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How McLaren earned its hybrid wings with 2009’s MP4-24
There was a sense of deja vu when Pato O’Ward crossed the line at Mid-Ohio last month to win the Honda Indy 200. It made him the first winner of an IndyCar race with a hybrid car, but for McLaren, it was ground it had trodden before: 15 years earlier McLaren achieved something similar, becoming the first team to win a Formula 1 grand prix with a hybrid car. The 2009 season saw the adoption of electrification in F1 for the very first time, with the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) being introduced alongside the series’ 2.4-liter V8 engine formula. Unlike in IndyCar, however, it wasn’t mandatory, with only McLaren and Ferrari opting to run it for the full season. The additional...
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