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McLaren celebrate 40th anniversary of first win

Indexed: Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 11:45:55AM 6 months 4 weeks ago

Although the Canadian Grand didn't quite go to plan for McLaren, the British team still have something to celebrate this week. On June 9, 1968, at Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the team's founder, Bruce McLaren, took their first Formula One victory. In the 40 years that have passed since that maiden win, a McLaren has crossed the finish line first a further 157 times and to commemorate the anniversary the team's press office has compiled some fascinating facts and figures about how McLaren has changed over the last four decades…

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Source: Formula1.com - http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2008/6/7915.html
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