Silver + Orange stripes on top and sides, Gulf Logo and "03" on hood, Michelin, F1, Gulf, "03" on sides, Front + rear lights "McLaren" on hood, tampoed headlights, orange stripe on backlight crosspanel "McLaren" on hood and sides, Sponsors Logos White McLaren on the sides, Orange stripes on sides & topĭetailed headlights, Red & White stripes on sides & top, 'McLaren' on sides 'cam' above headlights, black rear fenders Headlights, yellow stripes on sides, roof, hood, '34' and HW logos on rear and hood, 'morse motors', 'hwgrfx', 'ostendorff' on sides. The McLaren F1 GTR has come out in the following 1/64 scale versions:
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The casting lost its plastic wing when it entered the mainline for the first time in 2017 the plastic wing reappeared in 2018 when it was used in the Gran Turismo series as well as the Gulf Car Culture series due the fact the original casting tool still exists in the Thailand factory. Despite the name, this casting actually depicts a McLaren F1 LM as it features the two side seats not present on the GTR racing models. The base of early versions of the casting reads McLaren F 1 GTR. 28 chassis of the 106 F1s produced were GTRs these were raced as late as 2005. The car was manufactured in numerous different configurations. Designed by Gordon Murray and powered by a 6.1L BMW S70/2 V12, the F1 GTR was a successful race car, winning 38 races of the over 120 races it participated in. That Hamilton's era at the team also yielded just a solitary drivers' title also probably represented underachievement, particularly during the three years in which the team's protege was paired with fellow British world champion Button.The McLaren F1 GTR is a high performance racing version of the standard McLaren F1 used in GT racing. Only Lewis Hamilton, winning the Drivers' Championship in 2008, has delivered any other silverware to the team.Ĭertainly there were titles that got away: McLaren would almost certainly have won both crowns in 2007 had the team not become embroiled in the damaging Spygate saga and the management's relationship with then new signing Alonso not imploded. Incredibly, the first of Hakkinen's title-winning years also represents the most recent of McLaren's eight Constructors' Championships, the length of the subsequent drought representing something of a mystery in F1 given the Woking outfit's pedigree and resources. The team that Dennis took over and revitalised at the turn of the 1980s was founded by Bruce McLaren in 1963 and had already won one constructors' title - in 1974 - and two drivers' titles, courtesy of Emerson Fittipaldi in 1974 and James Hunt two years later.īut McLaren's strike-rate subsequently became more impressive, particularly during a golden era between 19, when they plundered seven Drivers' and six Constructors' Championships with all-time F1 greats Niki Lauda, Senna and Prost.Īfter a relatively fallow period in the mid-1990s, they then struck back with Mercedes power and Mika Hakkinen in 1998-99, although were subsequently toppled by the Schumacher-Ferrari juggernaut as the new century dawned.
The first incarnation of the McLaren-Honda partnership certainly delivered world titles by the bucket load: four consecutive title doubles followed on from the inception of the relationship in 1988 with the battles between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost the defining ones of that era. It's now four years and counting since Button delivered the most recent of McLaren's race wins at the 2012 Brazilian GP - the longest drought in the team's otherwise illustrious history.Īnd it's that back catalogue of success - headlined by 12 Drivers' and eight Constructors' Championships - which continues to offer hope to both McLaren and their fans that they will eventually get it right again.
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