waiting for this

[peterfowke]

I have enjoyed listening about the history of McLaren in f1 and Bruce McLaren, who started the team.

[Tiametmarduk]

The day Tiametmarduk became a McLaren Shadow Ambassador was the most historic day for the team.

[TheConfidentNoob]

This just proves that if u work towards something that u love, anything is possible