John Barnard

Look up McLaren’s MP4/2 from 1984. Barnard carried lessons from the interim MP4/1E into a more integrated design around the TAG-Porsche turbo engine. Its carbon-fiber monocoque carried forward a chassis construction Barnard had introduced on the original MP4/1. Niki Lauda won the drivers’ championship by half a point over teammate Alain Prost, and McLaren took the constructors’ title.