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The unique McLaren M30.
The McLaren M30 is a Formula One racing car built and run by McLaren for part of the 1980 Formula One World Championship. It was a one-off car, primarily driven by Alain Prost. The purpose of the M30 was to further capitalize on ground-effect design, taking over from the M29 which was perceived as obsolete.
The one and only M30 was damaged in an accident in practice for the United States Grand Prix. For the 1981 season McLaren returned to the M29 model. The McLaren M30 was the last new car completed by McLaren before Ron Dennis assumed leadership of the team the following year.
The car has since been raced, by Alo Lawler in England and then George Nuse in the U.S.
Complete Formula One results
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Year Team Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points WCC 1980 McLaren Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 G ARG BRA RSA USW BEL MON FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA 11* 7th Alain Prost 6 7 Ret DNS * Only 1 point scored using the M30
References
- Pritchard, Anthony (1986). Directory of Formula One cars 1966-1986. Aston Publications. pp. p162. ISBN 0-946627-02-9.
- Nye, Doug (1984). McLaren The Grand Prix, Can-Am and Indy Cars. Hazleton Publishing. pp. pp218–221. ISBN 0-905138-28-7.
External links
McLarenFounder: Bruce McLaren
McLaren Group: Ron Dennis (15%) | TAG Group (15%) | Mumtalakat (30%) | Daimler AG (11%)
Current personnel: Martin Whitmarsh | Paddy Lowe | Neil Oatley
Former personnel: John Barnard | Gordon Coppuck | Pat Fry | Norbert Haug | Robin Herd | Neil Martin | Teddy Mayer | Gordon Murray | Adrian Newey | Steve Nichols | Jo Ramirez | Nicholas Tombazis
Race drivers: 3. Lewis Hamilton | 4. Jenson ButtonTest drivers:
Gary Paffett | 
Pedro de la Rosa
World Champions:
Emerson Fittipaldi | Lewis Hamilton | James Hunt | 
Mika Häkkinen | 
Niki Lauda | 
Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna
Cars
Formula One: M2B | M4B | M5A | M7A | M7B | M7C | M7D | M9A | M14A | M14D | M19A | M19C | M23 | M26 | M28 | M29 | M29F | M30 | MP4 (MP4/1) | MP4B (MP4/1B) | MP4/1C | MP4/1E | MP4/2 | MP4/2B | MP4/2C | MP4/3 | MP4/4 | MP4/5 | MP4/5B | MP4/6 | MP4/6B | MP4/7A | MP4/8 | MP4/9 | MP4/10 | MP4/10B | MP4/10C | MP4/11 | MP4/11B | MP4/12 | MP4/13 | MP4/14 | MP4/15 | MP4-16 | MP4-17 | MP4-17D | MP4-18 | MP4-19 | MP4-19B | MP4-20 | MP4-21 | MP4-22 | MP4-23 | MP4-24 | MP4-25 | MP4-26
Formula Two: M4A | M21
Sports cars: Zerex Special | M1A | M1B | M1C | M6A | M6B | M6GT | M8A | M8B | M8C | M8D | M8E | M8F | M8FP | M12 | M20 | F1 GTR
USAC/IndyCar: M15 | M16A | M16B | M16C | M16C/D | M16E | M24
F5000/Libre: M3 | M10A | M10B | M18 | M22 | M25
Development cars: M2A
Road cars: F1 | F1 LM | SLR (for Mercedes-Benz) | MP4-12C | 799
Engines: M838TCars that competed in the 1980 Formula One season Williams FW07/FW07B • Ligier JS11/15 • Brabham BT49 • Renault RE20 • Lotus 81/81B • Tyrrell 009 • Tyrrell 010 • McLaren M29B/M29C • McLaren M30 • Arrows A3 • Fittipaldi F7 • Fittipaldi F8 • Ferrari 312T5 • Alfa Romeo 179 • Shadow DN11 • Shadow DN12 • ATS D3 • ATS D4 • Osella FA1/FA1B • Ensign N180Categories:- 1980 Formula One season cars
- McLaren Formula One cars
- Formula One stubs
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