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Old 16 Apr 2009, 11:38 (Ref:2442146)   #1
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How long before the new role for Ron Dennis sees McLaren active is sports or GT racing again?
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Old 16 Apr 2009, 11:55 (Ref:2442161)   #2
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Not long I would think . As far as I remember , Le Mans is still on his mind .

Be great to see McLaren build a LMP1 car and go for out right victory .
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Old 16 Apr 2009, 12:12 (Ref:2442182)   #3
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Nah. I reckon Ron's had enough of the FIA by now.

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Old 16 Apr 2009, 12:48 (Ref:2442215)   #4
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Nah. I reckon Ron's had enough of the FIA by now.
...so he'll go ACO racing

If they do, I just hope they don't live up to the reputation they got themselves in F1.
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Old 16 Apr 2009, 14:15 (Ref:2442272)   #5
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I think they a far more likely to go GT racing with a supported customer programme than to head for protoypes - at least in the short to medium term.
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They will need to develope some sort of GT car first before going racing, times are hard and money tight, however there is no better way for any car to climb into history than racing, so lets hope a maclaren will be seen at Le mans in the near future.
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Old 16 Apr 2009, 15:02 (Ref:2442305)   #7
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From the BBC Report about him Leaving the F1 team they say

"Dennis will now concentrate solely on McLaren's new sports car project."

"Dennis will lead the group's project to develop a range of pure McLaren sports cars, with the launch date for the first model set for 2011."

So hopefully they will build a racing version.
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Old 16 Apr 2009, 15:04 (Ref:2442309)   #8
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There building a new road cor, so mabye we'll see them with a GT1 or GT2 version of that
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They will need to develope some sort of GT car first before going racing, times are hard and money tight, however there is no better way for any car to climb into history than racing, so lets hope a maclaren will be seen at Le mans in the near future.
They already have the car in development - it has been for some time.

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-...ontent-block=1
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They already have the car in development - it has been for some time.

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-...ontent-block=1
There are always exclusives in car mags but very few ever get into production, yes I do think Maclaren are developing something but as an organisation they are very good at keeping things underwraps the car will be announced to the world to a big fanfair. I doubt it will be the one on carmagazines exclusive.
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I reckon as Ron has nothing better to do , they will go for an overall win .
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I think wee will see the first test photos of the F1/P11 car next year!.
When it's launched in 2011, it will run a year on the road, and then being developed to a FIA GT, GT1 (aco) or GT2 (aco). If that is successful, then McLaren might think on developing an Lmp1!?, but what should be remembered about this car is that it probably wont be driven by an McLaren engine!. So any racing program would have too be accepted by the engine producer! (Like BMW did a part in the Mclaren F1 program!)
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is Mercedes owning a part of McLaren or McLaren F1?
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is Mercedes owning a part of McLaren or McLaren F1?
F1 team: 40% in September 2008 - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70680

Daimler 40% (2007) of McLaren Group: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_Group#Ownership
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They already have the car in development - it has been for some time.

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-...ontent-block=1
Eww... kinda looks like an R8 and a Vauxhall did the nasty.
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dont forget ALL those renders have been produced by people OUTSIDE of McLaren. You can tell the Car mag one is based off of some Ascari images. Only images to trust are the actual spy shots
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There are always exclusives in car mags but very few ever get into production, yes I do think Maclaren are developing something but as an organisation they are very good at keeping things underwraps the car will be announced to the world to a big fanfair. I doubt it will be the one on carmagazines exclusive.
If you dont believe me try this report from yesterdays press conference

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Se...ils-live-blog/

I am not saying that these pictures are of the actual car - but it is 100% clear that Mclaren are stepping into more serious sportscar production.

And if its car magazine you doubt - perhaps this will get you believing this is happening:

http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/new...php?article=28
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I agree there is a new maclaren coming very soon, but years of leaked news of amazing cars which are going to be being built either turn out very different or never materialise have made me very sceptical.

However I am also very optimistic that whatever the car eventually looks like it is unlikely to be as ugly as some of the recent offerings from more established supercar makers.
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Evo has a couple of spyshots. Looks like it would make a great GT racerhttp://www.evo.co.uk/front_website/g...?o=0&id=306060
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Difficult to tell anything under all those false panels, but nothing indicates that it will be a radical new shape, lets hope it will have something to set it apart when it finally emerges as a finished article.
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The chassis in those photos resembles a bit the F1 from the 90s.
I liked those cars.
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what are homologation numbers for GT2 these days anyhow?
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Plus some other qualifiers Here Through 2.2

2.1.3 -
The "LM" GT2 Grand Touring car must meet a minimum
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a/ To be regularly produced by a manufacturer
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A regular production implies a permanent
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only 25? Thought it was higher than that. OK then, no problem there...
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Eww... kinda looks like an R8 and a Vauxhall did the nasty.

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