The McLaren M18 is an
open-wheel
An open-wheel single-seater (often known as formula car) is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have thei ...
Formula 5000
Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an open wheel, single seater auto-racing formula that ran in different series in various regions around the world from 1968 to 1982. It was originally intended as a low-cost series aimed at open-wheel racing cars tha ...
racing car designed and made by
McLaren in 1971.
Development
The car was conceived to participate in the 1971 Formula 5000 season to replace the
M10.
Design
The car was powered by a 470-hp
Chevrolet V8, which drove the rear wheels through a five-speed
manual gearbox
A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear change ...
.
Racing history
The car, entrusted to the driver
Brian Redman
Brian Herman Thomas Redman (born 9 March 1937 in Burnley, Lancashire and educated at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire), is a retired British racing driver.
Racing for Carl Haas and Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, Brian Redman won the 1974, '75 ...
, did not have the hoped-for success and only managed to win two of the 16 championship races.
References
External links
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McLaren racing cars
Formula 5000 cars