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McLaren F1: The Record Even Bugatti COULDN'T Beat
In 1988, four men from McLaren were stuck in an airport after the Italian Grand Prix when a conversation began that would change road cars forever.
McLaren dominated Formula One. Gordon Murray believed that knowledge could be used to build something completely different: not a racing car with number plates, but the greatest road car ever made.
There was no top-speed target. No turbochargers. No traction control. No power steering. The driver would sit in the middle, the chassis would be made from carbon fibre, and almost every component would be designed around one obsession — removing…
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