McLaren MP4-19

Members of the McLaren Formula One team push driver Kimi Räikkönen's MP4-19 into the garage during qualifying for the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2004.

David Coulthard driving the MP4-19B at the 2004 British Grand Prix.

The McLaren MP4-19 is a Formula One racing car that was built by McLaren. It was designed by Adrian Newey, and introduced at the beginning of the 2004 Formula One season. It was described as a "debugged version of the McLaren MP4-18." It was not a successful car, and the team suffered various problems concerning reliability at the beginning of the season.

This proved to be anything but the case, and a new car was required by mid-season. The MP4-19B was basically an all new car with a radically redesigned aerodynamic package. The fact that Coulthard qualified third for its first race, the French Grand Prix, gave the team hope of a better end to the season. This was realised when Räikkönen won the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix ahead of the seemingly unstoppable Ferrari F2004 of Michael Schumacher, who won 13 of the 18 races that year, currently the record for most wins in a single season.

The team eventually finished fifth in the constructors championship with 69 points.

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McLaren

Founder: Bruce McLaren

Personnel: Ron Dennis | Martin Whitmarsh | Norbert Haug | Paddy Lowe | Neil Oatley

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Cars
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Formula Two/Three: M2A | M4A | M21
Sports cars: M1A | M1B | M1C | M6A | M6B | M6GT | M8A | M8B | M8C | M8D | M8E | M8F | M8FP | M12 | M20 | F1 | F1 GTR
USAC/IndyCar: M15 | M16A | M16B | M16C | M16C/D | M16E | M24
F5000/Libre: M3A | M10A | M10B | M18 | M22 | M25

v • d • e Cars that competed in the 2004 Formula One season

Ferrari F2004 • Williams FW26 • McLaren MP4-19 • McLaren MP4-19B • Renault R24 • BAR 006 • Sauber C23 • Jaguar R5 • Toyota TF104 • Toyota TF104B • Jordan EJ14 • Minardi PS04B