the best mclaren f1 pictures ever

[andybee]

np!

[Cockrocket]

Well on pages 1 and 2 i only see 2 pics of the blue mclaren and then load sof large attachmnets whuch after a long time downloaidng just give me this gobbledy gook meesage basically saying cant find the image. Shame i want high res images of the blue mclaren as the exoticcarsite.com only gives low res images

Please tel me a way of accessing high res imahes of the blue mclaren and if any1 has high res images of the 1997 gulf mclaren gtr "longtail" it would be most appreciated!!

[murraydeschot]

Don't know about "Best Picture Ever", that Blue coloured Big Mac, must rank as one of the Best F1's Ever!

[murraydeschot]

Which chassis number is the blue car?

[murraydeschot]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

I wasn't able to find them online, so here they are:





Note that the lower front facia seen in these photos is slightly different that what you see in photo A & B of stratoraptor's earlier post. I think that these may be some of the first photos ever taken of #01R and that the revised facia came later in the development process.

BTW: If anyone has any others, please share as I want them too.

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ER

I strongly believe that this is actually #07R. It's identical to the photos I have taken of it at the trackday where i drove in it at Knockhill circuit in 1998. The front spoiler ducts and the two NACA ducts on the bonnet/hood are identical. I would be VERY surprised if it's not!

If I get ahold of a scanner I'll get them on the 'net. But don't hold your breath!

[Peloton25]

Given your info about the color of #07R when you saw it, you could very well be right. I always thought these pics were a little odd given that in all the other photos of #01R that can be confirmed as #01R it was wearing the "GTR" script across it's flanks. I know that's the way it rolled out of the factory when they completed it and couldn't think of a reason for them to remove it prior to the Ueno Clinic livery refit.

After looking at all the photos again, one other thing that is different with these shots is that #01R, in it's prototype livery, always had silver-colored wing end plates with "GTR" embossed in them whereas the car in these photos does not. It's a minor detail, but when you put it all together it just makes sense.

>8^)
ER

[murraydeschot]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

Given your info about the color of #07R when you saw it, you could very well be right. I always thought these pics were a little odd given that in all the other photos of #01R that can be confirmed as #01R it was wearing the "GTR" script across it's flanks. I know that's the way it rolled out of the factory when they completed it and couldn't think of a reason for them to remove it prior to the Ueno Clinic livery refit.

After looking at all the photos again, one other thing that is different with these shots is that #01R, in it's prototype livery, always had silver-colored wing end plates with "GTR" embossed in them whereas the car in these photos does not. It's a minor detail, but when you put it all together it just makes sense.

>8^)
ER

That's why I was a bit confused too, as 07R didn't have the GTR script across it, however my memory/anoraksia didn't run to remembering front spoiler/NACA inlet details, until I fished out the photo's I took of the car!

That IS 07R! No doubt about it!

[///M-power]

only pic of a GTR with they vents is this one

and

[murraydeschot]

Originally Posted by ///M-power

only pic of a GTR with they vents is this one

and

That's 07R after being resprayed in Papaya, although, adding to the confusion here, the front spoiler looks different to when 'she' was in her Orange/Silver colour scheme.

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by ///M-power

only pic of a GTR with they vents is this one

Maybe you weren't aware, but all of the early 1995 GTRs had those same vents in the nose to start with. #07R seems to be the only F1 GTR that still has them to this day though.

Here's a shot of 5 of the first 8 GTRs - #07R is on the far left:



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ER

[///M-power]

thanks for that pic,i never knew about that.

[Peloton25]

The face of the GTRs changed slightly from their introduction - I can only assume due to different needs in the airflow and aerodynamics. You'll notice that the lower facia of the center Gulf car in that photo is unique - that's because GTR #04R was wrecked badly prior to that photo and the Gulf team replaced it with GTR #08R which when built had received an update to that area.

What makes it more complicated, is that each car was privately owned, so when McLaren Cars would identify and improvement or update, the teams all had to pay McLaren Cars to refit the car with it. In some cases like the Gulf GTC team I believe they went with each one that the factory offered, and they even replaced their 1995 GTRs with new 1996 models during the off season. However, the two cars on the right of that photo (GTR #03R and #06R) were run by Dave Price Racing and they chose to add their own updates to the cars for the 1996 race season.

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ER

[andybee]

...correct, the the two main differences between the DPR cars in 96 with the side sills and the carbon (not perspex) engine cover, which McLaren then adopted on the LTail

[teflon]

andybee,

Do you mean, "BPR"?

Greg A

[Peloton25]

No he meant 'DPR' as in "Dave Price Racing" - the Harrods and the West GTRs were campaigned by them.

>8^)
ER