New car - The McLaren Senna
Discussion
Mr West gave his Senna a run around Silverstone yesterday.
It went past me on the Hanger Straight so fast I had to check my handbrake wasn’t on.
The whoosh as he went past and the heat haze coming off the back of the car were other worldly.
Chris Harris was there also, doing a piece for Top Gear to test whether the Senna is as fast as a bona-fide GT3 race car (650GT3).
It wasn’t.
Although the Senna was quicker on the straights the road tyres couldn’t match the GT3’s slicks for breaking or cornering.
It would be very interesting to strap some slicks on the Senna and have another go - even if it would no longer be technically road legal.
Despite not matching the 650 race car, it still seems naughty that whilst the racers are being loaded onto their trailers at the end of the day, the Senna driver can just push a button to de-activate race mode and drive home.
It went past me on the Hanger Straight so fast I had to check my handbrake wasn’t on.
The whoosh as he went past and the heat haze coming off the back of the car were other worldly.
Chris Harris was there also, doing a piece for Top Gear to test whether the Senna is as fast as a bona-fide GT3 race car (650GT3).
It wasn’t.
Although the Senna was quicker on the straights the road tyres couldn’t match the GT3’s slicks for breaking or cornering.
It would be very interesting to strap some slicks on the Senna and have another go - even if it would no longer be technically road legal.
Despite not matching the 650 race car, it still seems naughty that whilst the racers are being loaded onto their trailers at the end of the day, the Senna driver can just push a button to de-activate race mode and drive home.
Edited by Maldini35 on Thursday 2nd August 09:30
isaldiri said:
Anyone making (or believing) the claim that the McSenna was faster than a gt3 race car really needed to have their head checked. It was never going to happen as long as the car was on road legal tyres.
Agreed.You only have to look at the lap time delta of an F1 car on wets vs slicks in the dry.
Was the original claim made based on the Senna shod with road tyres?
I’ve genuinely no idea.
Bit silly if it was.
Would be interesting to see what the Senna could do on slicks given it’s straight line speed advantage over the GT3.
I know it wouldn’t technically be road legal but swapping wheels isn’t a big deal on a trackday. Trying to make a GT3 race car road legal on the other hand is a bit more involved.
Pouring over the 650 GT3 in the garage was a delight.
A proper, professional race car really is something else.
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