McLaren’s New Track-Only Hypercar Is Even More Powerful Than the Race Car It’s Based On
The V6 hybrid MCL-HY will begin testing this month and race against Ferrari, Aston Martin and Alpine in the top class.
- McLaren has unveiled its MCL-HY Hypercar for the 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship season, including competition at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- Aiming for motorsport's Triple Crown, the team plans to contest the Monaco Grand Prix, Indy500, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans together. McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown said the project was "years and months in the making."
- The MCL-HY features a V6 hybrid engine producing under 700bhp and begins testing this month in an orange livery inspired by Can-Am cars raced by founder Bruce McLaren.
- McLaren will field works driver Mikkel Jensen alongside Gregoire Saucy, Richard Verschoor, and United Autosports driver Ben Hanley, competing against Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Alpine.
- This marks the manufacturer's first top-category entry at the 24-hour race since 1998, when two privateers campaigned McLaren F1 GTRs in the same event.
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The saying is true: good things come in pairs. McLaren's new MCL-HY endurance racing car, developed to compete in the FIA WEC Hypercar class from 2027, has created a derivative that wealthy customers can buy. While it doesn't yet have a license plate as the MCL-HY GTR is positioned as a track-only car, it's not a carbon copy of its Le Mans-ready counterpart, reports Telegraph. The version offered exclusively to "McLaren VIP customers" removes th…
McLaren unveils new 700 horsepower hybrid hypercar
As rivals, McLaren has pretty let Ferrari "have" top-tier endurance racing, but that's all about to change. The British company is about to return to the sport in a major way, and they've revealed the car that will do it for them. They've unveiled the hybrid hypercar concept, the MCL-HY, which is set to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2027 and onwards. It's power comes from a hybrid twin-turbo V6, delivering around 700 hors…
As rivals, McLaren has left enough for Ferrari to "have" the high-level endurance races, but that is about to change. The British company is about to return to this sport big time, and has unveiled the car that will do it for them. They have unveiled the concept of hybrid hypercar, the MCL-HY, which will compete in the FIA World Resistance Championship from 2027. Its power comes from a hybrid V6 biturbo, which provides about 700 hp. The car aims…
The McLaren MCL-HY GTR is the 'civil' version only for car circuits with which they will race in Le Mans. The 'civilized' version has the same engine that will use the car with which they will try to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2027, trying to conquer the Triple Crown by all means and for having. Known for months now, we have finally been able to know the definitive name of McLaren's new ultra-exclusive beast: the McLaren MCL-HY GTR. A hype…
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