McLaren MP4/13
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| Category | Formula One |
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| Constructor | McLaren |
| Team | West McLaren Mercedes |
| Designer | Adrian Newey |
| Drivers | 7. David Coulthard 8. Mika Häkkinen |
| Chassis | Moulded carbon fibre composite structure |
| Suspension (front) | Double wishbones, pushrod |
| Suspension (rear) | Double wishbones, pushrod |
| Engine | Mercedes-Benz FO110G, 72-degree V10 |
| Gearbox | McLaren six-speed longitudinal semi-automatic |
| Fuel | Mobil 1 |
| Tyres | Bridgestone |
| Debut | 1998 Australian Grand Prix |
| Races competed | 16 |
| Constructors' Championships | 1 (1998) |
| Drivers' Championships | 1 (1998) |
| Race victories | 9 |
| Pole positions | 12 |
| Fastest laps | 9 |
The McLaren MP4/13 was a racing car that the McLaren Formula One team used during the 1998 Formula 1 season. The dominance of the MP4/13 was displayed in the opening race of the season, the 1998 Australian Grand Prix. Drivers Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard outclassed the competition by leaving every competitor at least a lap behind.
While Ferrari's Michael Schumacher put up a good fight when the season progressed, Häkkinen became world champion that year. Also, McLaren won the constructors' championship, with Häkkinen winning eight Grands Prix and Coulthard one. This was McLaren's first championship victory since 1991 with McLaren great Ayrton Senna, and their most successful year since the peak of the Prost-Senna feud of the 1989 season.
The record time for the Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb was set in 1999 when Nick Heidfeld drove an MP4/13 up the hill in 41.6 seconds.
[edit] Technical Specifications:
Car: McLaren MP4/13
- Chassis: carbon fiber, aluminium
- Gearbox: 6 gears
- Cooling system: two McLaren/Calsonic water radiators, two McLaren/Marston oil radiators.
- Length of the whole car: 4550 mm
- Weight with water, oil and driver: 600 kilogrammes
Engine: Mercedes-Benz FO 110G
- Cylinders: 10, in a 72° angle
- Valves: 4 per cylinder
- Length: 590 mm
- Breadth: 546,4 mm
- Highth: 476 mm
- Weight: 107 kilogrammes
- Power: 780 Bhp
Supplies:
- Tyres: Bridgestone
- Wheels: Enkei 13"
- Brakes: AP Racing discs and claws
- Oil and Petrol: Mobil
- Ignition: TAG 2000
- Spark plugs: NGK
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[edit] Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
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| 1998 | McLaren | Mercedes V10 | B | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | LUX | JPN | 156 | 1st | |
| David Coulthard | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Mika Häkkinen | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] References
- ^ van Vliet, Arjen. "Formule 1 teams '98"
- AUTOCOURSE 1998-99, Henry, Alan (ed.), Hazleton Publishing Ltd. (1998) ISBN 1-874557-43-8
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