1980 McLaren M29

The Donington Park museum had a large collection of McLaren cars and this is one that I photographed on a visit in September 2014.

It's a 1980 McLaren M29, chassis M29/5, and the last one built. The M29 was designed by Gordon Coppuck with a 2,993cc Ford Cosworth V8 DFV engine and raced by the team from half way through the 1979 season to the early part of the 1981 season but wasn't particularly successful, its best results being three fourth place finishes by John Watson in that time. Chassis 29/5's first race was the 1980 German Grand Prix driven by Alain Prost, who also drove it in the United States Grand Prix, and Andrea de Cesaris drove it in four races early in the 1981 season.