Project Four Racing

<p>Project Four Racing was a British <a href="/facts/Formula_Two/IJX09vXN">Formula Two</a> and <a href="/facts/Formula_Three/dbITFbAn">Formula Three</a> team. The team was founded in 1976 by former <a href="/facts/Brabham/Pw8qHkwP">Brabham</a> mechanic <a href="/facts/Ron_Dennis/YrQn7Yuu">Ron Dennis</a>. At the end of 1980, the team merged with the <a href="/facts/McLaren/yLYrH3BT">McLaren</a> <a href="/facts/Formula_One/BwdePyWY">Formula One</a> team.
</p><p>The team name lived on in the designation of the McLaren F1 race cars from <a href="/facts/1981_Formula_One_World_Championship/uEM0ohDA">1981</a> to the <a href="/facts/2016_Formula_One_World_Championship/1ICNWLC7">2016</a> season, all McLarens, starting with the <a href="/facts/John_Barnard/8t6st1aj">John Barnard</a> designed <a href="/facts/McLaren_MP4%2f1/TvvxvY06">McLaren MP4/1</a>, had carried the "MP4" name, with MP4 standing for "Marlboro Project 4" and later "McLaren Project 4". The road car <a href="/facts/McLaren_MP4-12C/wTUs6Wpl">McLaren MP4-12C</a> also carried the prefix until it was dropped for the 2012 model year. From <a href="/facts/2017_Formula_One_World_Championship/VR3pLbHK">2017</a> onward, after the departure of Dennis from McLaren, the team began to designate their cars with the name "MCL".
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