Number 6: 2009 McLaren MP4-24
Story: 2009 McLaren MP4-24 was designed bydesigned by Paddy Lowe, Neil Oatley, Pat Fry and Doug McKiernan, the McLaren MP4-24 had the 2.4 litre Mercedes-Benz V8 engine underneath. McLaren MP4-24 was a very slow car during the first half on 2009, didn't pick up pace until the second half of 2009, when Lewis Hamilton took only two race wins at the Hungarian Grand Prix and the Singapore Grand Prix in that season. But the team only took 71 points to take 3rd place in the constructors championship.
Number 5: 2004 McLaren MP4-19
Story: McLaren MP4-19 was designed by designed by Adrian Newey, the McLaren MP4-24 had the 3 litre Mercedes-Benz V10 engine underneath. Just like McLaren MP4-24 before, McLaren MP4-19 was a very slow car and unreliable during the first half on 2004, didn't pick up pace until the second half of 2004, when Kimi Räikkönen only took one race victory at the Belgian Grand Prix in that season. But the team only took 59 points to take 5th place in the constructors championship.
Number 4: 1996 McLaren MP4/11
Story: McLaren MP4/11 was designed by Neil Oatley, the McLaren MP4/11 had the 3 litre Mercedes-Benz V10 engine underneath. The McLaren MP4/11 only managed 6 podiums in 1996, which includes a second place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix with David Coulthard behind the wheel. To give McLaren only 49 points to take 4th place in the constructors championship. The McLaren MP4/11 wasn't a fast car, but the MP4/11 was a reliable car nonetheless.
Number 3: 1979/1980 McLaren M29
Story: McLaren M29 was designed by designed by Gordon Coppuck, the McLaren M29 had the 3 litre Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine underneath. To give McLaren only 7 points in 1979 to give them 15 points (the other points came from the old McLaren M28) and 7th place in the constructors championship in 1979. While in 1980 season the M29 took McLaren to 9th place in the constructors championship and only 11 points. The car wasn't fast, didn't qualified a few times in that period and finally a very unreliable race car as-well despite it had Patrick Tambay, John Watson and Alain Prost behind the wheel.
Number 2: 1994 McLaren MP4/9
Story: McLaren MP4/9 was designed by Neil Oatley, the McLaren MP4/9 had the 3.5 litre Peugout V10 engine underneath. The McLaren MP4/9 only managed 8 podiums in 1994, which includes two second place finishes one each for Mika Häkkinen at the Belgian Grand Prix and at the Monaco Grand Prix with Martin Brundle. McLaren MP4/9 only took 42 points in that season, so the McLaren MP4/9 wasn't that fast than pervious McLarens', and very unreliable as-well.
Number 1: 1995 McLaren MP4/10
Story:McLaren MP4/10 was designed by Neil Oatley, the McLaren MP4/10 had the 3 litre Mercedes-Benz V10 engine underneath. The McLaren MP4/10 only managed two second place finishes for Mika Häkkinen in 1995 at the Italian and Japanese Grand Prix.
But the Mclaren MP4/10 did cause Nigel Mansell to quit from Formula 1 altogether as he was unable to fit properly in the narrow cockpit, and he was forced to miss the first two races of the season whilst a wider monocoque was built. His racing return lasted just two further Grands Prix before he left altogether, disgusted with the car's poor performance.
So the McLaren MP4/10 only took 30 points that season, the McLaren MP4/10 wasn't a fast Mclaren at all and was much more of very unreliable McLaren then the pervious McLaren MP4/9. To give the 1995 McLaren MP4/10 the worse McLaren F1 car ever!
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