McLaren MP4/2

The McLaren MP4/2 was a Formula One racing car produced by McLaren for the 1984 season, with an updated MP4/2B used in 1985 and a slightly updated MP4/2C raced in 1986. It was closely based on the MP4/1E test car used in the final races of 1983. The chassis was designed by John Barnard, Steve Nichols, Gordon Kimball, Alan Jenkins, Tim Wright and Bob Bell, and the car was powered by a TAG-Porsche engine designed by Hans Mezger at Porsche. Like most of its major competitors it used an all carbon fibre chassis, a layout pioneered by Barnard with the MP4/1, and it was one of the few cars of its time to use carbon brakes. In 1984 it scored 12 wins, then the most wins in a season by a single team, and Niki Lauda beat teammate Alain Prost to the drivers' title by half a point. McLaren also won the constructors' title in 1984 and again in 1985, when Prost took his first championship.