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The McLaren M2B was the McLaren team's first Formula One racing car, used during the 1966 season. It was conceived in 1965 and preceded by the M2A development car. Designed by Robin Herd, the innovative. But problematic Mallite material was used in its construction. The car was powered by Ford and Serenissima engines but both lacked power and suffered from reliability issues.

Driven by team founder Bruce McLaren, the M2B had a short Grand Prix career, "entering six races and starting only four." It scored the team's first point at the British Grand Prix and two more points at the United States Grand Prix.

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Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 127 2nd Jenson Button McLaren 121 3rd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 115 4th Mark Webber Red Bull 103 5th Fernando Alonso Ferrari 98 6th Robert Kubica Renault 83 7th Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 75 8th Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 9th Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 34 10th Adrian Sutil Force India 31 11th Rubens Barrichello Williams 19 12th Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 12 13th Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber 7 14th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 7 15th Vitaly Petrov Renault 6 16th Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 3 17th Nico Hülkenberg Williams 1 18th Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber 0 19th Heikki Kovalainen Lotus 0 20th Karun Chandhok Hispania 0 21st Lucas di Grassi Virgin 0 22nd Jarno Trulli Lotus 0 23rd Bruno Senna Hispania 0 24th Timo Glock Virgin 0

Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-25 248 2nd Red Bull Racing RB6 218 3rd Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro F10 165 4th Mercedes GP Petronas MGP W01 109 5th Renault F1 Team R30 89 6th Force India F1 Team VJM03 43 7th AT&T Williams FW32 20 8th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR5 10 9th BMW Sauber F1 Team C29 7 10th Lotus Racing T127 0 11th Hispania Racing F1 Team F110 0 12th Virgin Racing VR-01 0

See 2010 Formula One season for more information

• - Webber was due to start second but was demoted five places due to a gearbox change.
• FriP1: McLarens split by Schumacher
• FriP2: Vettel pips Alonso in Montreal
• SatP: Four teams in the top four
• Qualifying: Hamilton storms to Montreal pole
• Race: McLaren one-two in Montreal thriller

• - Hülkenberg recorded the lap time first.
• - Nine drivers were given five-second time penalties post-race for for exceeding the safety car-in lap time. Apart from the drivers listed, Pedro de la Rosa (10th, + 42.414), Vitaly Petrov (11th, + 43.287), Vitantonio Liuzzi (13th, + 45.890) and Nico Hülkenberg (retired) were also given penalties.
• FriP1: Rosberg and Mercedes in front
• FriP2: Alonso pips Vettel in Valencia
• SatP: Red Bulls split by Renault
• Qualifying: Vettel beats Webber to pole in Valencia
• Race: Vettel wins amid drama in Valencia