McLaren's 1,000 F1 races: a timeline

LONDON, June 1 : McLaren will celebrate their 1,000th Formula One grand prix start when they line up in Monaco on June 7. The following looks at the milestones in the team's history:

1963 - New Zealander Bruce McLaren, who had been racing for Cooper in Formula One since 1958, founded his own team in partnership with American Teddy Mayer.

1966 - First F1 race, Monaco, May 22. The Robin Herd-designed McLaren M2B qualified 10th and retired with an oil leak on lap 10. McLaren had a team of six people, including the founder and his wife.   

1968 - First F1 podium with Denny Hulme second at Jarama in Spain. First win at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium with Bruce McLaren at the wheel after starting sixth. McLaren became only the third driver to win in a car of his own construction after Jack Brabham and Dan Gurney. 

1970 - Bruce McLaren died, aged 32, in a crash at Goodwood on June 2 while testing a new Can-Am car, Mayer takes over.

1974 - Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi gave McLaren their first drivers' title, with the team also taking a first constructors' crown. That same season McLaren also took their first win from pole (in Brazil).

1976 - James Hunt was crowned champion after a memorable battle with Ferrari's Niki Lauda down to the last race at Fuji. The Briton became the first McLaren driver to win a race from pole position with fastest lap (U.S. Grand Prix)

1981 - McLaren moved to Woking, Ron Dennis took over and designer John Barnard came up with F1's first carbon fibre composite chassis.

1983 - British driver John Watson won the Long Beach-U.S. GP West from 22nd place, a record from furthest back on the grid.

1984 - Lauda beat French teammate Alain Prost to the title by half a point, still the slimmest margin in F1 history in