McLaren F1 and Ferrari F50 at todays Donington LMS event

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Had the pleasure of meeting the owner of a stunning McLaren F1 today whilst at the Donington Le Mans Series event today. The car is an ex Le Mans F1 GTR race car that has been converted to a road going LM replica. According to the owner the cars currently has approx 680bhp.
I took loads of photos of the car and managed to have a real good look around the car. The owner was kind enough to leave the door open and he also opened the engine compartment for a while.
I think this car is absolutely superb, it was parked in the paddock area of Donington and was quite tucked away. Luckily he had e-mailed me a few days ago and told me roughly where it would be parked.
The owner had travelled to the event in convoy with his friends Ferrari F50, that must have been a real sight travelling down the M1.

















Regards

Tim

Edited by autofocus on Sunday 27th August 19:37

[steve f]

the best two cars in the world for me

[andygtt]

You are one lucky man, I'd love to see an LM in the flesh (even if it was converted to LM spec)...... awsome machine.

[KB_S1]

great pics of geat cars.

anyone know if the front splitter area of the F50 is standard or not? it looks more pronounced around the corners than i remember.

just edited to add having looked at my own pics of an F50 they are different

Edited by KB_S1 on Sunday 27th August 20:26

[2jamesl]

andygtt said:

You are one lucky man, I'd love to see an LM in the flesh (even if it was converted to LM spec)...... awsome machine.

they were both at the British motor show - did you not go?

[burnt]

I believe that's the McLaren that was on fifth Gear the other week.

Looks like a giggle!

[elms]

KB_S1 said:

great pics of geat cars.

anyone know if the front splitter area of the F50 is standard or not? it looks more pronounced around the corners than i remember.

just edited to add having looked at my own pics of an F50 they are different

Edited by KB_S1 on Sunday 27th August 20:26

It looks like a LM front bumper to me

[Davey S2]

burnt said:

I believe that's the McLaren that was on fifth Gear the other week.

Looks like a giggle!

Yes. Guy owns an Enzo as well.

[RichUK]

Stunning cars, enjoyed a good ten minutes or so having a look at them tucked away behind the paddock.

[LittleBro]

Davey S2 said:

[quote=burnt]I believe that's the McLaren that was on fifth Gear the other week.

Looks like a giggle!

Yes. Guy owns an Enzo as well.[/quote Was going to say the same. Tiff Noodle blatted them both and just loved them. What a job!

[trackcar]

ah-ha. I saw these two going back North on the M1, closely followed by an Exige aswell .. made great sight I can assure you.

[amcphillips]

trackcar said:

ah-ha. I saw these two going back North on the M1, closely followed by an Exige aswell .. made great sight I can assure you.

Except the F1 didn't make it home under its own steam