McLaren are poised to buy BMW’s F1 engine building operation in a move to end the relationship with Mercedes. The relationship between Mercedes and McLaren has been a successful one. For almost fifteen years they have collaborated with great success both in F1 and with the Mercedes McLaren SLR. But the marriage has been one […]
Hamilton wins in Hungary
What a difference a few months makes. Hamilton struggled to get his McLaren off the back of the grid at the start of the season, but yesterday in Hungary we saw the Hamilton – and McLaren – we used to know storm in to the lead of the Hungarian Grand Prix and hang on to […]
Top Gear Veyron vs McLaren – the Video
Last week’s Top Gear featured a drag race between the McLaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron on a closed road in Abu Dhabi. Both the Supercars of their time. But what was the result? Well, in all probability you already know, but just in case you don’t – or you want another chance to see […]
McLaren F1 for sale – the best one in the world?
As we’ve said before, the McLaren F1 has proved to be not only an incredible car, but a very sound investment. From a selling price of around £600k when they were launched in 1995, you can expect to pay somewhere north of £2 million for one now, and a fair bit more for an exceptional […]
McLaren F1 Fire – the update
Last week we reported, with a tear in our eye, the sad demise of a McLaren F1 in a fire in Santa Rosa, California. The car was driven by its owner – Irv Kessler – for the first time in six months when passing motorists started to notice smoke coming from the F1. By the […]
McLaren F1 – the California Burn-Up!
The McLaren F1 is certainly a car designed to burn up the road. But for one poor owner that became a literal nightmare as his £1.75 million McLaren F1 burnt out on a drive to the airport in Rincon Valley, California. McLaren owner Irv Kessler hadn’t used the F1 for 6 months, but he probably […]
McLaren F1 get three race ban – suspended
McLaren don’t have an easy time of it – but a big chunk of it has been of their own making. They have been pretty well punished for the furore over the Ferrari information they purloined last year, and their relationship with the sport’s governing body has never been great. So there was an expectation […]
McLaren F1 – The perfect safe haven in troubled times
The world is in financial turmoil. Property prices have plunged, losing investors fortunes on the way. Banks are in trouble and depositors savings are in jeapordy. The stock market has been in free-fall, turning Princes in to paupers. Even whole sovereign states are close to bankruptcy. So what’s a man to do with his hard […]
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