The McLaren young driver programme, formerly known as McLaren Driver Development Programme and McLaren Mercedes Young Driver Support Programme, is a program created by McLaren. It has been designed to offer year-by-year guidance, assistance and endorsement to help promising young racers – regardless of nationality – to climb the motorsport ladder.
The highlight of the programme is Lewis Hamilton, who is the part of the programme since his karting days and graduated to the F1 team and subsequently winning the driver championship in 2008.
Drivers
Current
| Driver | Years | Current series |
|---|---|---|
 Nyck de Vries
|
2010– | Formula 2 |
 Nobuharu Matsushita
|
2015– | Formula 2 |
 Lando Norris
|
2017– | European Formula 3 |
Former
| Driver | Years | Current series | F1 team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Graves
|
1998 | None | None |
| Lewis Hamilton
|
1998–2006 | Formula One | McLaren (2007–2012) Mercedes (2013–) |
 Congfu Cheng
|
2003–2006 | Audi R8 LMS Cup | None |
| Giedo van der Garde
|
2003–2010 | None | Caterham (2013) |
| Oliver Rowland
|
2007–2010 | Formula 2 | None |
 Alexander Albon
|
2010 | Formula 2 | None |
| Jack Harvey
|
2010 | IndyCar | None |
 Petri Suvanto[1]
|
2010 | None | None |
| Oliver Turvey
|
2010–2011 | Formula E | None |
 Kevin Magnussen
|
2010–2013 | Formula One | McLaren (2014-2015) Renault (2016) Haas (2017–) |
| Ben Barnicoat
|
2010–2015 | Blancpain GT Series | None |
| Tom Blomqvist[2]
|
2012 | DTM | None |
 Stoffel Vandoorne
|
2013–2016 | Formula One | McLaren (2016–) |
See also
References
- ^ "McLaren tukee suomalaislupausta". sportti.com. 19 March 2010.
- ^ "Stig's son joins McLaren". The Telegraph. 26 Feb 2012.