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As can be seen from the McLaren F1 LM and the McLaren F1 GTR track variants, the track performance potential is much higher than that in the standard F1 road car due to the fact that the car should be comfortable and usable in everyday conditions. The suspension is a double wishbone system with an unusual design. Longitudinal wheel compliance ...
The T.50 has been described by Gordon Murray Automotive as being the "spiritual successor to the Murray-devised McLaren F1". The T.50 shares familiar features with the F1: a central driving position with two passenger seats flanking the driver, a six-speed manual gearbox, V12 powertrain, small opening 'ticket' windows in the otherwise fixed ...
A 1984 McLaren MP4/2, the #7 car driven by Alain Prost. The McLaren MP4/2 was a Formula One car produced by McLaren for the 1984 season. An iteration of it, the MP4/2B, was used in the 1985 season, and a slightly updated version, the MP4/2C, raced in the 1986 season for McLaren. It was closely based on the MP4/1E model that was used as a test ...
The McLaren MP4-20 was the car with which the McLaren team competed in the 2005 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Adrian Newey , Paddy Lowe , Pat Fry , Mike Coughlan and Peter Prodromou with Mario Illien designing the bespoke Ilmor engine.
The MCL32 was the first McLaren F1 car not to field any British drivers regularly in the McLaren driver's line-up since the MP4-21 in 2006, when McLaren paired the Finnish Kimi Räikkönen and Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya (who was replaced mid-season by Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa) as their 2006 season drivers.
The M7B was a one-off conversion of M7A/3, the car which, in its original specification, brought the first F1 Grand Prix win for McLaren Cars at the Belgian GP in 1968. The fuel was stored low and centrally in bags which were housed inside L72 aluminium pontoons, riveted either side of the cockpit and terminating at the engine by a new, full ...
BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions following the Singapore Grand Prix.
At 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) wide and 1.6 metres (5 ft 3 in) high; the T.25 is smaller than Daimler AG's popular Smart. [2] The centralized driving position is also a feature of Murray's iconic McLaren F1; central instrumentation and controls are borrowed from Formula One.