McLaren MP4 / 7

Ayrton Senna's McLaren MP4 / 7A

The McLaren MP4 / 7 is a Formula 1 racing car from the McLaren team that was used in the 1992 World Cup . The first races of the season were driven with the last year's model, the MP4 / 6B , which had been further developed . After that, with the exception of one race, the MP4 / 7A model was used, which, according to the original plan, was to make its debut from the fourth race. But the strong competition from Williams prompted Ron Dennis to start the new car in the third race. At the Grand Prix of Great Britain , the model came MP4 / 7B used. The car, developed by Neil Oatley and Henri Durand , was driven by Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger , won five races and took a pole position . For the first time since 1987 and the beginning of the cooperation with Honda, McLaren could neither win the drivers nor the constructors' championships.

The MP4 / 7A and -7B were driven by a V12 engine from Honda with a 75 ° cylinder bank angle and the type designation RA122E / B. The longitudinally front built of the rear axle naturally aspirated engine was 3496 cc and provided at 14,400 min ^-1 approximately 780 hp (774 bhp). The power transmission was taken over by a transversely installed 6-speed transmission from McLaren with a semi-automatic gearshift, which had been developed in cooperation with TAG Electronic Systems . The monocoque was made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic .

Results

McLaren MP4 / 7A Honda 3.5 V12

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
1992 Formula 1 season																		90	2.
Ayrton Senna	1			DNF	9 *	3	1	DNF	DNF		2	1	5	1	3	DNF	DNF
Gerhard Berger	2			DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	1	DNF		DNF	3	DNF	4th	2	2	1

McLaren MP4 / 7B Honda 3.5 V12

driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
1992 Formula 1 season																		2	2.
Ayrton Senna	1									DNF
Gerhard Berger	2									5

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : McLaren MP4 / 7  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Vehicle profile at traumautoarchiv.de
• McLaren MP4 / 7A statistics
• Data of the MP4 / 7 and the Honda RA122-E