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|founded = {{Start date and age|1998}}
|base = [[McLaren Technology Centre]]<br />{{nowrap|[[Woking]], Surrey, England}}
|principal = Stephanie Carlin<br />[[Warren Hughes]]
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|current series =
|former series =
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|current drivers = '''IndyCar'''<br />{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pato O'Ward]]<br />'''Formula 2''' <br
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The '''McLaren Driver Development Programme''', formerly known as the '''McLaren Young Driver Programme''', is a [[driver development programme]] operated by [[McLaren]]. It is intended to offer year-by-year guidance, assistance and endorsement to help promising young racers climb the motorsport ladder. The
The most notable participant in the programme is [[Lewis Hamilton]], who joined the programme while karting and eventually graduated to the McLaren F1 Team. He has won the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One Drivers' Championship]] seven times between 2008 and 2020, where the {{F1|2008}} championship was won with McLaren. Hamilton is currently the only graduate from the programme who has won a [[World Drivers' Championship]]
As of
== History ==
The programme was founded in 1998 by McLaren and Mercedes as the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Support Programme. The programme notably signed Lewis Hamilton, [[Nick Heidfeld]] and [[Nicolas Minassian]] as some of its first drivers. From 2019 to 2021, no drivers were part of the program. McLaren Racing CEO [[Zak Brown]] said this was due to the team's "very targeted" approach and already stable Formula One line-up, meaning it would be difficult for any young drivers to find a place in Formula One.<ref>{{Cite web |last=van Osten |first=Phillip |date=24 December 2020 |title=Brown: Lack of McLaren young drivers due to 'different philosophy' |url=https://f1i.com/news/394800-brown-lack-of-mclaren-young-drivers-due-to-different-philosophy.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224171300/https://f1i.com/news/394800-brown-lack-of-mclaren-young-drivers-due-to-different-philosophy.html |archive-date=24 December 2020 |access-date=14 January 2021 |website=F1i.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Luke |date=23 December 2020 |title=McLaren sticking to "targeted" approach for F1 young driver programme |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/154340/mclaren-sticking-to-targeted-young-driver-approach |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226173545/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/154340/mclaren-sticking-to-targeted-young-driver-approach |archive-date=26 December 2020 |access-date=14 January 2021 |website=Autosport.com |language=en}}</ref>
In April 2023, the Young Driver Programme was replaced by the Driver Development Programme.<ref name="YDP" /> Later in October, the programme signed its first female driver in [[Bianca Bustamante]], who
==Current drivers==
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| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ugo Ugochukwu]]<ref name="Ugochukwu">{{Cite web |date=22 March 2021 |title=McLaren sign long-term deal with 13-year-old American karting ace Ugo Ugochukwu |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-sign-long-term-deal-with-13-year-old-american-karting-ace-ugo.4GPYYgngquIlvcaD8Qi1s3.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024072401/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-sign-long-term-deal-with-13-year-old-american-karting-ace-ugo.4GPYYgngquIlvcaD8Qi1s3.html |archive-date=24 October 2023 |access-date=22 March 2021 |website=www.formula1.com |language=en}}</ref>
|align=center| 2021–
| [[2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship|Formula Regional Middle East Championship]]<br>[[2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship|FIA Formula 3 Championship]]
| '''[[Euro 4 Championship]]''' ('''[[2023 Euro 4 Championship|2023]]''')<br>
|-
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Pato O'Ward]]<ref name="YDP">{{cite web |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2023/mclaren-announces-new-driver-development-programme-to-support-the-development-of-new-talent-into-top-level-motorsport/ |title=McLAREN ANNOUNCES NEW DRIVER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME |last= |first= |date= |website=McLaren.com |publisher=McLaren |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
|align=center| 2023–
| [[2025 IndyCar Series|IndyCar Series
| None
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Brando Badoer]]{{refn|group=note|Badoer was signed to the programme as "optioned driver" in 2023 before earning full junior status in 2024.<ref name="Badoer"/>}}<ref name="Badoer">{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/badoer-earns-full-mclaren-junior-status-and-prema-seat-in-f3/124627|title=Badoer earns full McLaren junior status and Prema seat in F3|website=Formula Scout|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=7 October 2024|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>▼
