Hypercars

The Billionaire's Track Toy: How McLaren's MCL-HY Resurrects the Client Racing Golden Age

With a new customer Le Mans hypercar, Woking isn’t just returning to top-flight endurance racing—it’s tapping into a lucrative market pioneered by the F1 GTR and recently cornered by Maranello.

As Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri dialed in their cars during the third practice session at Interlagos—clocking third and sixth fastest respectively for the 2026 Brazilian Grand…

The historic precedent of the F1 GTR is impossible to ignore. Back in the nineties, McLaren didn’t just build a race car; they sold a world-beating chassis to privateers who took…

McLaren isn't venturing into this rarified air alone; they are responding to a hyper-exclusive arms race already ignited by Maranello.

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With a new customer Le Mans hypercar, Woking isn’t just returning to top-flight endurance racing—it’s tapping into a lucrative market pioneered by the F1 GTR and recently cornered by Maranello.

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