McLaren Group | 243,124 followers on LinkedIn. McLaren Group is globally renowned as one of the world’s most illustrious high-technology brands, encompassing McLaren Racing, McLaren Automotive and McLaren Applied. Since its foundation in 1963, McLaren has been pioneering and innovating in the competitive world of Formula 1, forging a formidable reputation which has seen the racing team win 20 World Championships and over 180 races. Building on the success of the F1 team, McLaren formed a high-performance road car business, McLaren Automotive, which continues to set new benchmarks in performance and efficiency.