McLaren P1 beats LaFerrari & 918 Spyder round Silverstone

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Looks like New Top Gear have been beaten to it by SupercarDriver in terms of their pledge to do a P1, LaFerrari and 918 shootout.

1st - McLaren P1 - 58.24 sec
2nd - 918 Spyder - 58.47 sec
3rd - LaFerrari - 58.58 sec

Conducted around Silverstone national circuit a few weeks ago.

Here's the vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUPfLHPUelE

Not much between them. Celebratory drinks at McLaren tonight I'm sure, whilst the Italians are probably too busy admiring how beautiful the LaF looks to even get the memo

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HotJambalaya said:

surprisingly little meat on the bone in his summing up. The only bit where it got interesting (the porsche felt a little lazy) was left hanging...

I thought the same... no mention of the hybrid drivetrains and/or torque delivery which was a pity. Perhaps to follow in 2/3 and 3/3.

What struck me watching the footage is just how much these cars now depend on super high-tech ABS/TC systems... in the corners you can see constant electronic processing going on to keep the cars in check! Would love to see a repeat with all systems off!

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FeelingLucky said:

I'm also surprised that AOK described the LaF as "beautiful", of the three, I'd say the least attractive by some way.

Ha! A case of beauty in the eye of the beholder perhaps? I do realise there is quite a bit of disapproval regarding the F70 styling but I genuinely do think it is the best looking out of the 3 (by quite some way too!). The 'empty skull' styling at the rear of the P1 does nothing for me and the 918 (in the flesh) really doesn't look as menacing/special as you'd expect it to. From some angles it looks awkward actually.

The F70 stirs me the most. Beautifully low at the front with a pointy nose like a Formula car, loads of sweeping lines and curves in the middle, a fat stance and those incredibly delicate mirrors set it off in my opinion. It's huge in the flesh too, which certainly adds to the presence. Probably the car that brought me round to Ferrari's actually, as I never used to appreciate them that much.

That's the great thing about cars though, we can agree to disagree