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The McLaren F1... erh... P1 Thread
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The guy interviewed is Chris Goodwin, and he's not an engineer, he's McLaren's chief test driver... he's the one that's allegedly run a 6.37 'Ring lap.
His experience includes touring cars, FIA GT Championship, Le Mans 24h, Spa 24H, FIA GT3 Championship... he's pretty handy
His experience includes touring cars, FIA GT Championship, Le Mans 24h, Spa 24H, FIA GT3 Championship... he's pretty handy
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The guy interviewed is Chris Goodwin, and he's not an engineer, he's McLaren's chief test driver... he's the one that's allegedly run a 6.37 'Ring lap.
His experience includes touring cars, FIA GT Championship, Le Mans 24h, Spa 24H, FIA GT3 Championship... he's pretty handy
So that's why he was interesting
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OMG.
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More, please.
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More, please.
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Heres some street driving in Dubai. Nothing crazy but still cool to see it on the street. I dont think he was really pushing it either. I would of loved seeing him do a pull with the Aventador that pulled up.
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A track-only version of the P1 might be coming. LaFerrari XX rival anyone?
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/scoop/faster-mclaren-p1-track-considered
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/scoop/faster-mclaren-p1-track-considered
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I hope to god it uses the old Formula 1 V8 with its hybrid system
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I think it's more likely that Mclaren will upgrade their engine and electric motor to LaFerrari levels of power rather than get a whole new engine.
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Let a man dream!
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Just a short clip of a P1 vs Veyron pull
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Well, considering that the old F1 almost beats a Veyron, I'd be pretty surprised if the P1 didn't pulled that one of!
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Looks like the Veyron was in the wrong gear honestly. Especially from a roll, the Veyron should be all over a P1 if not faster.
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Well with the huge gap in top speed the gearing is different, and the hybrid motor in the P1 should rocket it fast at any speed. MT said the P1 didn't stop pulling until it hit top speed. The Veyron will catch and pass around 170-180mph I'm guessing. Can't wait to see the Russians line these 2 up at an unlimited 500 drag event.
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So... the P1 GTR is coming
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/first-look-986bhp-mclaren-p1-gtr-track-special
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/first-look-986bhp-mclaren-p1-gtr-track-special
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Yep, we definitely need the Russians to get their hands on this for the Unlim 500.
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New P1 GTR sketch.
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Isn't the whole point of a hyper car to be a technology showcase? The P1 is awesome because it's a Jack of All Trades. They used technology to create a car that's usable on the road and great on the track. If they try to make a hardcore track edition of it and presumably stiffen the suspension and strip out what few comforts it has, what's the point?
It'll get hammered by a superlight like a Radical anyways. At least when you get beat in a normal P1 you can keep solace in the fact your car is also a comfortable road car.
It'll get hammered by a superlight like a Radical anyways. At least when you get beat in a normal P1 you can keep solace in the fact your car is also a comfortable road car.
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Just speed, for me I don't see spending this kind of money as being more reasonable just because some of the price goes to making it street friendly. I loved the GT1 cars on the 90's because they were so close to the race cars, and I'd like to see more cars like those. I find them more interesting from a driving aspect as well as an engineering aspect.
I do kind of wish they weren't all sold as super exclusive and expensive cars though.
The stats given above make it sound like it might be pretty competitive compared to the Radical. With double the HP of the Radical it might be noticeably quicker at high speed, even with additional downforce. Were it a few hundred pounds lighter, I'd have almost no doubt that it would be faster.
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It'd be a dream result but it'd need entered in LMP1-H to even be competitive, as GTE regulations (hell, even LMP2 regs) mean the LMP1s will just blow it back to the CFRP tub.
Trackday toy. Much like the Zonda R, but then the factors such as record breaking and competing with the Ponies from Italy.
About what they could do, remove all luxuries, add more downforce and reduce drag through adaptive aero more complex than the road car, retune suspension in more than one way (remember, McLaren are an F1 team who will not just stiffen the springs. Minor tweaks are their thing) in camber, toe, roll resistance (maybe even using the S-Class' adaptive suspension tech which leans a car into corners a tad) and making them massively adaptive (computer controlled, remember?) and talking to other systems on the car, reducing unsprung weight by fitting high performance Carbon ceramic brakes (improve bump reaction, thus meaning more confidence over harsh bumps), give the hybrid system a new code to fill torque gaps in power delivery... So quite a bit is possible, and for over £1mil, the sky is the limit.
