US EditionMcLaren’s New Track-Only Hypercar Is Even More Powerful Than the Race Car It’s Based On
The V6 hybrid MCL-HY will begin testing this month and race against Ferrari, Aston Martin and Alpine in the top class.
- McLaren has unveiled its MCL-HY Hypercar for the 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship season, including competition at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- Aiming for motorsport's Triple Crown, the team plans to contest the Monaco Grand Prix, Indy500, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans together. McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown said the project was "years and months in the making."
- The MCL-HY features a V6 hybrid engine producing under 700bhp and begins testing this month in an orange livery inspired by Can-Am cars raced by founder Bruce McLaren.
- McLaren will field works driver Mikkel Jensen alongside Gregoire Saucy, Richard Verschoor, and United Autosports driver Ben Hanley, competing against Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Alpine.
- This marks the manufacturer's first top-category entry at the 24-hour race since 1998, when two privateers campaigned McLaren F1 GTRs in the same event.
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The saying is true: good things come in pairs. McLaren's new MCL-HY endurance racing car, developed to compete in the FIA WEC Hypercar class from 2027, has created a derivative that wealthy customers can buy. While it doesn't yet have a license plate as the MCL-HY GTR is positioned as a track-only car, it's not a carbon copy of its Le Mans-ready counterpart, reports Telegraph. The version offered exclusively to "McLaren VIP customers" removes th…
The McLaren MCL-HY GTR is the 'civil' version only for car circuits with which they will race in Le Mans. The 'civilized' version has the same engine that will use the car with which they will try to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2027, trying to conquer the Triple Crown by all means and for having. Known for months now, we have finally been able to know the definitive name of McLaren's new ultra-exclusive beast: the McLaren MCL-HY GTR. A hype…
McLaren's New Le Mans Racer Has A Customer Twin That Beats It On Power
McLaren has unveiled the new MCL-HY FIA racer for Le Mans The customer GTR version is more powerful without the hybrid. Owners get a two-year track program with a dedicated pit crew. Some twenty years after the F1 GTR last made noise at La Sarthe, Woking is preparing another assault on endurance racing’s blue riband. McLaren is heading back to the top flight of endurance racing with the new MCL-HY FIA Hypercar, which will line up on the 2027 Wor…
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