Back in ’74 – How McLaren Conquered the Indy500 and F1 Titles in One Year

Back in 1974, McLaren performed a feat that very few teams have achieved in motorsport – winning both the Indy500 AND the F1 Championship in the same year, with the McLaren M16 and M23 cars respectively. But what made these cars so spectacular? What makes them so similar, yet so fundamentally different?

Kevin Turner spent the day with McLaren at Pembrey Circuit to view these cars in action on track and find out everything to do with these title-winning machines. Many thanks to @McLaren for inviting us out for the day! If you want to read more about the cars, head over to the link below: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/when-mclaren-conquered-f1-and-the-indy-500/10660460/

0:00 Winning the Indy 500 & F1 Title

1:02 The McLaren M16

3:17 The M16’s Importance for McLaren

4:32 McLaren’s M23 F1 Car

6:05 The Differences between the M16 and M23

7:12 Engineers Working on Both Cars

8:04 Ranking the M16 & M23 in McLaren’s History

9:02 McLaren’s Historic Legacy

9:42 Can Anyone Else Win Both Titles in One Year?

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