Long may McLaren live

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It’s 47 years ago today that a severe crash took place at Goodwood, killing a 32-year-old race driver in a car bearing his own name and at the top of his racing career. This was of course Bruce McLaren, who'd made a career as fast as his cars. Ten years earlier he had become the youngest-ever winner of an F1 race, while just eight years earlier he’d started manufacturing his own racing cars, becoming what may well have been the most successful driver-designer of his own cars. The racing team that bears his name survived him and is going strong to this day. His widow Pat, seen here, passed away in 2016. Good to think a little bit about McLaren today.

(Words editor, picture Jaguar Magazine)

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