McLaren F1 statistics | GP Racing Stats

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Race debut	1966 Monaco Grand Prix
Last race	2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Year(s) active	1966-
Best championship result (constructor)	World Champion (1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998)
Best championship result (driver)	World Champion – 1974 – Emerson Fittipaldi 1976 – James Hunt 1984 – Niki Lauda 1985 – Alain Prost 1986 – Alain Prost 1988 – Ayrton Senna 1989 – Alain Prost 1990 – Ayrton Senna 1991 – Ayrton Senna 1998 – Mika Hakkinen 1999 – Mika Hakkinen 2008 – Lewis Hamilton
Current drivers	Lando Norris Daniel Ricciardo

Last updated: 12 December 2021, 16:10 GMT

F1 statistics

Below are F1 statistics for McLaren. These stats are based on Grands Prix only, not sprint races. Percentages are relative to the number of race starts, not race entries.

Grand Prix entries	906
Grand Prix starts	902
Wins	183	20.3%
Race 1-2	48	5.3%
Podiums	493
Races with a podium	398	44.1%
Pole positions	156	17.3%
Qualifying 1-2	63	7.0%
Fastest laps	160	17.7%
Points	5,830.5	6.46 pts p/r
Driver points finishes	983
Races scored points (driver)	693	76.8%
Races scored points (constructor)	676	74.9%
Front row starts	336
Races with front row start	270	29.9%
Times led Constructors’ championship	161
Times led Drivers’ championship	196

Constructors’ championships	8
Drivers’ championships	12
1-2 in drivers’ championship	3
Reached Q3	382
Q2 eliminations	158
Q1 eliminations	74
Did not start	23
Did not qualify	27
Did not pre-qualify	2
Retirements	578
Races with a DNF	464	51.4%
Not classified	6
Disqualified	14
Best start	1st	x156
Best result	1st	x183
No. of events	49	View Grands Prix stats
No. of circuits	62	View circuit stats
No. of drivers	62	View driver stats

Sprint statistics

The stats listed below are considered a separate entity and do not count towards overall career statistics, with the exception of points scored as those are added to a constructor’s championship points tally.

Sprint entries	3
Sprint starts	3
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Races with a podium	1	33.3%
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
Points	1	0.33 pts p/r
Driver points finishes	1
Races scored points	1	33.3%
Front row starts	0

Did not start	0
Did not qualify	0
Retirements	0
Not classified	0
Disqualified	0
Best start	4th	x1
Best result	3rd	x1

Statistics by season

The table below details F1 statistics by season for McLaren. You can sort the columns by clicking on the column headers, allowing you to see which seasons were best for each stat.

