This was the first McLaren to use a semi-automatic transmission; it was a McLaren-designed electro-hydraulic unit with semi-automatic activation. The team's technology partner Techniques d'Avant Garde (TAG) helped with development. This system allowed the driver to keep his foot on the pedal, without lifting from it, since the throttle cable was replaced with an electronic sensor. It also controlled engine speed automatically during gear changes.
A variant of the car, dubbed MP4/7B, featuring an experimental active suspension system, was introduced in testing for that year's Portuguese Grand Prix, though it proved insufficiently reliable and was not used for the remainder of the 1992 season. The system would however be used on the MP4/7A's replacement, 1993's MP4/8.
With Honda pulling out of Formula One at the end of the 1992 season (after 69 wins as an engine supplier since 1983, 44 of them with McLaren), the team would be forced to use customer Ford V8 engine's in 1993, thus the MP4/7A was the last McLaren to use the Japanese engines until the McLaren Honda partnership would be renewed prior to the 2015 season.
There are no setups for this car.
This car has been used in 45 sessions.
Hungaroring1988
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Barcelona (Layout Moto OSRW62)
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