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  McLaren F1 LM - RSportsCars.com
In 1995, the McLaren F1 GTR achieved its place in history by winning the Le Mans endurance race at the first attempt.
As a tribute to the memory of Bruce McLaren, all the F1 LM's were painted in the same Papaya Orange that was used on his contemporary Formula One and Can Am cars.
With 680 bhp and weighing some 130 lbs less than the F1 road car, the F1 LM is the fastest accelerating F1 of all.
www.rsportscars.com /eng/cars/mclaren_f1lm.asp   (247 words)

  
 Mclaren F1 - The Ultimate EXTREME Supercar
In 1993, McLaren set 231mph record at Italy's Nardo test track3 The McLaren that was used was identical to all the production F1's, it had the same side mirrors, same tires, standard tire pressure, the same suspensions setting....
McLaren was expected to beat their record by 6 maybe 11 mph, that would be about 220, 225 mph.
During that time McLaren was using honda motors for their race cars, so it seemed practical to use honda for the McLarens motor too.
www.angelfire.com /biz5/extremesupercars/cars/mclaren/mclarenf1.html   (1596 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > McLaren International
Bruce McLaren was as much an engineer as a racing driver and he became frustrated while driving for Cooper as he was not allowed to be involved in the design process.
McLaren's success in CanAm began in 1966 with the M6A and McLaren and Denny Hulme won the first five of the six CanAm events and finished 1-2 in the series.
This was raced by McLaren and Hulme and won the Race of Champions and the Belgian GP with McLaren driving, and the International Trophy and the Italian and Canadian Grands Prix with Hulme at the wheel.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-mclar.html   (2343 words)

  
 The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: )
McLaren are pushed down to third place in the Constructors' Championship, behind Ferrari and Williams.
McLaren's James Hunt takes the Drivers' Championship by a single point from Niki Lauda.
Bruce McLaren is killed at the Goodwood circuit while testing a Can-Am sportscar.
www.formula1.com /insight/team/5.html   (298 words)

  
 McLaren Grand Prix Team - John Hopkinson's Unofficial Page
The McLaren team is ranked together with Williams and Ferrari as one of the grandee teams in F1, with sustained success over a long period of time in grand prix racing.
McLaren continued their success in the CanAm series but tragedy struck in 1970 when Bruce McLaren was killed at the Goodwood circuit when testing a CanAm sportscar.
McLaren took over the Honda engine, when Honda withdrew from their contract with the Williams GP team, and combination of the McLaren chassis and Honda power gave the Drivers World Championship to Aryton Senna in 1988, Alain Prost 1989, Senna again in 1990 and 1991.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/john_hopkinson/mclaren.htm   (1214 words)

  
 BMW World - BMW McLaren
Developed by McLaren cars LTD, a subsidiary of the McLaren Formula One Team, the McLaren F1 GTR is the fastest, most powerful and most expensive production car in the world.
To celebrate this extraordinary achievement, McLaren produced five F1 LMs, one for each of the F1 GTRs that finished the 1995 Le Mans race, with the goal being that the LM was a 1995 F1 GTR modified as little as possible to make it a street legal supercar.
McLaren also developed an upgrade for 95 GTRs to move them to 96 GTRs in spite of the fact that the 96 model was 70% new components.
www.usautoparts.net /bmw/models/mclaren.htm   (867 words)

  
 Classic Cars Page
Silver: standard F1 Orange: F1 LM Black: F1 GT rom 1994 to May 1998, McLaren built a total of 100 F1s, 72 of which were road cars and the remaining were GTR race cars.
F1 LM The LM is the most powerful and most accelerative F1 of all.
A year later, McLaren F1 rewrote the record to 231mph, this is the final record.
www.autozine.org /classic/mclaren.htm   (3068 words)

  
 BMW World - BMW McLaren
Developed by McLaren cars LTD, a subsidiary of the McLaren Formula One Team, the McLaren F1 GTR is the fastest, most powerful and most expensive production car in the world.
To celebrate this extraordinary achievement, McLaren produced five F1 LMs, one for each of the F1 GTRs that finished the 1995 Le Mans race, with the goal being that the LM was a 1995 F1 GTR modified as little as possible to make it a street legal supercar.
McLaren also developed an upgrade for 95 GTRs to move them to 96 GTRs in spite of the fact that the 96 model was 70% new components.
www.bmwworld.com /models/mclaren.htm   (886 words)

  
 McLaren Automotive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McLaren Automotive (previously McLaren Cars) is an automaker founded in 1990 with the object of producing road cars based on Formula One technology.
The F1 was a three seat coupe with the driver situated in the middle of the car.
The McLaren F1 GTR was developed from the F1 road car, and proved highly effective in the four hour GT races in 1995, its first season of racing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McLaren_Cars   (620 words)

