McLaren Automotive has revealed plans for a track-only GTR version of its all-new Senna supercar. It’s the next instalment in the brand’s legendary GTR lineage - following the McLaren F1 GTR and P1 GTR. Assembly of McLaren’s hand-built Senna GTR will start at the firm’s Woking HQ next year.
Limited to just 75 examples, the forthcoming Senna GTR has been previewed by a concept version of the £1 million supercar at this week’s Geneva Motor Show. While order books aren’t yet open, McLaren says it will take ‘expressions of interest’ at the show, before exact technical details are revealed later this year.
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The GTR won’t be any lighter than the Senna road car, but it’ll boast more power and greater torque. Bosses suggest the GTR will have “at least” 814bhp, as well as a race-style transmission, revised double wishbone suspension and Pirelli slicks. With a wider front and rear track, new carbon fibre body parts and new wheels, the GTR is said to develop “up to 1,000kg of downforce”.
McLaren Automotive CEO Mike Flewitt said: “Excelling on the track underpins the heritage of the McLaren brand and is as important and relevant today as it has ever been.
“The track-only McLaren Senna GTR will have more power, more grip and more downforce, and post even faster lap times; the very limited number of customers who secure this car will be buying the closest experience you can get to a race car without actually lining up on a circuit grid.”
Other modifications over the Senna road car include a larger front splitter, a longer and larger rear diffuser, and a lower rear deck. The design of the doors benefits aerodynamic efficiency by channelling airflow towards the centre of the car. Unlike the standard Senna, it’ll feature a race car-sale polycarbonate ‘ticket’ window.
McLaren Automotive Design Engineering Director Dan Parry-Williams, concluded: “The GTR Concept is not the finished article but it does give a clear indication of our thinking for the car, which promises to be the most extreme and exciting McLaren to drive for many years, if not ever.”
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