When McLaren first announced they would be creating a hardcore track focused version of the P1 – the P1 GTR, it was said that the car would be for the track only and not a road legal car. This is now set to change as a road legal version is currently being developed.
However it’s not McLaren that is developing the road legal P1 GTR but Lanzante – the motorsport and engineering firm behind the McLaren F1’s original 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans victory and since then it’s served as a service center for both road and race McLarens. In an interview with Autocar, Lanzante’s Dean Lanzante has revealed details on the P1 GTR road car project.
More than 40 P1 GTRs have been sold, all of them to existing P1 customers only, and according to Lanzante the modifications required to make these cars road legal will vary from car to car depending on where the customer wants to use it.
“We will be tackling all conversions on a case-by-case basis,” Lanzante said. “What we do will depend on where the customer wants to run the car and what the regulations are in that region.”
He stated that his company will ensure that the performance of the P1 GTR road car will still be a level above that of the regular P1, meaning it will still be “lighter, have more power, better aero and so on.”
Work on the first conversion will begin later this year. Although McLaren is not involved, the project has the firm’s blessing. The result will mean owners will be able to drive out to their track of choice, have fun pushing their cars to the limit, and then head back home, all without the need for a trailer.
Below is a video featuring McLaren’s official tester Chris Goodwin, who gives a quick run-down on the P1 GTR as the car was debuted at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show.