Editing McLaren (section)

===Early days (1966–1967)===

[[File:McLaren logo (original).png|thumb|right|upright=0.5|McLaren's original logo was designed by [[Michael Turner (illustrator)|Michael Turner]] and featured a [[Kiwi (bird)|kiwi]] bird, a New Zealand icon.<ref>{{harvnb|Taylor|2009|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/new-zealand/|title=The World Factbook&nbsp;– New Zealand|work=[[The World Factbook]]|publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|access-date=23 June 2010}}</ref>]]
[[File:McLaren M2B Donington.jpg|thumb|The [[McLaren M2B]], the team's first Formula One car]]
[[File:McLarenBruce19690801.jpg|thumb|The [[McLaren M7A]] of 1968 gave McLaren their first [[Formula One]] wins. It is driven here by [[Bruce McLaren]] at the [[Nürburgring]] in 1969.]]

Bruce McLaren made the team's Grand Prix debut at the [[1966 Monaco Grand Prix|1966 Monaco race]] (of the current Formula One teams, only [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] is older<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/teams.html |title=Formula One Teams |publisher=Formula One |access-date=10 April 2010}}</ref>{{efn|Current team [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]] first competed in {{F1|1954}}–{{F1|1955}}, but did not race again until {{F1|2010}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8420969.stm |title=Mercedes Grand Prix team profile |work=BBC Sport  |date=5 March 2010 |access-date=12 April 2010}}</ref>}}).<ref name="mclarenhistory"/> His race ended after nine laps due to a terminal oil leak.<ref name="McLaren Trust"/> The {{F1|1966}} car was the [[McLaren M2B|M2B]] designed by [[Robin Herd]], but the programme was hampered by a poor choice of engines: a 3.0-litre version of [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'s [[Indianapolis 500]] engine and a [[Scuderia Serenissima|Serenissima]] [[V8 engine|V8]] were used, the latter scoring the team's first point in [[1966 British Grand Prix|Britain]], but both were underpowered and unreliable.<ref name="henry18"/><ref name="McLaren Trust">{{cite web|url=http://www.bruce-mclaren.com/the-cars/f1.html|title=Formula One&nbsp;– hard and unforgiving|work=Bruce McLaren Trust|access-date=29 March 2010|archive-date=24 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524041435/http://bruce-mclaren.com/the-cars/f1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> For {{F1|1967}} Bruce decided to use a [[British Racing Motors]] (BRM) [[V12 engine]], but due to delays with the engine, was forced initially to use a modified [[Formula Two]] car called the [[McLaren M4B|M4B]] powered by a 2.1-litre BRM V8, later building a similar but slightly larger car called the [[McLaren M5A|M5A]] for the V12.<ref name="McLaren Trust"/> Neither car brought great success, the best result being a fourth at [[1964 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]].