Editing McLaren (section)

====2010–2014: Customer Mercedes engines====
[[File:Sergio Perez 2013 Malaysia FP2.jpg|thumb|right|210px|[[Sergio Pérez]] driving for McLaren at the [[2013 Malaysian Grand Prix]]]] [[File:Mclaren MP4-29 Jenson Button 2014 F1 Chinese GP.jpg|thumb|[[Jenson Button]] driving at the [[2014 Chinese Grand Prix]]]]

For the [[2010 Formula One World Championship|2010 season]], McLaren lost its status as the Mercedes works team; Mercedes decided to buy the Brackley-based [[Brawn GP|Brawn]] team that had won the 2009 titles with its customer engines, Whitmarsh having chosen to abandon their exclusive rights to the Mercedes engines to help Brawn run.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=18 September 2021|title=The incredible tale of McLaren and Mercedes' F1 split|url=https://the-race.com/formula-1/the-incredible-tale-of-mclaren-and-mercedes-f1-split/|access-date=5 November 2021|website=The Race|language=en-GB}}</ref> Mercedes still continued providing engines to McLaren, albeit under a supplier-customer relationship rather than the works partnership as before, while it sold its 40% shares of McLaren over two years.<ref name=":0" /> McLaren signed 2009 champion, [[Jenson Button]], to replace Kovalainen alongside Hamilton in {{F1|2010}}.<ref name="Button">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8363892.stm|title=Button joins Hamilton at McLaren|first=Andrew|last=Benson|work=BBC Sport|date=18 November 2009|access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> Button won twice (in [[2010 Australian Grand Prix|Australia]] and [[2010 Chinese Grand Prix|China]]) and Hamilton three times (in [[2010 Turkish Grand Prix|Turkey]], [[2010 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], and [[2010 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgium]]), but they and McLaren failed to win their respective championships, that year's [[McLaren MP4-25|MP4-25]] largely outpaced by Red Bull's [[Red Bull RB6|RB6]].

Hamilton and Button remained with the team into {{F1|2011}}, with Hamilton winning three races&nbsp;– [[2011 Chinese Grand Prix|China]], [[2011 German Grand Prix|Germany]], and [[2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|Abu Dhabi]] and Button also winning three races&nbsp;– [[2011 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], [[2011 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungary]], and [[2011 Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]]. Button finished the Drivers' Championship in second place with 270 points behind 2011 Drivers' Champion [[Sebastian Vettel]] of Red Bull Racing, ahead of Hamilton's 227 points. McLaren was second in the Constructors' Championship to Red Bull Racing. Throughout the season, Hamilton was involved in several incidents with other drivers including – most notably – multiple collisions with 2008 title rival Massa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/30/lewis-hamilton-felipe-massa-formula-one|title=Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa: A season of flashpoints|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=30 October 2011}}</ref>

In {{F1|2012}}, McLaren won the first race of the year in [[2012 Australian Grand Prix|Australia]] with a dominant victory by Button and a 3rd place from pole for Hamilton, while Hamilton went on to win in [[2012 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], but by the mid-way mark of the season at the team's home race at Silverstone, the McLaren cars managed only eighth place (Hamilton) and 10th place (Button), while the drivers' and Constructors' Championships were being dominated by Red Bull Racing and Ferrari, whose cars occupied the first four places of the {{F1 GP|2012|British}}, this was partially due to pit stop problems and Button's temporary dip in form after not adapting as well as Hamilton to the new Pirelli tyres. The car also suffered reliability problems which cost the team and its drivers numerous potential points, most notably in [[2012 Singapore Grand Prix|Singapore]] and [[2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|Abu Dhabi]], where Hamilton had been leading from the front in both races <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/20193556|title=Abu Dhabi GP: Lewis Hamilton says McLaren not good enough|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=4 November 2012|access-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> and in Italy where the team lost a 1-2 finish when Button's car failed with fuel problems on lap 33.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/09/lewis-hamilton-italian-grand-prix|title=Lewis Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix as Button and Vettel retire|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=9 September 2012}}</ref>

[[Sergio Pérez]] replaced Hamilton for {{F1|2013}}, after Hamilton decided to leave for [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/19755236|title=Lewis Hamilton to leave McLaren after signing Mercedes contract|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=28 September 2012|access-date=29 September 2012|first=Andrew|last=Benson}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/19755616|title=Lewis Hamilton: Sergio Perez joins McLaren from Sauber|work=[[BBC Sport]]|date=28 September 2012|access-date=29 September 2012}}</ref> The team's car for the season, the [[McLaren MP4-28|MP4-28]], was launched on 31 January 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/mclaren/motorsport/story/97781.html|title=McLaren set to launch MP4-28 on January 31|publisher=ESPN F1|date=20 December 2012|access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref> The car struggled to compete with the other top teams and the season had McLaren fail to produce a podium finish for the first time since {{F1|1980}}.<ref name="MP4-29">{{cite news|last=Benson|first=Andrew|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/25858643|title=BBC Sport&nbsp;– McLaren unveil MP4-29 car for 2014 Formula 1 season|work=BBC Sport |access-date=27 January 2014}}</ref>

[[Kevin Magnussen]] replaced Pérez for {{F1|2014}}, and Ron Dennis, who had remained at arm's length since stepping down from the team principal role, returned as CEO of the operation.<ref name="MP4-29" /> McLaren was the first team to officially launch their 2014 car, the [[McLaren MP4-29|MP4-29]], which was revealed on 24 January 2014.<ref name="MP4-29" /> They had a largely unsuccessful 2014; their best result was in [[2014 Australian Grand Prix|Australia]] where&nbsp;– after [[Daniel Ricciardo]]'s disqualification from second place&nbsp;– Magnussen finished second and Button third. Button subsequently finished fourth in [[2014 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], [[2014 British Grand Prix|Britain]], and [[2014 Russian Grand Prix|Russia]]. Their highest grid position was in Britain with Button's third place on the grid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicanef1.com/query.pl?year=2014&country=&circuit=&carno=&driver=&entrant=&car=McLaren&engine=&tyres=&lubricant=&qualpos=&gridpos=&classi=&flappos=&exact=on&rpp=50&sh_year=on&sh_gp=on&sh_driver=on&sh_qualpos=on&action=Search|title=Data Search Results|work=chicanef1.com|access-date=31 January 2015}}</ref>