McLaren F1 GT group GT1 (1997)

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Also called Mc Laren F1 GTR "Long Tail"
Chassis history

Specifications

107 units built (18 F1 and 10 F1 GT, for racing)
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Homologation number: GT1 1
Homologation start: 1/1/1995
Homologation end: 31/12/2002

BMW S70/3, V12 (60^o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
5990cc, 86.0 x 85.9 mm
1997: 11.0:1, 601 hp / 448 kW @ 7500, 651 N·m / 480 lb·ft @ 5600
1999 LMP: 13.0:1, 580 bhp / 433 KW @ 6500 rpm, 670 NM / 494.2 ft lbs @ 4500 rpm
alloy block and head
DOHC with variable valve timing system (BMW dual VANOS), 4 valves / cylinder - 48 valves total
aspiration, natural with 2 x Bosch Motronic multipoint electronic fuel injection
LPM1: 2 x 32mm inlet restrictors
2 distributors. Firing order 1-7-5-11-3-9-6-12-2-8-4-10
dry sump with oil cooler

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6 speed sequential gearbox
1st Gear Ratio 3.23/1
2nd Gear Ratio 2.19/1
3rd Gear Ratio 1.71/1
4th Gear Ratio 1.39/1
5th Gear Ratio 1.16/1
6th Gear Ratio 0.93/1
Final Drive Ratio 2.37/1, LSD rear differential
Carbon Triple plate Clutch, 200mm diameter
carbon fibre reinforced plastic monocoque chassis. 2 doors coupe bodyshell with carbon-fibre composite panels
f/r suspension, double unequal length wishbones, coil springs over alloy dampers, anti-roll bar
rack and pinion
carbon ceramic discs, all-round
Length 4933 mm (194.2 in)
Width 1920 mm (75.6 in)
Height 1200 mm (47.2 in)
Wheelbase 2723 mm (107.2 in)
Track (fr/r) 1617 mm (63.7 in) / 1582 mm (62.3 in)
Front Wheel 10.85 x 18 inches
Rear Wheel 13.00 x 18 inches
Front Tyre 275/35 ZR 18
Rear Tyre 345/35 ZR 18
915kg, Weight Distribution 41.2/58.8 % F/R
fuel tank 90 lt

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Results in FIA GT Championship

1997Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Hocke nheim	Silver stone	Hels inki	Nurbur	Spa	Zeltweg	Suzuka	Doni ngton	Mugello	Sebring	Laguna Seca
Team	4h	4h	3h	4h	4h	4h	1000km	4h	4h	3h	3h
BMW Motorsport/Schnitzer, 021R	#8, 1st	#8, 3rd	#8, 1st	#8, 3rd							#8, 11th
BMW Motorsport/Schnitzer, 023R	#9, gear box	#9, 1st	#9, 13th	#9, 4th	#9, 4th	#9, acci dent	#9, 8th	#9, 5th	#9, 5th	#9, 2nd	#9, over heating
BMW Motorsport/Schnitzer, 026R					#8, 1st	#8, 3rd	#8, 4th	#8, 3rd	#8, 1st	#8, 22nd
Gulf Team Davidoff, 025R	#1, wheel	#1, 4th	#1, 4th	#1, acci dent
Gulf Team Davidoff, 022R	#2, 3rd	#2, 9th	#2, 3rd						#2, 26th	#2, 16th	#2, 10th
Gulf Team Davidoff, 020R	#3, 2nd	#3, acci dent		#3, 5th	#3, acci dent	#3, 5th	#3, 3rd	#3, 6th	#3, 6th	#3, 5th	#3, 4th
Gulf Team Davidoff, 024R				#2, 7th	#2, acci dent	#2, dnf	#2, acci dent in practice
Gulf Team Davidoff, 028R					#1, acci dent	#1, wheel	#1, 6th	#1, 7th	#1, 8th	#1, 10th	#1, 6th
Parabolica Motorsport, 027R		#27, 6th		#27, 6th	#27, 6th	#27, acci dent	#27, elec trics	#27, 13th	#27, 13th	#27, in entry list	#27, acci dent
Team Lark McLaren, 019R							#44, 9th
Total points 251	27	32	25	30	22	14	25	23	24	16	13
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 62/47	5/3	6/5	4/4	6/5	6/3	6/2	7/5	5/5	6/6	5/5	6/4

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show BMW Motorsport/Schnitzer team (8, 9)

Drivers	Car number
	Hocke nheim	Silver stone	Hels inki	Nurbur	Spa	Zeltweg	Suzuka	Doni ngton	Mugello	Sebring	Laguna Seca
J.J. Lehto	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Steve Soper	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Peter Kox	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Roberto Ravaglia	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8

+ Show Gulf Team Davidoff (1, 2, 3)

