{"id":190737,"date":"2025-06-17T04:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T04:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/190737\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T04:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T04:21:14","slug":"alain-prost-confirmed-for-historic-mclaren-reunion-as-fittipaldi-project-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/190737\/","title":{"rendered":"Alain Prost confirmed for historic McLaren reunion as Fittipaldi project revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alain Prost will climb back behind the wheel of his McLaren MP4\/4 at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prost formed a legendary partnership with Ayrton Senna at McLaren in 1988, with the team setting a record that season which stood until 2023.<\/p>\n

McLaren and Alain Prost to reunite at Goodwood<\/p>\n

With 15 wins from 16 races, McLaren\u2019s MP4\/4 only lost a single race in 1988 as Senna and Prost divided the year\u2019s spoils between them as the Brazilian claimed the Drivers\u2019 Championship.<\/p>\n

The MP4\/4 thus became the sport\u2019s most dominant car until the F1 2023 season, in which Red Bull\u2019s RB19 won 22 from 23 races to set a higher race win percentage than the 1988 McLaren.<\/p>\n

Prost will climb back behind the wheel of the MP4\/4 at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed for runs on the 12th and 13th of July.<\/p>\n

The exact car is Chassis No.4, which won the Monaco, French, and Mexican Grands Prix in Prost\u2019s hands before the French driver moved onto Chassis No.6 in the closing stages of the season.<\/p>\n

The chassis is owned by\u00a0Nicholas & Shelley Schorsch of the Audrain\u202fCollection and will be rolled out for the Festival of Speed over the four-day event next month.<\/p>\n

Aside from the MP4\/4, McLaren<\/a> will run the MP4\/2B which Prost won the title with. However, Prost won\u2019t be driving this car, with driving duties shared between Rob Garofall and Bruno Senna \u2013 the nephew of the late Ayrton, a former F1 driver himself.<\/p>\n

Marking 30 years since taking victory in the 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours, J.J. Lehto will be behind the wheel of the McLaren F1 GTR which won the event.<\/p>\n

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Unique Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren project revealed<\/p>\n

An unusual project saw a group of McLaren apprentices and interns the chance to build a McLaren M23, as raced by Emerson Fittipaldi to the 1974 Drivers\u2019 Championship and James Hunt to the 1976 title two years later.<\/p>\n

Using contemporary period methods to build the car, it is the 14th chassis of the M23 created, taking the number 15 out of deference to the \u2018unlucky\u2019 number 13.<\/p>\n

The car has been built to its 1974 specification, with the project led by McLaren\u2019s chief operating officer Piers Thynne, who will share driving responsibilities for the car with Senna.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great for McLaren to be back at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It\u2019s the perfect occasion to showcase our own heritage alongside our more recent achievements and to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Formula 1,\u201d Thynne said.<\/p>\n

\u201c30 years on from our victory at Le Mans, it\u2019s great to be able to have J.J. Lehto driving the F1 GTR and it will be special to see Alain Prost drive his 1988 MP4\/4. It\u2019s also fantastic to be able to run the MP4\/2B to commemorate 40 years since Alain\u2019s first Drivers\u2019 Championship victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honour and a privilege to be given the opportunity to drive the M23-15 and showcase the team\u2019s hard work and talent. To be able to bring such a challenging project to life, involving such a wide range of team members across departments is a special moment, and is a great way to recognise the team\u2019s first Championship win.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really enjoy being part of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, so we look forward to seeing it all come to life for another year.\u201d<\/p>\n

For visitors to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Chichester, UK, next month between the 10th and 13th of July, McLaren will be setting up in the Formula 1 paddock throughout and will be sending its cars up the famous Goodwood hill each day.<\/p>\n

Aside from the cars being sent out on the tarmac, McLaren will also celebrate its F1 2024 Constructors\u2019 Championship win by displaying the MCL38 in its garage, as well as the 2008 MP4\/23 which Lewis Hamilton claimed the title with.<\/p>\n

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