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03-31-2014, 08:02 AM
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On this day -
I've been mulling over this for a while, and a post by the lead Mclaren F1 technician at M.S.O Pani Tsouris over on Instagram re-ignited my thoughts.....
Let's have a timeline of what happened on what date with regards to the Mclaren F1, be it in development, construction, racing, speed records etc and if possible add a picture or 2 of that event on the anniversary of that event? I'll start - On this day 16 years ago, March 31st 1998, Andy Wallace piloted XP5 around VW's Ehra Lessien test track and reached an indicated 240.14 mph clicking through 47,849 miles on the odometer - still the highest top speed for a normally-aspirated production road car      
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03-31-2014, 11:41 AM
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Re: On this day -
Good Thread!
Andy did 391kmh once, this is an average top speed then this 386? Sorry but have check. :-)
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03-31-2014, 12:10 PM
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The difference in the numbers was based on the speed recorded by McLaren's own on-board sensor and the speed that VW's track engineers were willing to certify based on their own measurements.
>8^) ER
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03-31-2014, 02:47 PM
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"...JJ Lehto was awesome during that night long, treacherous night.At times he was 30sec a lap quicker than anyone else..." ---- Kuvat.fi -McLaren F1 GTR and many others!
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03-31-2014, 10:50 PM
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It's crazy to think that 16 years later... it still has the highest top speed of an N/A production car...
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04-02-2014, 02:50 PM
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04-02-2014, 07:30 PM
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04-03-2014, 03:16 PM
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Re: On this day -
So far we have -
31.03.1998 - XP5 World Record run of 240.14mph 01.04.1934 - Paul Rosche's Birthday If others can add their contributions below I can edit the original post to reflect all the info gathered, just like on the video thread
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