Piloted by former Formulation 1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen, the McLaren Solus GT has returned to the Goodwood Competition of Velocity in 2024. Watch (and take heed to!) the single-seater race up the illustrious Goodwood Hill beneath…
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With the Solus GT, McLaren reimagined its Final Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo idea automobile from the Gran Turismo Sport online game right into a limited-run (solely 25 had been made), series-production hypercar for the observe. In 2023, piloted by McLaren manufacturing unit driver Marvin Kirchhöfer, it claimed victory within the Timed Shootout Ultimate with a time of 45.342 seconds. This 12 months, the Solus GT returned to the Goodwood Hill with former McLaren Formulation 1 Mika Häkkinen behind the wheel. Watch the footage beneath…
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The Solus GT seen right here is wearing a particular livery paying tribute to the two-time Formulation 1 World Champion’s MP4/13 Formulation 1 race automobile. As a reminder, the Solus GT, which ideas the scales at a kerb weight of lower than 1 000 kg, employs a sonorous 5.2-litre V10, which, producing 618 kW, revs till a howling 10 000 r/min crimson line.
“Driving the Solus GT is an expertise that jogs my memory of my time racing with McLaren. A real single-seater with unbelievable V10 energy and sound – simply unbelievable!,” mentioned Mika Häkkinen.
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