the best mclaren f1 pictures ever

[Peloton25]

The blue one is a standard F1 road car wearing the High Downforce Kit or LM Kit. It's chassis #011 and was sold recently at a Christies Auction. Except for the interior, it's my favorite F1 road car as far as looks are concerned. I'm sure it's simply stunning in person.

BTW: So he doesn't have to say it, mini_magic saw that car, photograped that car, and sat in that car at the Christies Auction. He has shared a few of the photos in here already.

>8^)
ER

[mini magic]

hehe, i was gonna say it

[Peloton25]

It's a shame you weren't thinking - you could have licked it too.

>8^)
ER

[tvrfreak]

Hey, I sat in it too. I even started it up and revved it to deafening levels! And I shared all my pics.

[Stratoraptor]

Originally Posted by tvrfreak

Hey, I sat in it too. I even started it up and revved it to deafening levels! And I shared all my pics.

...and an automotive celebrity was born...

[mini magic]

off topic.

lookie what i found:






i have found more, i can't remember where tho, i'll go look on dtmpower.net, i think it was there

[Stratoraptor]

ok so this is not #001R, which number is it?...



can u post a few more pics of #001R in its original livery?

[mini magic]

pic doesn't show

[TcarR]

Judging by the scoops next to the headlights and the front air dams i'd say it was #05R run by BBA competition.

[Peloton25]

That is most certainly GTR #01R - I promise!

The caption on page 191 of "Driving Ambition" next to this photo even confirms it:

Sunny New Year: veteran Danish endurance racing driver John Nielsen gives the prototype McLaren F1 GTR, chassis '01R', its first high-speed lap in the late afternoon gloaming - Silverstone south circuit, January, 1995. Five months later this very car will bring McLaren victory in the LeMans 24-Hours classic.

There are other small photos and captions confirming that it's #01R on pages 193 & 195 of the great book.

Then on page 205 there's another caption which adds confirmation. It falls next to a photo of #01R wearing the more common Ueno Clinic livery which it wore at LeMans. It reads like this:

17-18 June 1995: The fairytale - McLaren Cars' weel-used test hack GTR - the originally papaya-and-silver liveried works development chassis '01R', leased and re-liveried for its new Japanese Ueno Clinic sponsors - screams throught the Sarthe pine forests on its way to momentous victory in the LeMans 24-Hours classic...

Why would you say that it's not #01R??

>8^)
ER

[Stratoraptor]

Picture "A":



Picture "B":



Picture "C":






the reason why i question A being #001R is because of the big difference in the front fascia to that of B. A does not have the 2 slots next to either headlamps. could #005R be the F1 GTR in picture B in racing livery?:



...or maybe its #007R that has been upgraded to LM Spec?...



...those are all speculations, but i still have a couple more things to cover...


A has the small left side intake that doesnt appear on C, instead A has some kind of black square patch where the small intake would be.

im not sure about this, but the side lettering of where it says "GTR" in picture B doesnt look black. before you dismiss this as a trick of light, i want you people to look at this photo of a 1:43 model of what maybe #001R in its original scheme:



if anyone can post more pictures of #001R in original silver/orange livery, that would be helpful!!



this post is taking too long so let finish it. A looks slightly different from the F1 GTRs in pictures B and C. could there be a chance that other chassis have been painted in the same scheme?

[MikeGTR]

With referance to the NACA ducts on the nose. All 95`GTR spec chassis were delivered with NACA ducts on the nose. It was only at the LeMans 24 hours where the nose of the 95`GTR chassis`s were modified. All 95`GTR chassis that raced during 1996 were modifed to the latest spec with the exception of the BBA chassis 05R which remained in its original 95`GTR spec through it racing life. Hope this helps

[maartenvanthek]

that nose duct thing....
#01R is the first gtr, it's the prototype, so improvements were made throughout it's life
different things were tested on that very car.
therefor, it doesn't look the same all the time...

[TcarR]

If 01R was fitted with those scoops during development, they obviosly decided against them (no scoops on Le Mans winner). Why then did they keep them on 07R and 05R? I think its possible that 05R was originally painted silver and orange before being given its Le Mans livery. The whole front end of the car in the photo is exactly like 05R. I don't see how any developments rejected by McLaren in testing would not be removed from all of the 95 GTRs before the season began.

[maartenvanthek]

but of course, the car was upgraded to the latest spec before lm
read DA, the info is second to none