Editing Gordon Murray (section)

===McLaren: 1987–1991===
In 1986, Murray received an offer from [[Ron Dennis]] to join [[McLaren]] as Technical Director, taking over the role formerly held by [[John Barnard]]. Murray brought his Brabham experience to the McLaren design team, led by Chief Designer [[Steve Nichols]]. The 1988 [[McLaren MP4/4|MP4/4]] car, with a Honda turbo-powered engine, won 15 of the season's 16 Grands Prix, and gave [[Ayrton Senna]] his first Drivers' Championship.<ref>McLaren MP4/4 Owners' Workshop Manual: 1988 (all models) - An insight into the design, engineering and operation of the most successful F1 car ever built (Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual), {{ISBN|978-1785211379}}</ref> In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren's points score of 199 was at that time an all-time high. Murray also oversaw the design of the naturally-aspirated engined 1989 [[McLaren MP4/5|MP4/5]] and 1990 MP4/5B with lead designer [[Neil Oatley]].<ref>Porter, Philip (2019) Gordon Murray: One Formula: 50 years of car design, Porter Press, Tenbury Wells, UK. Vol. 2.  pp. 486-558. {{ISBN|978-1913089061}}</ref> The MP4/5 and MP4/5B won the driver's and constructor's championships in both years. Over the period 1988–91, the McLaren team won four consecutive Constructors' and Drivers' Championships: [[Alain Prost]] won the Drivers' Championship in 1989, while Senna won further Drivers' Championships in 1990 and 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/45/|title=F1 Team & Drivers Hall of Fame: Ayrton Senna|publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]]|access-date=24 October 2007}}</ref>