McLaren-Serenissima

McLaren-Serenissima denotes the British chassis-and-engine combination that paired McLaren cars with Serenissima power in Formula 1, appearing in the World Championship in 1966. In the sport's earlier decades it was common for results to be recorded by the specific chassis-engine pairing, and this combination represents one such entry across 1 season.

The team never won a race or finished on the podium, but it did score championship points during its time on the grid, a respectable return for a small operation competing against far better-resourced rivals.

The team's Formula 1 entries were associated with Bruce McLaren.

McLaren-Serenissima is a footnote in the detailed statistical history of Formula 1, capturing a specific chassis-and-engine pairing from an age when such combinations were carefully recorded. It forms part of the granular story of how the sport's technology and entries evolved.