Why it's a British series?
1 / The base of the team.
It's a britsh series beacause in 1966, the New Zeland driver Bruce Mclaren founded the McLaren Motor racing F1 Team and the base of the team is Woking in England.
2 / The first enginne of the team.
In 1967 Bruce McLaren decided to use a British Racing Motor on the McLaren F1 cars.
3 / for racing traditions.
After a race won by a mclaren car, the anthem british is intoned during a podium ceremony.
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