Every petrolhead in the world worthy of the name is familiar with the fearsome Corkscrew corner of the famed Laguna Seca circuit. The unforgiving, difficult, and extremely exciting downhill corner nearly claimed a McLaren P1 GTR a couple of days ago as the car took it on too vigorously and failed to cope.
The near accident took place during a McLaren P1 GTR private track event at Laguna Seca, and the funny thing about it is that it wasn’t one of the rich, clueless clients making the mistake, but rather one of the professional instructors who was trying to set a lap time for the rich, clueless clients to try and match.
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McLaren P1 GTR Technical Specs:
- Petrol Engine M383T 90º V8
- Location Mid, longitudinally mounted
- Construction aluminium block and head
- Displacement 3,799 cc / 231.8 cu in
- Bore / Stroke 93.0 mm (3.7 in) / 69.9 mm (2.8 in)
- Compression 8.7:1
- Valvetrain 4 valves / cylinder, DOHC, Dual VVT
- Fuel feed Fuel Injection
- Lubrication Dry sump
- Aspiration Twin Turbo
- Power 789 bhp / 589 KW
- BHP/Liter 208 bhp / liter
- Electric Motor McLaren Electronics Electric Motor
- Location Mid, longitudinally mounted
- Power 197 bhp / 147 KW
- Combined 985 bhp / 735 KW
- Body carbon fibre MonoCell with aluminium front and rear subframes
- Steering ventilated carbon ceramic discs, all-round
- Gearbox 7 speed Sequential
- Clutch Dual clutch
- Drive Rear wheel drive
