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imagIn 1974, Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi won the first of his three World Championships for McLaren. The team was founded in 1963 and made its Grand Prix debut a few years later in 1966. While the team would win several races in those early years with drivers Bruce McLaren and fellow Kiwi Denny Hulme, true success for the team proved elusive until the 1970s, after Bruce’s death.
Led by Teddy Mayer, the team hired young Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi for the 1974 season whose World Championship win was the first for the team. Given the 40th anniversary of this milestone, it’s not surprising that the new TAG Heuer watch for the 2014 Festival of Speed pays homage to this anniversary.
The Carrera McLaren 1974 Edition uses the TAG Heuer made movement the CH1887, which is the new name for the movement that used to be called the Calibre 1887.
