Supercars

Woking’s Wet Weapon: How the McLaren MCL HY Plans to Conquer Le Mans and Dethrone Porsche

Spotted tackling torrential rain at Circuit Paul Ricard, McLaren’s first outright Le Mans challenger since 1995 is a twin-turbo V6 hybrid built to disrupt endurance racing's golden era—and pre-empt Porsche's upcoming Mission S supercar.

Circuit Paul Ricard is rarely an inviting place when the skies open up over the South of France.

The choice to brave a remarkably slippery track reveals the grueling, unglamorous reality of modern endurance testing.

The wet conditions at Paul Ricard also provide a masterclass in modern aerodynamic packaging, stripping away the theoretical models of the wind tunnel and replacing them with the…

Read the full story

Spotted tackling torrential rain at Circuit Paul Ricard, McLaren’s first outright Le Mans challenger since 1995 is a twin-turbo V6 hybrid built to disrupt endurance racing's golden era—and pre-empt Porsche's upcoming Mission S supercar.

Read at Downforce & Divots