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Icon: The 1988 McLaren-Honda MP4/4
With Honda returning to Formula 1 in 2015 with McLaren, The Checkered Flag takes a look at the first car the partnership developed in their first spell together – The 1988 McLaren MP4/4.
The MP4/4 was one of the most successful F1 cars ever created. It was designed by Steve Nichols with assistance of Technical Director Gordon Murray, and went on to win fifteen out of a possible sixteen races in the hands of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.
The 1987 season had not gone to plan for the team, and the TAG-Porsche partnership came to an end having been out performed by the Honda-powered Williams and Lotus teams. Team boss Ron Dennis had managed to broker a deal with Japanese engine-makers...
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