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McLaren’s divisively-styled Senna has joined the ranks of the F1 and P1 GTRs with its own track version, the McLaren Senna GTR.
Only 75 examples of the GTR will be produced, each priced at £1 million.
It’ll weigh roughly the same as the road-going Senna, at 1198kg dry, but will generate up to 1000kg of downforce. A race-style transmission, revised double wishbone suspension, and Pirelli slick tyres are also now part of the GTR’s diet.
McLaren Automotive CEO Mike Flewitt says the cars will be hand-assembled in Woking, England, during 2019.
“Excelling on the track underpins the heritage of the McLaren brand and is as important and relevant today as it has ever been,” says Flewitt.
McLaren says it’s taking the ‘form follows function’ approach as it did with the road car – something which could explain the contentious style – which gives the GTR a wider track and a larger front splitter, as well as doors being as close to the centre of the car as possible and a polycarbonate ‘ticket’ window.
“The McLaren Senna was designed from the outset with the full spectrum of road and track requirements in mind, so developing a GTR version is within the scope of the original project,” says design engineering director Dan Parry-Williams.
“The McLaren Senna GTR Concept unveiled in Geneva is not the finished article but it does give a clear indication of our thinking for the car, which promises to be the most extreme and exciting McLaren to drive for many years, if not ever.”
