Lazante to Introduce Road-Legal Incarnation of the Savage McLaren P1 GTR

The hypercar will be the quickest, rarest, and also last of the P1 variants.

By Kritika Sethi

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Published on June 23, 2016

Highlights

It will be the quickest, rarest, and also last of the P1 variants
The P1 LM will preserve the P1 GTR's 986bhp output
Only five examples of the McLaren P1 LM will be produced

The sensational McLaren P1, spiritual successor to the famed F1 supercar, swept the world off its feet when it first arrived in 2013. Two years later, McLaren along with Lanzante, a British marque specialist, brought in the track-only P1 GTR. Available only to McLaren P1 owners, the track focused 986bhp car received a mid-mounted 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine along with an enhanced lightweight electric motor. Suffice it to say that Lazante had created a marvel that doubled up as the most powerful and most exclusive McLaren model. Until now. The British outfit is now ready to introduce a road-legal incarnation of the P1 GTR - the P1 LM. The hypercar will be the quickest, rarest, and also last of the P1 variants. Lazante has readied an experimental prototype that will make an appearance at Goodwood's Hill in Class 25 for Modern GT Racers with McLaren test driver, Kenny Brack, behind the wheel. (McLaren P1 LM largely carries over the P1 GTR's aerodynamics and styling) The biggest change is to the engine hardware producing additional boost and hybrid power that will allow to preserve the P1 GTR's 986bhp while still using 99-octane fuel and at higher temperatures. Up next on the list of changes is the engine bay with gold plated heat shielding - much like the McLaren F1. The catalytic convertor pipes and exhaust headers are now made using 'super-alloy' Inconel that saved 4.5Kg. Though the Mclaren P1 LM largely borrows the P1 GTR's aerodynamics and styling, it features a modified rear wing, and larger front splitter and dive planes, which, together, result increase downforce by 40 per cent. (McLaren P1 LM will develop 986bhp) A total of five examples of the McLaren P1 LM will be produced: one in dark grey like the prototype, the other four in orange. Deliveries are expected to begin in January, 2017.