Most McLaren F1's in one picture? - Page 4

FortuneF1 · #46 10-06-2005, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ArchangelGTR

An old one from my collection:

that must be the 1997 race at silverstone...where the race was called due to the increasingly bad weather and the kox/ravaglia fina car barely won...

Peloton25 · #47 10-06-2005, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by FortuneF1

that must be the 1997 race at silverstone...where the race was called due to the increasingly bad weather and the kox/ravaglia fina car barely won...

Actually it's the Sebring race here in the USA.

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ArchangelGTR · #48 10-06-2005, 10:03 AM

Peloton is correct. That is a photo from the actual race in Sebring. The sunny pictures in the 1997 GT Endurance for Sebring is incorrect - taken during practice/qualifying. The Sebring race was done in the rain.

Peloton25 · #49 10-06-2005, 11:06 AM

Here's an image I pieced together of the F1s in the BMW Museum. In the original shot, the photo is split at the pole between the V12 LMR and GTR #18R, putting them at opposite ends of the picture.

Also, here's a better version of a shot that Chris included on page 1 with the included caption from Driving Ambition. I realized a while back that there is a problem with the caption. Anyone else realize what it is?

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F1 monster · #50 10-06-2005, 11:30 AM

Or any pics from Bruneii? That always seems to be a hard nut to crack.

F1 monster · #51 10-06-2005, 11:37 AM

I think tvrfreak is having hosting issues...all of his links on his site seem to be broken??! If anyone else has his pics hosted, please share. This is such an awesome thread!!!

Peloton25 · #52 10-06-2005, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by F1 monster

Or any pics from Bruneii? That always seems to be a hard nut to crack.

Did you mean to put this post in the multiple F1 thread? I certainly haven't heard of any wrecked F1s from Brunei.

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F1 monster · #53 10-06-2005, 12:54 PM

Ooh, yeah. Please move it if you can. Thanks!

drewwtms · #54 10-06-2005, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Peloton25

I realized a while back that there is a problem with the caption. Anyone else realize what it is?

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That's not XP3.

hurstg01 · #55 10-06-2005, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by drewwtms

That's not XP3.

xp3 has the high-mounted mirrors? so that cant be xp3?........

bucciali · #56 10-06-2005, 01:49 PM

Is it 001 then?

Peloton25 · #57 10-06-2005, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by drewwtms

That's not XP3.

Correct!

XP3 does not have high mirrors, and to my knowledge it never has.

What it does have that are different from the car in those photos are the prototype corner lenses. We saw them in the recent photos of XP3 when Gordon particpated in the Alfred Dunhill Motorities Tour. This would not be something that could be easily changed, and there would be no reason to upgrade the nose piece to production spec, and then revert back to the earlier style.

I really don't know which car it is, but that detail certainly rules out XP3 in my mind. We know its an early car since it has the Citroen-sourced mirrors, but as for which chassis it is, that's going to be a tough one to figure out.

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FortuneF1 · #58 10-07-2005, 01:48 AM

damn i was too slow... its not xp3...at least i realized it...thats good for something right? o and my bad on the sebring photo, i assumed it was silverstone because i did not know the sebring race was run in the rain...

europerules · #59 10-08-2005, 11:56 AM

wasn't there a 10th anniversary run through france...?

Peloton25 · #60 10-08-2005, 12:02 PM

If it happened, no photos ever materialized from it.

In this day of digital cameras and cellphone cameras, I find that very hard to believe.

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