From McLaren to Fittipaldi, to Hunt, to Lauda, to Prost, to Senna, to Häkkinen, to Hamilton, McLaren’s legacy in F1 is secured but, at the MTC, work continues to bring an even brighter future...
Have you ever looked at a painting and the colours have been so bright, the images so vivid, that your eyes seem almost unable to compute what it is you are looking at?It is that kind of feeling that walking into the McLaren Technology Centre elicits.
The result of their building endeavours was a blend of stainless steel and spotless glass that has been carved to form one half of the yin-yang symbol with the large body of calm water representing the other. McLaren Snr wanted to sell it on for a profit, McLaren Jnr wanted to race it. The younger man would win out.
A golden statue of the man designed by British artist Paul Oz welcomes any visitor into the MTC, one of Ayrton Senna driving through Eau Rouge and one of Niki Lauda can also be found in the building. There are also many cars from the McLaren Ultimate Series, including the McLaren Senna, which is reserved for invited guests who have purchased other McLaren cars and find themselves on the ‘Trusted Customers’ list.
On this particular day, a seat was being fitted to an older model and, aware that a group of strangers were shortly coming in, the work on next year’s car had been hidden away from prying eyes. When Hamilton was just a child in the McLaren young driver programme, he approached Ron Dennis and told him that when he won the World Championship for McLaren, the team’s chief would give him the first ever McLaren F1 car that was made. Dennis shrugged it off, agreeing whilst no doubt thinking the young man in front of him had no chance.
After the trip down memory lane, you are faced with a long tunnel that connects the technology centre with the production centre.
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