The McLaren F1... erh... P1 Thread

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There ain't a chance in hell we'll be seeing the XX Programme interact with anything but other Ferraris. Just look how many cars the FXX & 599XX ran against; none.

I am disappointed though that the P1 GTR is a client based car though. I was under the assumption McLaren had plans to run them internationally.
 
The P1 GTR has hit the track for testing.
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Here's it's interior:
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http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/stripped-out-interior-mclaren-p1-gtr-revealed
 
As wild as the P1 is, I couldn't help but feel it's underwhelming (even in GTR form) when compared to an LMP1 machine. Now THOSE are astounding to look at in person. There was a 919 at the Paris motor show and I was stunned by it. A truly memorizing machine. Why can't anyone build a street legal LMP1-esque car?
 
Eunos_Cosmo
As wild as the P1 is, I couldn't help but feel it's underwhelming (even in GTR form) when compared to an LMP1 machine. Now THOSE are astounding to look at in person. There was a 919 at the Paris motor show and I was stunned by it. A truly memorizing machine. Why can't anyone build a street legal LMP1-esque car?
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Eunos_Cosmo
As wild as the P1 is, I couldn't help but feel it's underwhelming (even in GTR form) when compared to an LMP1 machine. Now THOSE are astounding to look at in person. There was a 919 at the Paris motor show and I was stunned by it. A truly memorizing machine. Why can't anyone build a street legal LMP1-esque car?
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Call me crazy but I don't find LMP1 cars to be all that spectacular. The McLaren P1, quite the opposite.
 
Eunos_Cosmo
As wild as the P1 is, I couldn't help but feel it's underwhelming (even in GTR form) when compared to an LMP1 machine. Now THOSE are astounding to look at in person. There was a 919 at the Paris motor show and I was stunned by it. A truly memorizing machine. Why can't anyone build a street legal LMP1-esque car?
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Why would you want them to?
 
A homologation spec LMP1 car would be amazing. I'd be so much more interested in that than I am the P1.
 
Here's the problem I have with that: Supercars barely are road legal to begin with and just looking at the Maserati MC12, a car that's the closest to a old GT1 Prototype for the road as you can get at present, is a perfect example of how close that line is already being pushed. If anything, its basically a race car first and street car second (Just like the Mercedes CLK GTR). Its asking way too much to have someone build a car like that and somehow have it road legal.
 
RACECAR
Here's the problem I have with that: Supercars barely are road legal to begin with and just looking at the Maserati MC12, a car that's the closest to a old GT1 Prototype for the road as you can get at present, is a perfect example of how close that line is already being pushed. If anything, its basically a race car first and street car second (Just like the Mercedes CLK GTR). Its asking way too much to have someone build a car like that and somehow have it road legal.
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"Get" as in buy? On used market? MC-12 and all the rest in that case.
 
Beeblebrox237
A homologation spec LMP1 car would be amazing. I'd be so much more interested in that than I am the P1.
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Exactly. It's unreal how an LMP1 car looks in the flesh. Like something out of science fiction. Much, much more radical than Formula 1, in my opinion. I think LMP1 is becoming dangerously close to being as fast as F1 as well.
 
legacyMACHINE
"Get" as in buy? On used market? MC-12 and all the rest in that case.
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Well not really what I meant. I was saying that if you wanted to find a road legal car that was close to a Le Mans Prototype, that was the most recent example.
 
RACECAR
Well not really what I meant. I was saying that if you wanted to find a road legal car that was close to a Le Mans Prototype, that was the most recent example.
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I wonder about the Enzo; same engine size etc. and if you look at one smashed up it's basically a racing chassis/monocoque with the engine/train suspended behind a carbon bulkhead. Only looks like a road car with the skin on.

You're probably right though....just saying...and only because I hate the MC12 for reasons I've never understood :D
 
RACECAR
Well not really what I meant. I was saying that if you wanted to find a road legal car that was close to a Le Mans Prototype, that was the most recent example.
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Ah. Ignore me then.
 
I was over the moon when I spotted the Harrods livery on Facebook. It's totally different to, but reminiscent of the F1 at the same time.
 

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