Year	Engine	Drivers	RE	RS	W	PD	PP	FL	FR	DNF	Q3	BS	BR	PF	PTS	WC
1966	Ford, Serenissima	Bruce McLaren (6) 14th	6	4	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	10	5	2	3	9th
1967	BRM, Climax	Bruce McLaren (6) 14th	6	6	–	–	–	–	1	4	–	3	4	1	3	10th
1968	BRM, Climax, Ford Cosworth	Denny Hulme (12) 3rd Bruce McLaren (11) 5th Jo Bonnier (7) 21st Dan Gurney (3) 21st	12	12	3	6	–	–	2	14	–	2	1	13	52	2nd
1969	Ford Cosworth	Bruce McLaren (11) 3rd Denny Hulme (11) 6th Vic Elford (4) 13th Basil van Rooyen (1) Derek Bell (1)	11	11	1	5	–	–	5	8	–	2	1	15	40	4th
1970	Alfa Romeo, Ford Cosworth	Denny Hulme (11) 4th Andrea de Adamich (10) Peter Gethin (7) 22nd John Surtees (4) 17th Bruce McLaren (3) 14th Dan Gurney (3) 22nd Jo Bonnier (2) Nanni Galli (1)	12	12	–	5	–	1	1	15	–	2	2	11	35	5th
1971	Ford Cosworth	Denny Hulme (10) 9th Peter Gethin (7) 9th Jo Bonnier (5) Jackie Oliver (3) Mark Donohue (2) 16th Helmut Marko (1) David Hobbs (1)	11	11	–	1	–	1	1	12	–	3	3	5	10	6th
1972	Ford Cosworth	Denny Hulme (12) 3rd Peter Revson (9) 5th Brian Redman (3) 12th Jody Scheckter (1)	12	12	1	11	1	1	7	4	–	1	1	16	49	3rd
1973	Ford Cosworth	Denny Hulme (15) 6th Peter Revson (14) 5th Jody Scheckter (5) Jacky Ickx (1) 9th	15	15	3	8	1	3	9	9	–	1	1	17	58	3rd
1974	Ford Cosworth	Emerson Fittipaldi (15) WC Denny Hulme (15) 7th Mike Hailwood (11) 10th David Hobbs (2) Jochen Mass (2) Dave Charlton (1)	15	15	4	10	2	1	2	11	–	1	1	21	75	WC
1975	Ford Cosworth	Emerson Fittipaldi (14) 2nd Jochen Mass (14) 7th Dave Charlton (1)	14	14	3	10	–	2	2	8	–	2	1	14	53	3rd
1976	Ford Cosworth	James Hunt (16) WC Jochen Mass (16) 9th	16	16	6	10	8	3	11	9	–	1	1	18	75	2nd
1977	Ford Cosworth	James Hunt (17) 5th Jochen Mass (17) 6th Brett Lunger (10) Emilio de Villota (7) Gilles Villeneuve (1) Bruno Giacomelli (1)	17	17	3	7	6	3	10	21	–	1	1	14	60	3rd
1978	Ford Cosworth	James Hunt (16) 13th Patrick Tambay (15) 13th Brett Lunger (14) Bruno Giacomelli (5) Nelson Piquet (3) Emilio de Villota (1) Tony Trimmer (1)	16	16	–	1	–	–	1	23	–	2	3	8	15	8th
1979	Ford Cosworth	John Watson (15) 9th Patrick Tambay (15)	15	15	–	1	–	–	–	14	–	6	3	7	15	7th
1980	Ford Cosworth	John Watson (14) 10th Alain Prost (13) 15th Stephen South (1)	14	14	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	7	4	6	11	9th
1981	Ford Cosworth	John Watson (15) 6th Andrea de Cesaris (15) 18th	15	15	1	4	–	1	1	14	–	2	1	7	28	6th
1982	Ford Cosworth	John Watson (15) 2nd Niki Lauda (15) 5th	15	15	4	8	–	2	1	11	–	2	1	14	69	2nd
1983	Ford Cosworth, TAG	John Watson (15) 6th Niki Lauda (15) 10th	15	14	1	5	–	2	–	14	–	9	1	10	34	5th
1984	TAG	Niki Lauda (16) WC Alain Prost (16) 2nd	16	16	12	18	3	8	11	11	–	1	1	20	143.5	WC
1985	TAG	Alain Prost (16) WC Niki Lauda (15) 10th John Watson (1)	16	16	6	12	2	6	3	14	–	1	1	15	90	WC
1986	TAG	Alain Prost (16) WC Keke Rosberg (16) 6th	16	16	4	12	2	2	3	14	–	1	1	20	96	2nd
1987	TAG	Alain Prost (16) 4th Stefan Johansson (16) 6th	16	16	3	12	–	2	3	12	–	2	1	16	76	2nd
1988	Honda	Ayrton Senna (16) WC Alain Prost (16) 2nd	16	16	15	25	15	10	26	4	–	1	1	27	199	WC
1989	Honda	Alain Prost (16) WC Ayrton Senna (16) 2nd	16	16	10	18	15	8	27	10	–	1	1	20	141	WC
1990	Honda	Ayrton Senna (16) WC Gerhard Berger (16) 4th	16	16	6	18	12	5	20	10	–	1	1	22	121	WC
1991	Honda	Ayrton Senna (16) WC Gerhard Berger (16) 4th	16	16	8	18	10	4	15	10	–	1	1	23	139	WC
1992	Honda	Ayrton Senna (16) 4th Gerhard Berger (16) 5th	16	16	5	12	1	3	5	14	–	1	1	18	99	2nd
1993	Ford Cosworth	Ayrton Senna (16) 2nd Michael Andretti (13) 11th Mika Hakkinen (3) 15th	16	16	5	9	1	1	3	15	–	1	1	15	84	2nd
1994	Peugeot	Martin Brundle (16) 7th Mika Hakkinen (15) 4th Philippe Alliot (1)	16	16	–	8	–	–	1	20	–	2	2	11	42	4th
