Key dates of the F1

[McF1]

Hello all,
I have been thinking it could be good to gather in one place the milestones of the McLaren F1.
I was hoping you could help me fill in the blanks and propose other key dates.

Road version / GTR

. 1988, Sep. 12th - Inception of the F1, the infamous discussion of G.Murray and R.Dennis
. 1989, Mar. 17th - McLaren Cars' first press release stating their intention to design and build "a unique super performance road car"
. 1990, Feb. 23rd - "F1" set as official name
. 1990, Mar. 8th - Original 10-hour meeting
. 1990, Spring - Purchase of "Albert" Ultima kit
. 1990, end of Jul. - Impromptu meeting of G.Murray and P.Rosche on the potential for BMW to build the engine for the McLaren F1 (Hockenheim, Germany)
. 1991, Dec. - First test-rig run of the BMW S70/2 engine (Munich, Germany)
. 1992, Mar. 4th - Delivery of the first S70 V12 engine from BMW
. 1992, May 28th - Official launch (Monaco)
. 1992, Dec. 23rd - First prototype out of the factory (#XP1)
. 1993, Mar. 24th - XP1 crashed and destroyed during hot weather testing in the Namibian desert (#XP1)
. 1993, Nov. 22nd - Crash test date (#XP2)
. 1993, Dec. 23rd - First F1 out of the factory (#002)
. 1994 - Some certain F1 owners expressed their interest in a racing version of the car
. 1994 - Ray Bellm and Michael Cane formed GTC Motorsport to pursue their common objective of running a Mclaren F1 GTR in GT motor racing
. 1994, Nov. 28th - Gulf Oil announced it was to sponsor a Mclaren F1 GTR in the following years Le Mans and in the BPR series throughout the same year
. 1995, Jan. 13th - Launch of the '95 GTR (#01R)
. 1995, Feb. 25th - First race of the GTR
. 1995, Feb. 25th - First win of GTR '95 (Jerez, Spain) (winner #02R)
. 1995, Jun. 18th - Le Mans 24hrs (winner #01R)
. 1995, Dec. 7th - LM launch party
. 1995, Dec. 15th - First GTR '96 out of the factory (testing of #10R)
. 1996, Mar. 3rd - First win of GTR '96 (Paul Ricard, France) (#12R)
. 1996, Sep. 18th - Destruction of "Albert" chassis
. 1996, Sep. 25th - Destruction of "Edward" chassis
. 1996, Nov. 18th - First GTR '97 out of the factory (#19R)
. 1997, Apr. 6th - First win of GTR '97 (Silverstone, Great Britain -British Racing Driver's Club GT Championship) (#27R)
. 1997, Apr. 22nd - Last GTR produced (#28R)
. 1998, Mar. 31st - World speed record (A.Wallace at the wheel) (#XP5)
. 1998, May 25th - Last F1 produced (#075)
. 1998, Jul. 12th - Last race of Short tail GTR (Dijon, France) (#05R)
. 1999, Feb. 7th - Tiff Needell sets the fastest lap record of a British circuit averaging 195.3mph round the 2-mile banked circuit at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire. (#XP5)
. 2001, Nov. 11th - Last win of GTR (Mine circuit) (#19R)
. 2005, Sep. 25th - Last race of GTR (Fuji Circuit, Japan) (#25R)
. 2005, Sep. 25th - Last race of Long tail GTR (Fuji Circuit, Japan) (#25R)
. 2010, Apr. 27th - Gathering with 21 cars (MTC, UK) (061, 059, 020, 050, 040, 003, 001, 006, 075, 56XPGT, XP1 LM, XP5, 01R, 04R, 07R, 10R, 14R, 13R, 16R, 12R and finally 20R)

. 1998 - Less expensive public sale MF 3,800,000 (#007)
. 2008, Oct. 29th - Most expensive public sale £2,530,000 (#065)

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by McF1

Hello all,
I was thinking it could be good to gather in one place the milestones of the McLaren F1. What do you think?

Great idea.

I've borrowed a couple from an earlier post of mine and added them in blue to your list below. There might be other dates of importance that could be included as well. If you want, you can continue to edit that first post as time goes on to keep all the details together at the top.

. Inception of the F1, the infamous discussion of G.Murray and R.Dennis. - September 12th, 1988
. First prototype out of the factory - December 23rd, 1992
. Official launch (in Monaco, right?) Yes - May 28th, 1992
. First F1 out of the factory - December 23rd, 1993 (#002)
. Launch of the '95 GTR - January 1995 (actual date needed)
. First race of the GTR (Jerez 1995 I think, with pole position and victory) Yes - February 25th, 1995 (#02R)
. 1995 Le Mans 24hrs - June 18th, 1995
. Last GTR produced - April 22nd, 1997
. Last F1 produced - May 25th, 1998
. World speed record (with A.Wallace in 1998 I think) - March 31st, 1998

What other important dates are we missing?

>8^)
ER

[McF1]

Thank you Peloton, that is what I meant to do too.
Excellent idea to add the car number.
Let's make it a comprehensive list of key dates.

[cabrio92]

Very cool

Except dates from the conception, it is nearly complete, maybe we can add LM GT launch dates.

[hurstg01]

9th January 1995 was the launch date of the GTR - it says so in one of my press packs

[Peloton25]

Cool - I wonder if the Launch Party was held that same day?

Speaking of...

LM Launch Party - December 7th, 1995.

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ER

[hurstg01]

How about when first 1996 GTR was completed and when the first 1997 GTR was completed? As well as the dates of their first pole position and Win......

[Peloton25]

I think the date for 01R and 10R's completion are in DA somewhere, don't know about 19R. If not I have them elsewhere.

>8^)
ER

[hurstg01]

#19R - completed 18th November 1996

[McF1]

Thank you all for your contribution and suggestions.
From now on, I edit the first post in bold to show the updates.
Thanks to doublecheck!

[hurstg01]

#10R was ready for testing on December 12th 1995

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by McF1

Last race of GTR

Not counting any of the historic stuff like the GT90's series, Modena Trackdays and the like, the last official race a McLaren F1 GTR competed in was held September 25th, 2005 at Fuji Circuit in Japan. GTR #25R competed in the GT500 class in the Super GT series (formerly AJGTC) placing 18th overall/17th in class with driver's Mikio Hitotsuyama & Eiichi Tajima.

You don't have to include all that detail in your list but I figured I'd offer it here since I had it handy. Here's a very special photo from that day as well, with a rainbow hanging just above the car in the center of the image.

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ER

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by hurstg01

#19R - completed 18th November 1996

This jives with the list I have.

Originally Posted by hurstg01

#10R was ready for testing on December 12th 1995

This date, however, is shown as December 15th, 1995.

On the same list, #01R's date is January 13th, 1995 which is a couple of days after the date on that Press Release.

>8^)
ER

[McF1]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

This date, however, is shown as December 15th, 1995.

On the same list, #01R's date is January 13th, 1995 which is a couple of days after the date on that Press Release.

Thanks again for your inputs.
In that case, what do you propose we retain as the date?

[Peloton25]

A few more blanks to fill in...

Originally Posted by McF1

. First win of GTR 96 - #12R @ Paul Ricard on March 3rd 1996

. First win of GTR 97 #27R @ Silverstone (BRDC GTC) on April 6th, 1997. The Hockenheim FIA GT race you noted was a week later on the 13th of April.

. Last win of GTR - #24R @ Silverstone (BRDC GTC) on March 28th, 1999 (unless someone has something older?)

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ER