McLaren Group

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The '''McLaren Group''', based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking in the United Kingdom, is a group of companies created by [[Ron Dennis]]. The Group is focused around the [[Team McLaren Mercedes]] racing team and [[Formula One]] constructor. It includes:

* [[McLaren Racing]], the company behind the [[Team McLaren]] Formula One constructor
* [[McLaren Automotive]], the company which has produced small volumes of the [[McLaren F1]] road car and currently, in conjunction with [[Mercedes-Benz]], makes the [[Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren|SLR]]
* McLaren Electronic Systems]], which develops and manufactures automotive control systems and components for motorsports, including systems for Team McLaren
* McLaren Marketing, primarily serving the marketing and media requirements of McLaren Racing
* Absolute Taste, caterer to Team McLaren
* [[Lydden Circuit\\, which manages a racetrack of the same name near Dover in Kent.
* McLaren Applied Technologies, which develops commercial applications for the Group's technologies and provides an internal resource for facilities and expertise.

Since 1995, [[DaimlerChrysler]] (at the time Daimler-Benz) has supplied British-built Ilmor engines to the McLaren Formula One team under the Mercedes-Benz brand. In January 2000, DaimlerChrysler bought a 40% share of the Group, with Ron Dennis and the Techniques d'Avant Garde Group (owned by Mansour Ojjeh) each owning a 30% share. <ref>[http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/dccom/0,,0-5-7153-1-9833-1-0-0-0-0-0-8-7145-0-0-0-0-0-0-1,00.html DaimlerChrysler acquires an interest in TAG McLaren]. DaimlerChrysler website. 2 February 2000. Accessed 3 July 2006.</ref> In August 2006 Auto Motor und Sport magazine reported that DaimlerChrysler was considering acquiring the 60% held by Dennis and Ojjeh. <ref>{{cite news | first = | last = | author = | coauthors =| url =http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=motorSportsNews&storyID=2006-08-16T120110Z_01_L16595138_RTRIDST_0_AUTOS-DAIMLERCHRYSLER-MCLAREN-UPDATE-1.XML | title =Mercedes may raise McLaren stake, no decision yet | work = | publisher =Reuters | pages = | page = | date =2006-08-16 | accessdate =2006-08-16 | language = }}
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