Key dates of the F1

[Peloton25]

Indeed it is and I will. Cheers!

>8^)
ER

[hurstg01]

[Le Man]

Originally Posted by hurstg01

Enjoy,

Is that another pint you owe me

Great idea for a thread BTW

[hurstg01]

I think I owe you enough now for you to get drunk

[Le Man]

Originally Posted by hurstg01

I think I owe you enough now for you to get drunk

Several times over

[cabrio92]

Originally Posted by F1GTRUeno

Maybe the date of the most expensive sale so far?

for me not a key date but an idea for a "F1 in numbers" thread...

[Peloton25]

The most expensive public sale of a McLaren F1 was RM's London auction with the sale of chassis #065 at a price of £2,530,000. It was held on Wednesday, October 29, 2008.

Other private sales may have exceeded that figure.

>8^)
ER

[McF1]

I have included the sale date in the first post, so that we can easily find it.
I also added two new proposals:
. Crash test date (#xxx)
. Any date related to "Albert" and "Edward"?

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by McF1

I also added two new proposals:
. Crash test date (#XP2) - November 22nd, 1993
. Any date related to "Albert" and "Edward"? see below

"Driving Ambition" mentions '...early Spring, 1990' for the purchase of Albert's Ultima Kit - probably was another couple of months for build efforts to complete.

In the same chapter on the "Heavenly Twins", as Albert & Edward are referred to in the book, they note delivery of the first S70 V12 engine from BMW occurred on March 4th, 1992 and "...a second Ultima-based hack was standing there - ready and waiting. He would be christened 'Edward'."

The Certificate of Destruction for both Ultima chassis are shown in DA as well - Albert got crushed on September 18th, 1996 and Edward was a week later on September 25th, 1996.

Small quiz here - anyone know where the date came from for the barrier test of XP2 at MIRA? Please be very specific with your answer, and post the proof if you have it.

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ER

[McF1]

Post updated.

Now I am reading this:
. May 28th, 1992 - Official launch (Monaco)
. Dec. 23rd, 1992 - First prototype out of the factory (#XP1)

Does it make sense that the first prototype was out of the factory after the official launch?
What about Clinic model?

Thanks for your insight.

[Peloton25]

The Clinic Model was a non-running mockup of the F1 - not a real car, it did not have a real chassis, and it never could be driven. It wasn't even built by McLaren, but rather a prototyping company in Coventry called M.G.A Developments. It was quite a lot like the models I have here on my shelf, except instead of being 1:18 scale it was 1:1 scale.

XP1 on the other hand was very nearly a completed car - there were some details that would be altered an finalized over the following year. With some minimal exceptions, it had the proper chassis, proper drivetrain, proper suspension setup and that made it the first real McLaren F1. Each additional XP would advance things on a little bit further in the development process until they settled on moving forward with production.

>8^)
ER

[Sami Aaltonen]

Just came up;

- The last race shortail GTR?
- The last race Longtail GTR?

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by Sami Aaltonen

Just came up;

- The last race shortail GTR? #05R @ Dijon (FIA GT) - July 12th, 1998

- The last race Longtail GTR? Already covered

What else?

>8^)
ER

[Sami Aaltonen]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

What else?

>8^)
ER

Thanks.! Nothing this time, just thought was that #18R's Brazillia's race the last one shortail race, but it didn't.
Now things starts to be quite right; added on to my EXEL table these dates and updated the Curitiba/Brazil race results also there.
This thread is superb.!

[McF1]

Looking at the dates, I am surprised to see that nothing happened in 1994?

Does someone have anything related to the GTR inception, like the request from privateers to have McLaren develop a race version of the F1?