  
 Team McLaren Mercedes - History of McLaren le Mans
McLaren’s success at the event began in 1995, when the team entered the McLaren F1 GTR model.
The results of these changes were that the lap times improved by four seconds from the previous year and the F1 GTR piloted by Frenchmen Jean-Marc Gounon and Pierre-Henri Raphanel and Swede Anders Olofsson, went on to win the GT Category and finish second overall, completing 360 laps at an average speed of 202.993km/h.
A second GTR filled the final podium position, completing 358 laps at an average speed of 201.858kph and was piloted by Peter Kox, Roberto Ravaglia and Eric Helary.
www.mclaren.com /historyofmclaren/lemans.php   (242 words)

  
 Ferrari Enzo vs. McLaren F1   (Site not responding. Last check: )
To this end, the McLaren F1 was the first road car to use a complete carbon fiber chassis and body with lightweight composites and exotic metals throughout.
McLaren chose to reject technology like power steering, powerassisted brakes, anti–lock brakes, traction control, and stability control, all well known and accessible at the time by virtue of its relationship with the McLaren Formula One race team.
The McLaren F1 was a successful attempt to build the best road car ever, regardless of costs, while the Enzo was always intended to make money for Ferrari, which it most certainly has.
www.ferraris-online.com /Articles/SCM_200408_SS.shtml   (1489 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | MOTORSPORT | McLaren sound F1 warning
McLaren have sent an ominous warning to their Formula One rivals at the end of a major pre-season Formula One test.
Even without the presence of McLaren's arch-rivals Ferrari in Valencia, that is a worrying sign for McLaren's opposition with the season starting in Australia on 4 March.
Test driver Alexander Wurz made it a one-two for McLaren, driving the team's 2000 car, which is adapted to comply with new rules imposed for this year.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/motorsport/1170863.stm   (360 words)

  
 McLaren F1 information, specifications, history, and images.
In 1995, seven McLaren F1 GTR's were entered into the grueling and prestigious LeMans 24 Hours race.
McLaren became the first manufacturer to score four of the top five places with a vehicle debut.
The F1 GTR cars were built by McLaren cars LTD which is a subsidiary of the McLaren Formula One Team.
www.conceptcarz.com /vehicle/z648/McLaren_F1/default.aspx   (607 words)

  
 McLaren Mercedes F1
McLaren is one of the most successful teams in Formula One.
McLaren International, now known as McLaren Racing, is formed, the result of a merger between Team McLaren and Project Four, a successful British racing company led by Ron Dennis.
McLaren's domination of the sport harvests three more consecutive Drivers' and Constructors' Championships with Alain Prost in 1989 and Ayrton Senna in 1990 and 1991.
www.rit.edu /~nxm1464/history.html   (862 words)

  
 pitpass - the latest, hottest F1 & A1GP news
The first two years of the McLaren F1 team were dogged by the lack of a suitable engine, but the availability of the DFV in 1968 elevated McLaren to the status of a top team.
The last year that McLaren used the TAG engine was 1987, by which time it was slipping behind and John Barnard had decamped to Ferrari.
To its credit, McLaren, and its drivers, rose to the occasion, but the poor start to the season meant that the Woking cars had to be pushed ever harder, and consequently paid the price.
www.pitpass.com /src/teams/mclaren.php   (2896 words)

  
 ****ing McLaren F1 - Ultimatecarpage.com forums
The F1 was by farrrrr the best supercar in the world for a good 8 years, and its performance is hard to match even today.
The F1 is a true and pure supercar- a relatively lightweight with a V12 which CAN go around corners.
He didn't choose the McLaren F1, he was at tie with the Enzo and F1.
www.ultimatecarpage.com /forum/showthread.php?t=9611   (482 words)

  
 Mclaren F1
The McLaren F1 is a supercar engineered and produced by McLaren Cars, a subsidiary of the British McLaren Group that, among others, owns the McLaren Mercedes Formula One team.
The McLaren F1 was the fastest production car ever built (having achieved a top speed of 240.14 mph, 386.5 km/h) until surpassed in 2005 by the Koenigsegg CCR, and then the Bugatti Veyron in 2006.
When McLaren was done with the cars they destroyed both of them to keep away the specialist magazines and because they did not want the car to be associated with "kit cars".
exotic-cars.info20.com /mclaren-f1/mclaren-f1.htm   (426 words)

