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McLaren F1 GTR vs McLaren P1 GTR is Hypercar Pornography

When talking about cars that made a huge impact on the entire automotive industry, it is downright impossible to ignore the jaw-dropping McLaren F1. In a nutshell, the F1 is the daddy of all hypercars.
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Some say the Porsche 959 and the Ferrari F40 started the craze, but you know what? It’s hard to deny that the McLaren F1 took the hypercar yardstick to the extreme with its 243 mph (391 km/h) top speed, which was a groundbreaking feat for the early 1990s.

Like all good stories, the McLaren F1’s demise was also the beginning for the new generation of hypercars, with the Bugatti Veyron sitting at the top. But the visceral 6.1-liter BMW V12 of the McLaren F1 and its amazing three-seater layout are missed by every gearhead out there.

I am thoroughly aware that the F1’s successor is a techno showcase of performance, but the P1 hybrid hypercar leaves me somewhat cold. Put side by side to the F1, the P1 is clearly the proverbial sophomore slump. Even The Rolling Stones were hit hard by the era’s music critics for their so-and-so second album.

But you know what? When you put the most hardcore iteration of the McLaren F1 and its successor side by side, everything becomes fine. In an effort to raise the hype surrounding the track-only P1 GTR before its Geneva debut, the Woking-based outfit got grandpa F1 GTR out of his pajamas for our entertainment.

Play the video below, then choose which you'd take home: the P1 GTR or the F1 GTR?

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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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