Our writers pick their favourite McLaren F1 moments

The Monaco Grand Prix is set to be a very special weekend for McLaren, with the team preparing to celebrate their 1000th race in Formula 1 – making them only the second squad after Ferrari to achieve this statistic. The papaya outfit have experienced their fair share of highs and lows throughout the 999 Grands Prix that came before – so, ahead of the milestone, we asked some of our writers to share their favourite McLaren memories from across the team’s storied history in F1…

Lawrence Barretto (F1 Correspondent & Presenter): Though his debut campaign with McLaren in 2021 was challenging, Daniel Ricciardo never let his head drop and never stopped believing in himself – and the result for that perseverance yielded my favourite McLaren moment, a shock victory in the Italian Grand Prix.