The group assembled on the start-finish straight in Monte Carlo as part of McLaren’s milestone celebrations, which come 60 years since Bruce McLaren first entered the world championship at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix.
Among those present were Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, who were McLaren team-mates in 2007 and now race for Ferrari and Aston Martin respectively.
They were joined by two-time world champion Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard, Heikki Kovalainen, Emerson Fittipaldi, Gerhard Berger, Juan Pablo Montoya and John Watson, alongside current drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
The combined group represents a significant slice of McLaren’s history, with the assembled drivers responsible for 93 of the team’s 203 Formula 1 victories, as well as four of their 13 drivers’ championships.
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Hakkinen alone accounted for 20 wins during his title-winning years with the team, while Hamilton contributed 21 before his move away from Woking.
Coulthard added 12, with Norris and Piastri combining for 20 so far in McLaren colours.
The drivers appeared alongside the team’s 2026 car, the MCL40, as well as the McLaren M2B, the first car raced by the team in 1966.
Current team principal Andrea Stella and CEO Zak Brown also joined the line-up, along with Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.
Both Piastri and Norris spoke of being proud to be part of the team as it celebrates its 1000th race, with Norris adding it was a “dream” to race with the team.
“My dream was to be in F1 in the beginning, [it] was to be with McLaren,” he said.
He added that he was also honoured to hold the record for most starts in history for the Woking-based squad, a record he achieved by eclipsing Coulthard’s 150 races for the team at the Qatar Grand Prix last year.
“I don’t think at any point I ever thought I’d be the driver in McLaren with the most race starts for them – that’s a pretty awesome stat to think of,” he said.
“To be honest, normally I hate stats in general and I hate when people say them, but this is one that I’m just proud of, for sure.
“It’s not like a performance stat, it’s more like a general one, and that’s something, just to see my name alongside so many greats.
“I know one championship is pretty amazing, but a lot of others and a lot of the people that everyone knows and remembers achieved a lot more, and I certainly want to get to the level that they did, but for my name to be amongst some incredible drivers in the past is an amazing thing.”
McLaren’s gathering featured 11 of the 15 surviving drivers to have taken a Grand Prix win for the team, with only Alain Prost, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo absent.
The moment came alongside wider celebrations for McLaren’s milestone race, with the team leaning into its history across the Monaco weekend, including a special livery, merchandise, and a collaboration with Lego.
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