During the late 1980s and early 1990s, McLaren wrote one of the most successful chapters in their F1 story - the squad racking up four successive Teams' Championships and four straight Drivers' Championships with engine partner Honda between 1988-1991.

However, that period of stability and success turned into a spell of change and misfiring performance over the next few years, with Honda pulling the plug on their F1 operations at the end of 1992 amid financial pressures.