{"id":610181,"date":"2026-09-24T10:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/610181\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:26:09","slug":"formula-1-bruce-mclaren-trust-settles-debate-over-whether-speedmark-is-a-kiwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/610181\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1: Bruce McLaren Trust settles debate over whether Speedmark is a kiwi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">It also explained the British national anthem is played when McLaren wins because the Bruce McLaren Motor Racing company was registered in England.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The Bruce McLaren Trust has answered fans' burning questions about the company after the release of its new logo. Photo \/ McLaren, Photosport\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The Bruce McLaren Trust has answered fans&#8217; burning questions about the company after the release of its new logo. Photo \/ McLaren, Photosport<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">It addressed speculation about the Speedmark, which will be retained by the motor company, and put to rest suggestions it represents a kiwi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe Speedmark is not a kiwi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAfter Marlboro withdrew their sponsorship of the team, the then Chevron logo needed to change and in 1997, the new Speedmark appeared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cConceived by an in-house design team, it echoed the distinctive vortices created by the rear wing of the F1 race car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The Bruce McLaren Trust confirmed the McLaren Speedmark (left) is not a kiwi. Photo \/ Photosport\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The Bruce McLaren Trust confirmed the McLaren Speedmark (left) is not a kiwi. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">However, the \u201cSpeedy Kiwi\u201d, which was introduced in 1971, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/motorsport\/formula-1\/mclaren-family-petrol-station-inspires-new-mclaren-racing-logo\/5JEBBUYG2NBQ7JXRJA3JZKOBVY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been retained to honour Bruce McLaren\u2019s New Zealand roots<\/a> and the country\u2019s long-standing place in the company\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The &quot;Speedy Kiwi&quot; design will be retained by McLaren. Photo \/ McLaren\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The &#8220;Speedy Kiwi&#8221; design will be retained by McLaren. Photo \/ McLaren<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">The trust is a New Zealand-registered charity whose trustees include the racing driver\u2019s daughter, Amanda McLaren. McLaren Racing is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which is owned by Mumtalakat and CYVN Holdings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Mumtalakat is Bahrain\u2019s sovereign investment fund, while CYVN is an Abu Dhabi-based investment firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Although the McLaren Group endorses the trust, the two are separate entities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Amanda McLaren still attends company events and has taken on an ambassadorial role for McLaren Automotive and McLaren Racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It also explained the British national anthem is played when McLaren wins because the Bruce McLaren Motor Racing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[53396,795,138,49063,4101,679,29188,185,194,30706,4262,169572,111,139,69,1523,51177,106657,300709,9438,14905],"class_list":["post-610181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-53396","tag-bruce","tag-business","tag-companys","tag-debate","tag-forced","tag-formula","tag-is","tag-kiwi","tag-logo","tag-mclaren","tag-mclarens","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-settle","tag-settles","tag-speedmark","tag-trust","tag-whether"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}