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Old 01-11-2016, 09:21 AM   #181
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Old 04-09-2016, 03:41 AM   #182
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What do you think of these scans







For comparision of cornering speeds of F1,I have also attached cornering speeds of other cars like 918,911 GT3 RS and CCR.I find it impressive that F1 can outcorner them.
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I happened across several articles available online. I'm not sure if any of these are new (everyone here is probably familiar with the EVO issue) but I didn't see them elsewhere in this thread. The EVO and Autocar content was found on a site called issuu. The Motorsport content was found in their online archive as images so I downloaded and converted those into PDF documents.

Hosted on issue:
EVO (July 2010): Celebrating 20 Years Of The Mclaren F1

Autocar & Motor Book: F1 - Mclaren's Road Car
From the Motorsport archive:
Motorsport (July 1995): Woking Back To Happiness

Motorsport (June 1998): Winning In The Rain

Motorsport (June 2005): Won For The Road
Non-F1 content (also from issuu):
Autocar: Mclaren P1 - The Passion And People Behind Britain's New Hypercar

Autocar: Mclaren MP4-12C - The Exclusive Inside Story

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Old 05-25-2016, 09:01 AM   #184
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I find it incredibly hard to believe the F1 can outcorner the likes of the 918 and so on.

As much as I absolutely love the F1, we know it isn't the best handling car around, that it was set up for the road so it's quite soft in comparison to a lot of supercars and it's also 20+ years older than the 918, LaF, P1 so surely it can't get anywhere near them?
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I find it incredibly hard to believe the F1 can outcorner the likes of the 918 and so on.

As much as I absolutely love the F1, we know it isn't the best handling car around, that it was set up for the road so it's quite soft in comparison to a lot of supercars and it's also 20+ years older than the 918, LaF, P1 so surely it can't get anywhere near them?
Agree. And F1 won Le Mans. That is enough to me.
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I find it incredibly hard to believe the F1 can outcorner the likes of the 918 and so on.

As much as I absolutely love the F1, we know it isn't the best handling car around, that it was set up for the road so it's quite soft in comparison to a lot of supercars and it's also 20+ years older than the 918, LaF, P1 so surely it can't get anywhere near them?
Yup,I too strongly doubt it,around a track the F1 just barely beat Enzo in an Evo test.In that terms LaF,P1,918 will beat it for sure on any track but I think it may be just slightly faster than MP4-12c around the ring.You should also note that 918s speeds are not from its best laptimes and same for gumpert apollo.

But in nurburgring soft suspension is preferred over stiffer one because it is too bumpy but I think LM may give a good fight for the hybrids around a track because of its huge downforce.
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Old 05-17-2017, 05:11 AM   #187
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Re: The truly great scan thread started by Sauc3

Well I figure it's about time to revive this thread with a couple tidbits I recently stumbled across:

XP4 in it's original NZ guise back in December of '94 and earlier.








The first article was published in a December 1994 issue, meaning the photo was taken pre-December. The second article is of the event in question in December itself, published in the February issue.
Sadly at the time neither full-colour pages nor photographic paper was commonly used, so sadly this is the best we'll get. That said, these pictures are clickable for slightly higher res.
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Old 05-17-2017, 11:13 AM   #188
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Very cool - travel lugs and what look like white-lettered Michelins fitted in that first photo.

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I found several scanned articles on the German Car Forum. Some of these have been posted before. The Auto Motor Und Sport article titled "Flügel-Stürmer" is definitely new to me, however. Flemke's McLaren F1 (chassis 040) gets compared to the MP4 12C Spider.

Auto Motor Und Sport, December 1994 - "Big Mac" (In German, apparently conducted alongside Autocar)

Auto Motor Und Sport, July 2013 - "Flügel-Stürmer" (In German, can also be viewed on Auto Motor Und Sport’s website)

EVO, January 2007 - “The Greatest Group Test Ever”

EVO, September 2013 - “McLaren F1 vs Analogue Rivals”

Road & Track, June 2007 - “McLaren F1 LM”
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