  
 McLaren F1
The McLaren F1 is probably the most exotic of the exotics, and definitely one of the best looking.
The F1 LM, or the Le Mans version, is the racing version of this fine automobile.
The year F1 debuted it won every race it entered except for one (again, thanks to Chris for this info).
www.chem.ucla.edu /~na/mclaren.html   (276 words)

  
 Motor Madness - McLaren F1   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The McLaren F1 materialises the dream of a single man. Not just any man, but one of the most imaginative and successful engineers that Formula 1 racing has known.
When he moved to McLaren, it was to design a sports car to beat the world, and he was given carte blanche by Mansour Ojeh and Ron Dennis to pursue the dream, regardless of cost.
McLaren insists on absolute regularity of the stitches and their alignment, and the workmanship is superb.
www.geocities.com /MotorCity/Downs/4455/mclaren.htm   (2793 words)

  
 David Coulthard - McLaren   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The company Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd was formed by Bruce McLaren in 1963 and they made their F1 debut at Monaco in 1966.
The death of Bruce McLaren in 1970 was untimely and occurred while he was testing a a CanAm race car.
In 1995 McLaren entered into a long term partnership with Mercedes-Benz, who supply badged engines to the team, which are in fact constructed by Ilmor Engineering in the UK.
www.davidcoulthard.com /mclaren.html   (400 words)

  
 Mclaren F1 painting
Conceived in 1990 the McLaren F1 was to be one of the most fantastic designs every created in the automotive world.
In its time the McLaren was one of the fastest cars in the world.
This windswept scene is the perfect setting for a painting of the sleek and elegant McLaren F1.
www.tsautoart.com /mclaren.html   (146 words)

  
 The McLaren F1
On March 31, 1998, the McLaren F1 obliterated the production road car world speed record, achieving a new official top speed of 240mph/387km’h at Germany’s VW Ehra-Lessien proving ground.
A team of four McLaren F1 road car engineers together with Technical Director Gordon Murray ran XP5, a standard F1 road car built in 1993, for the top speed record runs.
Driven by racing driver, Andy Wallace, the F1 took just one attempt to raise McLarens previously unofficial mark of 231mph set at Nardo in 1993.
www.expage.com /mclarenf1   (262 words)

  
 McLaren F1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordon Murray's target for the McLaren F1 was a curbweight of 1000kg (note that his primary target was weight, not speed records.), but ended up being 1138kg, an additional 138kg.
Bill Gates never owned an F1 The McLaren that went 240mph was a prototype so it is quicker than the regular production cars - While XP5 is a prototype, it was "Road Car Spec" when it did the top speed run.
During its pre-production stage, McLaren comissioned Kenwood to create a lightweight car audio system for the car; Kenwood, between 1992 and 1998 used the F1 to promote its products in print advertisements and brochure covers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McLaren_F1   (2826 words)

  
 McLaren F1 super fast sports car models with sports car picture wallpaper i
The 6.1L V12 engine, developed by BMW's M Power division exclusively for the McLaren, is rev-limited to 7500 rpm in stock form.
The first McLaren underwent high-speed testing in 1993, breaking the Jag's street-legal top speed record, with a figure of 231 mph using a pre-production 585 hp engine.
Moreover, the F1 can speed to 200 mph in only 28 seconds, which is proving hard to beat.
www.supercars.dk /McLaren/McLaren-F1.aspx   (454 words)

  
 Mclaren F1 - Cars Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Mclaren F1 : Just to set a few things straight.
As far as being a second hand car, if you were to purchase one, McLaren would re-trim and respray the car how you wanted it.
It would not be fair to say that no car before the McLaren was built with the same "the best, regardless of cost" ethos but it is surely the only car in the world with which form follows function so closely.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /cars/mclaren-f1   (244 words)

  
 McLaren Mercedes F1   (Site not responding. Last check: )
McLaren Mercedes F1 is used to determine the background color of the webpage, the following hex #c0c0c0 refers to the color gray.
This is the new McLaren Mercedes 2004 Formula One car,the MP4-19, which made its track debut at the Valencia circuit Spain with David Coulthard at the wheel.
Currently team McLaren is in fifth position for the Constructors' Championship title.
www.rit.edu /~nxm1464/index.html   (187 words)

  
 UT Models McLaren F1 LM   (Site not responding. Last check: )
By the end of the year, McLaren had been convinced to build racecars for wealthy customers who wanted to bring their McLarens to competition.
Many people consider the McLaren F1 LM to be the world's ultimate roadcar.
A close associate of mine owns a McLaren F1 LM (chassis #LM03) and it is occasionally kept where I work.
home.att.net /~e.timoney/UT_F1_LM.html   (342 words)

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