RobiNZ Personal Blog

Paragon - McLaren's Technology Centre

McLaren Group's futuristic new headquarters, designed by Foster and Partners, has been officially opened. Home to McLaren Racing (Formula One); McLaren Cars (high performance road cars); McLaren Electronic Systems (automotive electronic systems); McLaren Marketing (marketing services); McLaren Composites (advanced composite structures) and several other divisions in the group. ~ 50 hectare site. ~ 57,000 square metres of office space for 900 employees. ~ 100m by 200m, 11m high, large enough to hold nine Boeing 747 jumbo jets. ~ 50,000 cu m water in 5 lakes used for buildng cooling. ~ Natural light used wherever possible and energy recycled throughout the... Read more →

Bruce McLaren F1 KING!

www.nzedge.com celebrates the achievements of Kiwi Heros of all kinds. Its an impressive list for such a small population and one of the greatest is Bruce McLaren as this extract demonstrates: "Bruce McLaren: DRIVER ENGINEER CONSTRUCTOR: Team McLaren has been the most successful team in world motorsport since it appeared in 1966. McLaren cars and drivers have taken the chequered flag at Grand Prix races 123 times, won 19 Formula One World Championship titles (more than any other team in the history of the sport), dominated CamAm events (56 wins between 1967 and 1972) and taken three Indianapolis 500 races.... Read more →