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McLaren MP4/2 TAG #7 A. Prost Portuguese GP Winner 1984 Minichamps 1:18

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McLaren MP4/2 TAG #7 A. Prost Portuguese GP Winner 1984 Minichamps 1:18 537841807 Resin
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Minichamps' 1:18 resin McLaren MP4/2 TAG reproduces car #7, driven by Alain Prost to victory at the 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix, the season finale of one of Formula 1's closest-ever title fights against teammate Niki Lauda. The sealed one-piece body carries the iconic Marlboro McLaren livery in fine, hand-finished detail. A genuinely significant piece of 1980s turbo-era F1 history.
McLaren MP4/2 TAG #7 A. Prost Portuguese GP Winner 1984 Minichamps 1:18
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Car Brand
McLaren
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Resin
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
537841807
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About the McLaren MP4/2 TAG #7 A. Prost Portuguese GP Winner 1984 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 resin reproduces the McLaren MP4/2 TAG, car #7 driven by Alain Prost to victory at the 1984 Portuguese Grand Prix, the season finale of a title fight decided by half a point against teammate Niki Lauda. The sealed body carries McLaren's Marlboro livery in fine, hand-finished resin detail.

Winning the final race of a season and still losing the championship by the narrowest margin in F1 history is a genuinely rare outcome, and that is exactly what happened to Prost at Estoril.

The Closest Title Fight in F1 History

A Teammate Battle Decided by Half a Point

Prost and Lauda spent 1984 fighting each other more than any external rival, driving identical McLaren MP4/2 TAG-Porsche cars through a season that came down to the final race at Estoril. Prost's win there was ultimately not enough, with Lauda securing the title by the smallest margin in the sport's history at that point.

The TAG-Porsche Turbo Advantage

McLaren's partnership with Porsche's TAG-badged turbo engine gave the team a genuine performance edge through 1984, a technical advantage that made the Prost-Lauda intra-team fight possible in the first place by putting both drivers consistently ahead of the field.

Resin Casting for a Classic Turbo-Era Livery

This model has no opening panels, cast as a sealed one-piece resin body, and the MP4/2's narrow, low-slung 1984 silhouette, along with its distinctive red and white Marlboro livery, is reproduced here with the smooth, consistent surfacing resin allows on a shape with far fewer compound curves than a modern F1 car. The livery's sharp red and white boundaries are applied by tampo print, holding clean, straight edges across the sidepods and nose rather than a blurred transition. The narrow front wing and period-correct rear wing profile hold thin, accurate proportions, and the model's light weight in the hand reflects the genuinely minimal 1984-regulation single-seater it reproduces.

A Defining Season on a Classic F1 Shelf

Positioning Within McLaren's Turbo Era

Paired with a Lauda-liveried MP4/2 from the same season, this Prost car completes one of the most compelling teammate rivalries a collection can display side by side.

Footprint and Display Notes

At 1:18 the MP4/2's narrow, elegant proportions contrast sharply with wider modern F1 machinery, worth grouping with other 1980s turbo-era single-seaters.

For a collector focused on F1's classic turbo era, this Portuguese GP winner documents one of the sport's genuinely closest and most memorable seasons.

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