Having secured the 1996 Japanese GT Championship, Team Lark decided not to participate in the 1997 series in protest at over-arching restrictions designed to ensure their McLarens did not win…
Read MoreAlong with 21R, 24R and 26R, chassis 23R was one of the four long tailed F1 GTRs sold to BMW Motorsport for the 1997 season. Having purchased three cars the previous year (to contest the Le…
Read MoreChassis 24R was one of four 1997-spec. F1 GTRs delivered to BMW Motorsport. As supplier of the McLaren F1’s engine, BMW decided to begin racing with a trio of F1 GTRs in 1996. That year, their…
Read MoreChassis 20R was one of three 1997 F1 GTRs originally supplied to the Gulf-backed GTC Motorsport team. 20R and 25R were owned by GTC, while chassis 22R was prepared by GTC for German…
Read MoreChassis 27R was the penultimate of ten F1 GTR Long Tails built for the 1997 season. It was purchased by Scottish banker, David Morrison, who was Chief International Economist and Co-Head of…
Read MoreBacked with a fistful of Philip Morris cash, McLaren boss, Ron Dennis, teamed up with Kazumichi Goh for a factory-backed assault on the 1996 Japanese GT Championship. Goh would run a two…
Read MoreChassis 15R was the third F1 GTR ordered by L’Oreal Chairman and CEO, Lindsay Owen-Jones. The first two had been 1995-spec. examples (08R replaced 04R after it was crashed at Jarama). The…
Read MoreOne of nine 1996-spec. GTRs built, chassis 11R was delivered new to the Giroix Racing Team to replace 07R (their car from 1995). After the team lost sponsors Jacadi and Elf when Olivier Grouillard…
Read MoreChassis 04R was one of two 1995-spec. GTRs originally delivered to the Gulf-backed GTC Motorsport team (the other having been 02R). It was purchased by gentleman driver, Lindsay Owen-Jones, who…
Read MoreAfter he narrowly missed out on winning the 1995 BPR GT Championship, Ray Bellm was back for 1996 with chassis 12R: a brand new F1 GTR built to the latest specification. Bellm’s GTC Motorsport…
Read MoreChassis 06R was sold new to Moody Fayed, the nephew of British-domiciled Egyptian billionaire, Mohamed Al-Fayed. One of nine 1995-spec. GTRs built, it was campaigned under the Mach One…
Read MoreChassis 05R was sold to French industrialist, Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiere, the boss of tile and brick manufacturer, Tuileries and Briqueteries Francaises (TBF). TBF was the family business and in 1980…
Read MoreGTR chassis 03R was sold new to German banker, Thomas Bscher. Along with Ray Bellm, it was Bscher that had convinced McLaren to build a racing version of the F1. Bscher also owned an F1 road…
Read MoreChassis 14R was one of two 1996-spec. GTRs allocated to a factory-backed assault on that year’s Japanese GT Championship. The programme was financed by Philip Morris International who…
Read MoreChassis 10R was the first of nine 1996-spec. F1 GTRs built. Initially McLaren’s press and development car, it was painted red with yellow 96 GTR graphics and matching yellow wheels. Unveiled during the…
Read MoreChassis 18R was the third of three 1996-spec. GTRs delivered to Team Bigazzi on behalf of BMW Motorsport. At the time, the Italian Bigazzi operation were best known for handling BMW’s German…
Read MoreBMW had famously supplied McLaren with engines for the F1 supercar and, in 1996, the German firm decided to enter two GTRs for the Le Mans 24 Hour race. Although owned by BMW, the cars…
Read MoreAs BMW Motorsport had supplied the engine that powered the all-conquering F1 GTR, they understandably wanted to capitalise on their association with McLaren. For 1996, the German firm…
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