We know that there's been a fair bit on PH this week about the McLaren MP4-12C, but this little YouTube nugget has come our way and we thought we'd share it with you.
It appears to be an impromptu drag race between the Macca and its two arch nemeses, the Ferrari 458 Italia and the 911 Turbo.
We're not sure whether this was something McLaren did for its own amusement before the official press launch at Portimao, or whether there will eventually be some sort of official video about it (this sure as hell isn't an official promo vid...), but the results are pretty interesting.
Predictably, the 12C takes the 'win' but what's perhaps most interesting is the way the four-wheel-drive 911 loses out to the 458 at the very start before clawing back some ground to be neck and neck with the Prancing Horse as the two cars disappear from view.
After extensive, in-depth analysis of the footage with a panel of PH experts (all right, all right, we actually just phoned up Sutters and asked him what he reckoned), we've decided that this is down to the fact that the Ferrari has a more sophisticated launch control system, but that the Porsche catches up once its turbos kick in, while the McLaren wins because, er, it's faster than the other two...
ps - PH top tip: scroll straight to 0:40 on the vid, as nothing happenss before then...
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