Taking a multi-million-dollar, aerodynamically dependent hypercar to the broken, frost-heaved B-roads of Emilia-Romagna is a cheeky geographic flex—but it's also the ultimate crucible for modern active suspension.
When Road & Track editor-in-chief Dan Pund recently slipped behind the wheel of the McLaren W1, the chosen route for the 1,258-horsepower machine wasn't the manicured tarmac of a…
The sheer violence of the W1's performance metrics demands a damper and chassis setup capable of digesting these road imperfections at warp speed.
To fully understand the monumental stakes of the W1's Italian excursion, one must look backward at the deep shadows cast by its direct lineage.
Taking a multi-million-dollar, aerodynamically dependent hypercar to the broken, frost-heaved B-roads of Emilia-Romagna is a cheeky geographic flex—but it's also the ultimate crucible for modern active suspension.