McLaren: Grand Prix, Can-Am and Indy Cars Hardcover – 1 Dec. 1987

An excellent history of McLaren up to the end of the 1987 season, with a slightly unusual approach - talks about the men behind the team (Bruce himself, Teddy Mayer and Ron Dennis), then discusses designers, the early history of the team in sports car racing, and then the racing history of the cars themselves in three formulae. This slightly odd organisation means there's some repetition and a little discontinuity, but it means that each 'thread' of the story has a chance to develop well.As ever Doug Nye mixes nuts and bolts, reportage and anecdotes brilliantly - it's a supremely readable book.There is still not a better general work on the team's first couple of decades - highly recommended to anyone who wants to understand how McLaren became the team it is now.