Mclaren P1 GTR Spins Out at Laguna Seca – Video

 

While spectating one of the first Mclaren GTR private track days at Laguna Seca, one of the demo/factory owned P1 GTRs nearly crashed into the concrete barrier at the infamous corkscrew turn. The car was being driven by a professional driver; he was to set a laptime so the P1 GTR clients can try to match or beat the lap he sets. He was going absolutely 100% and overtook a handful of drivers.

The GTR utilizes a massaged version of the P1’s twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V-8 and electric motor, thus enjoying an 83-hp advantage over its road-legal sibling. McLaren coaxes an extra 62 ponies from the V-8 and extracts another 20 horsepower from the electric motor, landing just shy of 1000 horsepower (986, to be precise). Pirelli slicks stretched over center-lock 19-inch wheels do their best to route the powertrain’s might to the pavement, and they’re aided by an impressive aerodynamics package.

The suspension sits nearly two inches lower than stock, and the front track is 3.2 wider. McLaren also stripped 110 pounds from the P1’s body, mostly by chucking anything related to “public highway use.” We take that to mean airbags, which aren’t present in photos, as well as sound-deadening materials and some interior trim. The P1’s glass roof panel and engine cover are replaced by carbon-fiber pieces, and the side windows are polycarbonate with a racy little sliding window on the driver’s side.