McLaren Racing pioneers use of sustainable materials with …
WEBOct 12, 2023 · McLaren is no stranger to pioneering materials in F1 and was the first F1 team to race a chassis manufactured wholly from carbon fibre in 1981. More recently, we introduced bio-based flax fibre as a substitute for traditional carbon fibre in 2020, which has been successfully used in Lando’s car seat ever since.
Strap in, recycled carbon fibre is just the start - McLaren
WEBForty-two years on, the McLaren MP4/1 is still considered one of Formula 1’s most influential cars, as it was the first to run a carbon fibre chassis, an innovation that has vastly improved the safety of motorsport. And now, our team has become the first to use recycled carbon fibre (rCF) on an F1 car, an innovation that aims to lower the ...
How McLaren Builds the Lightest Supercars in Its Class - The Drive
WEBSep 30, 2020 · Overall, following the resin-transfer molding and CNC-machining, McLaren’s carbon fiber is 45 percent lighter than aluminum, and some 80 percent lighter than steel.
McLaren announce cutting-edge recycled carbon fibre trial
WEBOct 12, 2023 · McLaren have announced that they will be trialling the use of cutting-edge recycled carbon fibre (rCF) on Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri’s cars at this year’s United States Grand Prix.
2023 McLaren Artura First Drive: A Work in Progress - MotorTrend
WEBMar 6, 2024 · The Artura's carbon-fiber chassis structure is manufactured at McLaren Composites Technology Centre in Sheffield, U.K., 175 miles north of McLaren HQ in Woking, where the car's final...
The McLaren MP4 / 1 - The car that Started the Composites Revolution
WEBTo celebrate the companies 50th anniversary, McLaren take a look back at the MP4/1, the worlds first F1 car to use a carbon fibre composites chassis, a design choice that not only increased driver safety but changed the entire landscape of the sport and defined McLaren’s heritage.
2022 McLaren Artura Is the Hybrid Supercar of the Future - Road & Track
WEBFeb 16, 2021 · The Artura is built around a new carbon-fiber chassis called the McLaren Lightweight Carbon Architecture (MCLA), and unlike with the brand's previous carbon monocoques, this one is built...
Innovative Technology, Unmatched Performance - McLaren 12C
WEBFor over 30 years, every car we have made has had carbon fibre at its core. It took 4,000 hours to make each carbon fibre chassis on the McLaren F1. Twenty years of innovation later, it takes just 4 hours to produce the MonoCell at the heart of the 12C.
McLaren Unveils Lightweight Vehicle Architecture
WEBAug 26, 2020 · In the new architecture, hundreds of pieces of carbon fiber cloth developed specifically for McLaren are cur for every chassis. The shape and orientation of each cut piece is controlled by software to optimize the strength and mass of the finished chassis.
McLaren Automotive unveils ground-breaking all-new high …
WEBFirst McLaren supercar to use the all-new, in-house designed, developed and manufactured McLaren Carbon Lightweight Architecture (MCLA) architecture designed for the brand’s electrified future, exactly four decades after McLaren unveiled its first carbon fibre chassis.
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