| {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Bianca Bustamante]]<ref name="Bustamante">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=McLaren sign F1 Academy's Bianca Bustamante as first female member of Driver Development Programme |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-sign-f1-academys-bianca-bustamante-as-first-female-member-of-driver.6w5XZDIEWlRBNiUPSn1sbF.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024072622/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-sign-f1-academys-bianca-bustamante-as-first-female-member-of-driver.6w5XZDIEWlRBNiUPSn1sbF.html |archive-date=24 October 2023 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Formula 1® |language=en}}</ref>▼
|align=center|
| [[2025
| None
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| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Alex Dunne]]<ref name="Dunne">{{cite web|url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2024/fia-formula-3-drivers-alex-dunne-and-martinius-stenshorne-join-mclaren-driver-development-programme/|title=FIA FORMULA 3 DRIVERS ALEX DUNNE AND MARTINIUS STENSHORNE JOIN McLAREN DRIVER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME|website=McLaren|date=May 16, 2024|
|align=center| 2024–
|
| None
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Dries
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Martinius Stenshorne]]<ref name="Dunne"/>▼
|align=center| 2024–
| Karting ([[Original Kart|OK]])<br>[[2025
| None
|-
▲| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Martinius Stenshorne]]<ref name="Dunne"/>
▲| {{flagicon|BEL}} Dries van Langendonck<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 World Junior Karting Champion Dries Van Langendonck joins the McLaren Driver Development programme |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2024/2023-world-junior-karting-champion-dries-van-langendonck-joins-the-mclaren-driver-development-programme/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.mclaren.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|align=center| 2024–
| None▼
|-▼
▲| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Brando Badoer]]<ref name="Badoer">{{cite web|url=https://formulascout.com/badoer-earns-full-mclaren-junior-status-and-prema-seat-in-f3/124627|title=Badoer earns full McLaren junior status and Prema seat in F3|website=Formula Scout|last=Wood|first=Ida|date=7 October 2024|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>
| [[2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship|FIA Formula 3 Championship]]
| None
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ella Lloyd]]<ref name="25F1A">{{Cite web |date=8 October 2024 |title=Ella Lloyd to represent McLaren for the 2025 F1 Academy season |url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/formula-1/2024/ella-lloyd-to-represent-mclaren-for-the-2025-f1-academy-season/ |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=[[McLaren]] |language=}}</ref>
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| [[2025 F1 Academy season|F1 Academy]]<br>[[2025 F4 British Championship|F4 British Championship]]
| None
|}
==Graduates to Formula 1==
This list contains the drivers that have graduated to Formula 1
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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| [[German Formula Three Championship]] ([[2010 German Formula Three Championship|2010]])<br>[[British Formula 3 International Series]] ([[2011 British Formula 3 International Series|2011]])<br>'''[[World Series Formula V8 3.5|Formula Renault 3.5 Series]]''' ([[2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series|2012]]–'''[[2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series|2013]]''')
|align=center| {{F1|2014}}–{{F1|2015}}
| [[Renault F1 Team|Renault]] ({{F1|2016}})<br>[[Haas F1 Team|Haas]] ({{F1|2017}}–{{F1|2020}}
|-
| data-sort-value="VAN"| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Stoffel Vandoorne]]
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| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Nyck de Vries]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Elliot|date=6 May 2019|title=Nyck de Vries' split with McLaren confirmed|url=https://formulascout.com/nyck-de-vries-leaves-mclaren/50229|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129094041/https://formulascout.com/nyck-de-vries-leaves-mclaren/50229|archive-date=29 November 2020|access-date=14 January 2021|website=Formula Scout|language=en-US}}</ref>
|align=center| 2010–2018
| Karting (2010–2011)<br>'''[[Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0]]''' ([[2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0|2012]]–'''[[2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0|2014]]''')<br>'''[[Formula Renault 2.0 Alps]]''' ([[2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season|2013]]–'''[[2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps season|2014]]''')<br>[[Formula Renault 3.5 Series]] ([[2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season|2015]])<br>[[GP3 Series]] ([[2016 GP3 Series|2016]])<br>[[FIA Formula 2 Championship]] ({{F2|2017}}–{{F2|2018}})
