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The 1995 24 Hours of LeMans winning McLaren F1 GTR (chassis #01R) raced by Lanzante Motorsport (Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing) Although officially not part of any one racing series, the 24 Hours of Le Mans was still considered important enough for McLaren to enter. Competing at Le Mans meant racing against many of their normal GT1 competitors from ...
The 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 63rd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 17 and 18 June 1995 in one of the wettest races in the event's history with about 17 hours of steady rain. The race was won by the #59 McLaren F1 GTR driven by JJ Lehto , Yannick Dalmas and Masanori Sekiya entered in the GT1 category.
The McLaren F1 GTR, a GT1 car from the early era, which made its debut in 1995.This car is chassis #06R, also known as #29 Harrods Mach One Racing. Group GT1, also known simply as GT1, was a set of regulations maintained formerly by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), for Grand Tourer racing.
David Price Racing in 1997, with a Panoz GTR-1 in the FIA GT Championship In 1987, David Price moved into sports car racing , becoming a team manager for Richard Lloyd Racing . Price was approached by Sauber - Mercedes in 1988, helping the team achieve the World Sportscar Championship and a 24 Hours of Le Mans victory in 1989.
A 1997-spec F1 GTR "Long Tail", chassis #027R of Parabolica Motorsports during an FIA GT Championship event. With three F1 GT homologation street versions produced, McLaren could now develop the F1 GTR for the 1997 season. Weight was further reduced and a sequential gearbox was added. The engine was slightly destroked to 6.0 L instead of the ...
1995 was a season of great expectation for McLaren. The disappointing 1994 alliance with Peugeot had been annulled, and Mercedes-Benz switched to the team from Sauber including third-party engine builder partnership with Ilmor Engineering Ltd. after Ilmor decided to reposition its Formula One program by becoming a third-party engine builder and assembler, and thus earned full-factory works ...
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In 1995 McLaren Cars entered sports car racing using their McLaren F1 GTR in grand touring series like the BPR Global GT Series as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans.The McLaren F1s were powered by a S70 V12, leading to McLaren and BMW signing an agreement to both develop their racing teams with the assistance of BMW Motorsport.