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McLAREN F1 ROAD CAR - TRACK RECORD

The McLaren F1 set three incredible speed records on its way to making automotive history as the finest road car every produced.

On March 31, 1998, the McLaren F1 obliterated the production road car world speed record in XP5, achieving a new official top speed of 240.1mph/386.7kph at Germany's VW Ehra-Lessien proving ground. Incredibly this was a record the F1 held for 7 years, until March 2005.

On December 16th 1998 the same McLaren F1, driven by Peter Taylor, an independent test and development engineer broke the high-speed circuit record at MIRA averaging 168mph round the 2.82 mile banked circuit with a maximum speed of 196.2mph.

In March 1999 BBC's Top Gear, in conjunction with McLaren Automotive, set a new UK closed circuit record in aid of the Comic Relief charity. Driven by Tiff Needell XP5 once again sensationally set the fastest lap record of a British circuit averaging 195.3mph round the 2-mile banked circuit at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire.

This was the third proving ground record set by the McLaren F1, a phenomenal achievement by a truly phenomenal road car.