Drivers	Car number
	Hocke nheim	Silver stone	Hels inki	Nurbur	Spa	Zeltweg	Suzuka	Doni ngton	Mugello	Sebring	Laguna Seca
Ray Bellm	1	1
Andrew Gilbert-Scott	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Thomas Bscher	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	2
John Nielsen	2	2	2	2	2	2	1, 2		2	2	2
Jean-Marc Gounon	3	3	1	3	3		3	3	3	3	3
Pierre-Henri Raphanel	3	1, 3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Anders Olofsson				1	1	1, 3	3	1	1	1	1
Geoff Lees						1	1	1	1	1	1

+ Show Parabolica Motorsport team (27)

Drivers	Car number
	Hocke nheim	Silver stone	Hels inki	Nurbur	Spa	Zeltweg	Suzuka	Doni ngton	Mugello	Sebring	Laguna Seca
Chris Goodwin		27		27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Gary Ayles		27		27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Stefan Johansson							27

+ Show Team Lark McLaren (44)

Drivers	Car number
	Hocke nheim	Silver stone	Hels inki	Nurbur	Spa	Zeltweg	Suzuka	Doni ngton	Mugello	Sebring	Laguna Seca
Keiichi Tsuchiya							44
Masanori Sekiya							44
Akihiko Nakaya							44

1998Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Oschers	Silver stone	Hockenh	Dijon	Hungar	Suzuka	Doningt	A1 Ring	Home stead	Laguna Seca
Team	500km	500km	500km	500km	500km	1000km	500km	500km	500km	500km
Gulf Team Davidoff, 022R	#15, acci dent	#15, 6th	#15, 5th		#15, water pump	#15, acci dent	#15, 7th	#15, 6th
Parabolica Motorsport, 027R	#28, in entry list	#28, in entry list
Total points 20		5	6				4	5
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 7/4	1/0	1/1	1/1		1/0	1/0	1/1	1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Gulf Team Davidoff (15)

Drivers	Car number
	Oschers	Silver stone	Hockenh	Dijon	Hungar	Suzuka	Doningt	A1 Ring	Home stead	Laguna Seca
Thomas Bscher	15	15	15		15	15	15	15
Geoff Lees	15	15	15		15	15	15	15

Results in Endurance races

1997Classification in GT class is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Monza	Watkins Glen	Le Mans
Date	2/2	15/3	23/3	1/6	15/6
Duration	24h	12h	1000km	6h	24h
Team\ Championship	IMSA	IMSA	Italian endur	IMSA
Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren, 025R					#39, fire
Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren, 022R					#40, fire in practice
Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren, 020R					#41, 2nd (1st)
BMW Motorsport, 026R					#42, acci dent
BMW Motorsport, 026R					#43, 3rd (2nd)
Team Lark McLaren, 027R					#44, acci dent
Total points 17					17
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 6/2					6/2

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren (39, 40, 41)

Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Monza	Watkins Glen	Le Mans
Ray Bellm					39
Andrew Gilbert-Scott					39
Masanori Sekiya					39
John Nielsen					40
Thomas Bscher					40
Chris Goodwin					40
Pierre-Henri Raphanel					41
Jean-Marc Gounon					41
Anders Olofsson					41

+ Show BMW Motorsport team (42, 43)

Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Monza	Watkins Glen	Le Mans
J.J. Lehto					42
Steve Soper					42
Nelson Piquet					42
Roberto Ravaglia					43
Eric Hélary					43
Peter Kox					43

+ Show Team Lark McLaren (44)

Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Monza	Watkins Glen	Le Mans
Keiichi Tsuchiya					44
Gary Ayles					44
Akihiko Nakaya					44

1998Classification in GT class is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Petit Le Mans
Date	1/2	22/3	29/3	5/7	23/8	10/10
Duration	24h	12h	1000km	24h	6h	1600km
Team\ Championship	US RR	IMSA	Italian Endur		US RR	IMSA
Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren, 024R				#40, 4th (3rd)
Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren, 022R			#11, 1st	#41, acci dent
Parabolica Motorsport McLaren, 027R				#42, in entry list
Parabolica Motorsport McLaren				#43, in entry list
Total points 17			10	7
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 3/2			1/1	2/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Gulf Team Davidoff McLaren

Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Petit Le Mans
Geoff Lees			11
Thomas Bscher			11	41
Steve O'Rourke				40
Tim Sugden				40
Bill Auberlen				40
Rinaldo Capello				41
Emanuele Pirro				41

+ Show Parabolica Motorsport McLaren team (42, 43)

Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Petit Le Mans
Chris Goodwin				42
Gary Ayles				42

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McLaren F1 GT "Long Tail". The two pictures above shows the differences between F1 and F1 GT (street versions)

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