MP4-12C GT3
-
Endurance racing is one of the ultimate tests that a man and a machine can go through. There are a variety of 24-hour races around the globe, and one of the more popular events is the 24 Hours of Spa in Belgium. This racing saga unfolds at the famed Spa-Francorchamps, which also serves as home to the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix. Many teams vie for glory at the Spa 24, and McLaren is one such team. Last year McLaren and its crew arrived with nine cars in tow. The best a McLaren did, however, was finish 14 laps behind the leading Audi. So to try and rectify that McLaren are coming to Spa...
-
McLaren Celebrates 12C GT3’s Success, Announces More Cars For 2013
In its inaugural season, McLaren’s 12C GT3 captured a total of 19 wins and an additional 19 podium appearances across some 14 different racing series. While that's impressive on its own, it’s even more impressive when you consider that there are only 23 examples being campaigned by 13...
Kurt Ernst -
F1 Engineers Join McLaren GT
McLaren is probably best known for its Formula One team, but more recently the company has been making waves with its road-car division, McLaren Automotive, builder of the 12C supercar and upcoming P1. McLaren Automotive also has its own motorsport division, McLaren GT, which is responsible for all...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Fleet Of Nine McLaren MP4-12C GT3s To Tackle Spa 24 Hours
In the past couple of months we’ve witnessed the respective Le Mans and Nürburgring 24 hour races but this weekend we will be treated with yet another exciting endurance race, the prestigious Spa 24 Hours race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. The grueling race is the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Preps For 24 Hours Of Spa: Video
The McLaren MP4-12C is one of the hottest supercars on the market right now, and McLaren is proving it's not just a great road car, but a great racer, with its MP4-12C GT3. With a total of nine of the high-tech race cars set for next weekend's 24 Hours of Spa, we're likely to get to see just how...
Nelson Ireson -
McLaren Ready For Competition Debut Of MP4-12C GT3
The McLaren MP4-12C GT3 race car will make its competition debut on Saturday, March 31, at two venues. The cars will be raced on Germany’s Nürburgring Nordschliefe in the VLN series, and at Germany’s Oschersleben Motorsport Arena as part of the ADAC GT Masters series. Next month...
Kurt Ernst -
The GT3 racing version of McLaren's new supercar, the MP4-12C, has already received its share of fanfare, including at this year’s Spa 24 Hours endurance face, but new photos show off more details of the racer, and we can't look away. This time the sultry race car was spotted at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife in Germany, easily one of the most demanding race tracks the MP4-12C GT3 will ever face. McLaren is still fine-tuning its race car before customer deliveries get underway in the next month or two. Availability is tight as McLaren is only planning to build 20 units initially, and all...
-
Video: McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Makes Its Debut
No stranger to perhaps the most brutally expensive, technical, and intellectually difficult racing series in the world--Formula 1--McLaren has taken the first produce of its Automotive division and kitted it out for racing duty in the form of the MP4-12C GT3. This video shows the car off in all its...
Nelson Ireson