McLaren

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

McLaren: fast cars, slow storytelling. Drift off to F1 facts and luxury car lore in this sleepy bedtime story. Tonight’s episode glides into the world of McLaren—the British automotive brand best known for dominating Formula One, producing wildly impractical supercars, and accidentally making great sleep aids. From its 1963 founding by Bruce McLaren to decades of racing drama and road car innovation, we’ll cruise through the facts… at a sleep-friendly pace. No helmet required. Want More? Request a topic: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/request-a-topic Listen ad-free & support: https://icantsleep.supportingcast.fm/ Shop sleep-friendly products: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/sponsors This content is derived from the Wikipedia article on McLaren, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. Read the full article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a Glassbox Media podcast.
0:11.0	Barclays ready-made investments. The clue's in the name. Not Barclays, where do I begin investments?
0:16.9	You can start from 50 pounds. That's why they're not difficult to get started investments either.
0:22.1	And you can choose your risk level.
0:23.7	So they're hardly in at the deep end investments.
0:26.3	So if you've got savings and you want to help grow your money over five years or more,
0:30.6	then search Barclays' ready-made investments.
0:32.8	Make money work for you.
0:34.3	Investing is not for everyone.
0:35.6	The value of investments can fall as well as rise and you may
0:37.8	get back less than you invest. T's and Cs apply. Welcome to the I Can't Sleep podcast, where I bore you to
0:44.1	sleep with my soothing voice, one fact at a time. I'm your host, Benjamin Boster, and today's episode
0:51.4	is about the McLaren F1 racing team.
0:55.3	Thanks to Esther Haydock for sponsoring this episode.
1:01.3	McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Center
1:07.1	in Woking, Surrey, England.
1:10.0	The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren group, which owns a majority of the team.
1:16.6	McLaren is best known as a Formula One chassis constructor, the second oldest active team, and
1:23.6	the second most successful Formula One team after Ferrari, having won 189 races, 12
1:31.4	drivers championships, and nine constructors championships.
1:37.6	McLaren also has a history in American open-wheel racing, has both an entrant and a chassis constructor, and has won the Canadian-American
1:47.8	Challenge Cub Can-Am Sports Car Racing Championship.
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