Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te kaiwhakarewa o McLaren's Formula One, ko Bruce McLaren i whānau ki Auckland, Aotearoa i te tau 1937. I ako a McLaren mo nga motuka me te hangarau i te teihana ratonga me te awheawhe o ona maatua i tona taone nui, Auckland, New Zealand. I te tau 15, i uru ia ki te piki maunga o te rohe i roto i te Austin 7 Ulster; wikitoria i tana whakataetae tuatahi i roto i te motuka. I te tau 1958, i tae atu a McLaren ki te United Kingdom me te kaupapa <unk>Driver to Europe<unk>, i hangaia hei awhina i nga kaiwhaiwhai o Ahitereiria me Niu Tireni ki te whakataetae i Uropi. Ko tana kaiwhakaako, ko Jack Brabham i whakauru ia ki a Cooper Cars, he roopu iti kei Surbiton, Surrey. I te timatanga o tana umanga Formula Kotahi i te 1958, i uru atu a McLaren ki te roopu Formula Kotahi i te tau i muri mai. I taua tau ano, i wikitoria ia i te US Grand Prix i te 22 o ona tau, i waiho ai ia hei toa Grand Prix iti rawa ki taua ra. I noho ia ki a Cooper mo etahi atu tau e whitu, e wikitoria ana i etahi atu Grand Prix e toru me etahi atu whakataetae, e taraiwa ana mo Jaguar me Aston Martin, ka wikitoria i nga haora 24 o Le Mans i te 1966
ki a Ford.