https://twitter.com/mclarenf1/status/1623366129212133389?s=46&t=M6M_PSmb1BphIMZe-FELWQ 三蚊客 (talk) 17:12, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The article claims McLaren is the only motorsports team to win the Triple Crown - didn't Mercedes also win the Triple Crown (Monaco GP, Le Mans, Indy 500)? This should be checked. SpotifyGreaterThanAppleMusic (talk) 19:11, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- The article cites several reputable sources which state that McLaren is the only team to complete the Triple Crown as of 2023. As far as I can tell, that's correct. Mercedes have never competed at the Indy 500 as a team anyway, so they wouldn't be able to make the same claim. 5225C (talk • contributions) 02:23, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- It says on Wikipedia that Mercedes won the Indy 500 in 1915. Would that not count? Both engine and chassis were Mercedes. SpotifyGreaterThanAppleMusic (talk) 20:18, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- The claim is about teams completing the Triple Crown, and the Mercedes team has never competed at the Indy 500. 5225C (talk • contributions) 01:10, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- A clarification should be added then - Mercedes also accomplished this, but in 1915 they did not enter as a team into the Indy 500, only as an individual entry. SpotifyGreaterThanAppleMusic (talk) 19:01, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Are you telling me – completely seriously –that you want a clarification added to the article to state that Mercedes has not completed the Triple Crown? 5225C (talk • contributions) 02:37, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Well yes. They either did it or they didn't. The wikipedia for the triple crown indicates both McLaren and Mercedes have done it. A clarification for that fact on top of the claim that "McLaren is the only motorsports team to win the Triple Crown" would do much good in terms of clearing the confusion. SpotifyGreaterThanAppleMusic (talk) 19:54, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Ok, I see why you've come here. The Triple Crown of Motorsport article has had a "Manufacturer and teams". A manufacturer is not the same thing as a team. As I've already stated, Mercedes have never competed in the Indy 500 as a team. Mercedes (the motorsport team) cannot claim to have completed the Triple Crown, and they've never done so. If you Google "mercedes triple crown", you'll see that this claim is never made by Mercedes, nor is it made by any reputable secondary source. The editors on the Triple Crown article have failed to distinguish between a team and a manufacturer, and I would argue that making that claim on behalf of Mercedes is incorrect and a case of original research. Either way, there is no need to add any sort of clarification to this article, as it is already abundantly clear that the claim is being made in regards to the McLaren race team, not McLaren as a constructor/manufacturer. 5225C (talk • contributions) 02:36, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I see you've made the revision on that article! Thanks a ton. I'm now satisfied with the clarifications as is. Consider it a resolved issue. SpotifyGreaterThanAppleMusic (talk) 00:53, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
