McLaren

McLaren is a British motor racing team, currently competing in the Formula 1 CMP championship. Their current drivers are Minuy600 and Mika Häkkinen.

Despite not holding any constructor records to date, they are one of the most succesful teams in Formula 1 CMP's short history. They won both the World Drivers' (with David Coulthard) and Constructors' championship in Formula 1 CMP's inaugural season.

1999
McLaren started the season reasonably well, with Mika Häkkinen scoring two second place finishes behind the Ferrari drivers Eddie Irvine and Michael Schumacher in the first two Grand Prix. However, the team struggled to make much more of an impact during the first phase of the season, as Coulthard could only manage one more points finish for the team, a second place at the Monaco Grand Prix.

A double retirement during the Canadian Grand Prix proved to be a turning point for the outfit, as from the following race in France onwards, they would go on a streak where they would always finish at least second with one car at every race but one. This led to a massive shift of direction in both championships, as even though Ferrari, and their lead driver Eddie Irvine, were still well ahead, their form had worsened, allowing McLaren to catch up.

This culminated into the season finale in Japan, where a 10 point decifit (for Coulthard in the Drivers' Championship) and a 13 point deficit (Constructors') were fully slashed. Coulthard managed to win the Grand Prix while Häkkinen finished in second. By comparison, Schumacher had only finished in 5th position, with Irvine outside of the points entirely. This meant McLaren had won both championships: The Constructors' by one point, and the Drivers' via countback only (Coulthard scored five victories with Irvine managing three).

2000
McLaren retained their succesful duo for the first half of the new season. They placed second in the World Constructors' Championship with 6 points less as the season before, despite scoring the same amount of victories and generally having a faster car, if more unreliable. This was proven by the final Grand Prix, in fact, as while Häkkinen was on his way to a first championship title, his engine failed in the final lap. This helped rival Michael Schumacher win instead.

After a series of accidents, their reigning Drivers' Champion, David Coulthard, was let go from the team after the Monaco Grand Prix and was replaced by the Dutchman Minuy600. Minuy scored his first career victory at Malaysia, while also achieving 4 more podium finishes, which helped him retain his seat for the following season.