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Modern-day McLaren is a popular Formula 1 team that’s again heading in the right direction. It is also a youthful supercar business that has Ferrari and Porsche sweating. There have been tangents, of course; an on-off relationship with IndyCar and its sportscar successes – namely at Le Mans in 1995 and a domination of Can-Am that started 55 years ago. Since its 1963 inception, though, McLaren has never been associated with bulky, high-riding SUVs. That is until this weekend, when Woking will make its Extreme E debut in Neom, Saudi Arabia.
In January last year, McLaren announced it had an option to join Formula E in 2022-23 for the Gen3 rules. Although that now hangs in the balance, you could understand the