| [[Williams Racing|Williams]] (2022)<br>[[Scuderia AlphaTauri|AlphaTauri]] (2023)
|-
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| {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Andrew Tang (racing driver)|Andrew Tang]]<ref>{{cite web|last=de Cotta|first=Ian|date=10 February 2014|title=Tang wins big in New Zealand|url=http://www.todayonline.com/sports/motor-racing/tang-wins-big-new-zealand|publisher=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today Online]]}}</ref>
|align=center| 2012-2014
| Karting (2012)
Toyota Racing Series (2013-2014)
|
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nobuharu Matsushita]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 February 2017|title=2017 McLaren-Honda Young Driver Programme members revealed|url=https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/young-driver-programme/2017-mclaren-honda-young-driver-programme-members-revealed-3122258/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003107/https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/young-driver-programme/2017-mclaren-honda-young-driver-programme-members-revealed-3122258/|archive-date=12 November 2020|access-date=14 January 2021|website=McLaren Racing|language=en}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|name="HFDP"|Driver was simultaneously a member of the [[Honda Formula Dream Project]].}}
|align=center| 2015–2017
| [[GP2 Series]] ([[2015 GP2 Series|2015]]–[[2016 GP2 Series|2016]])<br>[[FIA Formula 2 Championship]] ({{F2|2017}})
| None
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nirei Fukuzumi]]{{refn|group=note|name="HFDP"}}
|align=center| 2016–2017
| [[GP3 Series]] ([[2016 GP3 Series|2016]]–[[2017 GP3 Series|2017]])
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| None
|-
| {{flagicon|
|align=center|2023–2024▼
▲| '''[[2024 Formula 2 Championship|FIA Formula 2 Championship]]''' ('''[[2024 Formula 2 Championship|2024]]''')
| [[Sauber]] (2025–)▼
▲|-
|align=center| 2023–2024
| [[Super Formula]] ([[2023 Super Formula Championship|2023]])<br>'''[[FIA World Endurance Championship]]''' ('''[[2023 FIA World Endurance Championship|2023]]'''–[[2024 FIA World Endurance Championship|2024]])
| None
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gabriel Bortoleto]]<ref name="Bortoleto">{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=2023-10-05 |title=McLaren signs Bortoleto as junior, makes Badoer an 'optioned driver' |url=https://formulascout.com/mclaren-signs-bortoleto-as-junior-makes-badoer-an-optioned-driver/111799 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024072941/https://formulascout.com/mclaren-signs-bortoleto-as-junior-makes-badoer-an-optioned-driver/111799 |archive-date=24 October 2023 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}</ref>
▲|align=center| 2023–2024
▲|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Bianca Bustamante]]<ref name="Bustamante">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=McLaren sign F1 Academy's Bianca Bustamante as first female member of Driver Development Programme |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-sign-f1-academys-bianca-bustamante-as-first-female-member-of-driver.6w5XZDIEWlRBNiUPSn1sbF.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024072622/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-sign-f1-academys-bianca-bustamante-as-first-female-member-of-driver.6w5XZDIEWlRBNiUPSn1sbF.html |archive-date=24 October 2023 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Formula 1® |language=en}}</ref>
| '''[[FIA Formula 2 Championship]]''' ('''[[2024 Formula 2 Championship|2024]]''')
|align=center|2023–2024▼
|[[Formula Winter Series]] ([[2024 Formula Winter Series|2024]])<br>[[F1 Academy]] [[2024 F1 Academy season|2024]]<br>[[Euro 4 Championship]] ([[2024 Euro 4 Championship|2024]])<br>[[Italian F4 Championship]] ([[2024 Italian F4 Championship|2024]])▼
▲|-
▲| {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Bianca Bustamante]]<ref name="Bustamante">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=McLaren sign F1 Academy's Bianca Bustamante as first female member of Driver Development Programme |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-sign-f1-academys-bianca-bustamante-as-first-female-member-of-driver.6w5XZDIEWlRBNiUPSn1sbF.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024072622/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.mclaren-sign-f1-academys-bianca-bustamante-as-first-female-member-of-driver.6w5XZDIEWlRBNiUPSn1sbF.html |archive-date=24 October 2023 |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Formula 1® |language=en}}</ref>
▲| [[F1 Academy]] ([[2024 F1 Academy season|2024]])<br>[[Formula Winter Series]] ([[2024 Formula Winter Series|2024]])<br>[[
▲| None
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