1995	Mercedes	Mika Hakkinen (16) 7th Mark Blundell (15) 10th Nigel Mansell (2) Jan Magnussen (1)	17	17	–	2	–	–	–	15	–	3	2	10	30	4th
1996	Mercedes	Mika Hakkinen (16) 5th David Coulthard (16) 7th	16	16	–	6	–	–	–	12	–	4	2	17	49	4th
1997	Mercedes	David Coulthard (17) 3rd Mika Hakkinen (17) 6th	17	17	3	7	1	2	2	16	–	1	1	13	63	4th
1998	Mercedes	Mika Hakkinen (16) WC David Coulthard (16) 3rd	16	16	9	20	12	9	22	7	–	1	1	24	156	WC
1999	Mercedes	Mika Hakkinen (16) WC David Coulthard (16) 4th	16	16	7	16	11	9	19	12	–	1	1	19	124	2nd
2000	Mercedes	Mika Hakkinen (17) 2nd David Coulthard (17) 3rd	17	17	7	22	7	12	17	5	–	1	1	27	152	2nd
2001	Mercedes	David Coulthard (17) 2nd Mika Hakkinen (17) 5th	17	17	4	13	2	6	6	11	–	1	1	22	102	2nd
2002	Mercedes	David Coulthard (17) 5th Kimi Raikkonen (17) 6th	17	17	1	10	–	2	2	15	–	2	1	17	65	3rd
2003	Mercedes	Kimi Raikkonen (16) 2nd David Coulthard (16) 7th	16	16	2	13	2	3	5	9	–	1	1	23	142	3rd
2004	Mercedes	Kimi Raikkonen (18) 7th David Coulthard (18) 10th	18	18	1	4	1	2	2	12	–	1	1	18	69	5th
2005	Mercedes	Kimi Raikkonen (19) 2nd Juan Pablo Montoya (17) 4th Alexander Wurz (1) 17th Pedro de la Rosa (1) 20th	19	18	10	18	7	12	11	8	–	1	1	26	182	2nd
2006	Mercedes	Kimi Raikkonen (18) 5th Juan Pablo Montoya (10) 8th Pedro de la Rosa (8) 11th	18	18	–	9	3	3	5	13	29	1	2	22	110	3rd
2007	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton (17) 2nd Fernando Alonso (17) 3rd	17	17	8	24	8	5	21	2	34	1	1	31	–	NC
2008	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton (18) WC Heikki Kovalainen (18) 7th	18	18	6	13	8	3	13	5	35	1	1	25	151	2nd
2009	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton (17) 5th Heikki Kovalainen (17) 12th	17	17	2	5	4	–	5	8	16	1	1	15	71	3rd
2010	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton (19) 4th Jenson Button (19) 5th	19	19	5	16	1	6	5	6	32	1	1	31	454	2nd
2011	Mercedes	Jenson Button (19) 2nd Lewis Hamilton (19) 5th	19	19	6	18	1	6	11	5	37	1	1	33	497	2nd
2012	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton (20) 4th Jenson Button (20) 5th	20	20	7	13	8	3	16	10	35	1	1	28	378	3rd
2013	Mercedes	Jenson Button (19) 9th Sergio Perez (19) 11th	19	19	–	–	–	1	–	3	19	6	4	25	122	5th
2014	Mercedes	Jenson Button (19) 8th Kevin Magnussen (19) 11th	19	19	–	2	–	–	–	3	28	3	2	25	181	5th
2015	Honda	Jenson Button (19) 16th Fernando Alonso (18) 17th Kevin Magnussen (1)	19	19	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	9	5	6	27	9th
2016	Honda	Jenson Button (21) 15th Fernando Alonso (20) 10th Stoffel Vandoorne (1) 20th	21	21	–	–	–	1	–	10	12	3	5	17	76	6th
2017	Honda	Stoffel Vandoorne (20) 16th Fernando Alonso (19) 15th Jenson Button (1)	20	20	–	–	–	1	–	16	14	6	6	8	30	9th
2018	Renault	Fernando Alonso (21) 11th Stoffel Vandoorne (21) 16th	21	21	–	–	–	–	–	11	2	7	5	13	62	6th
2019	Renault	Carlos Sainz (21) 6th Lando Norris (21) 11th	21	21	–	1	–	–	–	10	27	5	3	24	145	4th
2020	Renault	Carlos Sainz (17) 6th Lando Norris (17) 9th	17	17	–	2	–	3	–	3	28	3	2	25	202	3rd
2021	Mercedes	Lando Norris (22) 6th Daniel Ricciardo (22) 8th	22	22	1	5	1	2	3	2	34	1	1	33	275	4th
2022	Mercedes	Lando Norris Daniel Ricciardo	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Table definitions

Drivers: (no. of race entries) championship position
RE: Race entries
RS: Race starts
W: Wins
PD: Podium finishes
PP: Pole positions
FL: Fastest laps
FR: Front row starts
DNF: Did not finish
Q3: Reached Q3 (applicable from 2006)
BS: Best start
BR: Best result
PF: Point scoring finishes by drivers
PTS: World championship points scored
WC: World championship position