Video: Niki Lauda's last Grand Prix-winning car takes to the track
20th February 2025
Russell Campbell
The 1985 Formula 1 season was an interesting one for McLaren, as the firm moved from natural aspiration to turbocharging, building the MP4/2B, which featured at the 81st Memb...
The 'B' in this fire-breathing F1 car's name denotes its reduced aero package and developed 1.5-litre turbocharged V6 – designed by Porsche – next to 1984's MP4/2. Producing 862PS (634kW) in great dollops of hard-to-manage force, the car was tricky at the best of times, but a winglet ban in '85 reduced downforce, making it even more of a handful. And all at a time when drivers had to change gear manually.
Brutal to drive, the MP4/2B was also searingly quick if you could handle it. It carried Niki Lauda to his final Grand Prix race win at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1985 and took Alain Prost to the World Championship in the same year.
The car was taken to the track at last year's Members' Meeting with McLaren test driver Chris Goodwin behind the wheel. Described as "the best Formula 1 car of that generation" by former F1 driver John Watson, the MP4/2B was one of the first cars to feature a full carbon fibre chassis, providing a perfect platform for the car's suspension.
The finesse and power and the MP4/2B were there for all to see as Goodwin guided the car around for some fast laps of the Goodwood circuit, wearing a helmet inspired by his great hero – Niki Lauda.
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