F1 Xp1

Murray the f1s legendary designer had handed down an edict late in 1992 that xp1 would be completed by christmas come hell or high water.

F1 xp1. With over 6000 man hours put into building the prototype the late december crunch to get the car completed is known within the mclaren team as the lost weekend. Ron dennis promised lewis hamilton him this car if lewis ever won 2 consecutive championships with mclaren. The ultra rare mclaren f1 gtr xp1 lm at mtc. Before getting airborne however he was determined to drive the f1 for the first time despite the fact that with its broken clutch the xp1 had only a single gear to offer.

In 2007 lewis hamilton joined the mclaren f1 team something that he had been destined for since he was 10 years old. Of the production run of six five f1 lms were sold and the sixth the papaya orange prototype f1 lm named xp1 lm was retained by mclaren and used as the platform for the continued development of the f1 chassis. Some years ago this month mclaren scored a famous victory at the 1995 24 hours of le mans. While the unpainted f1 xp1 was destroyed during engine testing in namibia xp2 was crashed under controlled circumstances only for xp3 to remain gordon murrays personal car up until recently.

And when he joined the team he told ron dennis who was still in charge at. 25 years later weve returned in the exact same car chas. So lewis put an identifying mark somewhere in the car so that mclaren wont try and give him a replica which makes this one even more special.