Photo: Lanzante
Drifting is one of the wildest ways of handling a car. Not particularly difficult if you know what you're doing, drifting has become, over the years, a sport of sorts with its own superstars and iconic vehicles.
Because of its nature, drifting is done better in some cars and less so in others, and probably the last thing one would expect to see on a drift course is a hypercar. And yet that's exactly what some guys over in Britain are planning to present later this summer. And it's not going to be just any drift hypercar, but the wildest one on Earth, according to its makers: Lazante, Mad Mike Whiddett, and O'Gara Coach.
Lazante is a name some of you are probably familiar with. It's a British automotive business that deals in restoring classic cars, among other things, with a soft spot for McLarens. Then, Mad Mike Whiddett is one of the drifting stars I mentioned earlier, a New Zealand-born racer who made a name for himself behind the wheel of Mazdas, but also a Lamborghini. And finally, O'Gara Coach is a luxury car dealer based in Beverly Hills.
So, these three have teamed up to give us one of the hottest cars of the summer, and they call it Madmac. But what is it, really?
By all intents and purposes, the car is a McLaren P1 GTR, a model that has already been made by the British carmaker with track use in mind. In its stock form, the vehicle comes with pretty exciting capabilities – after all, it was the first McLaren car to use the GTR acronym since the F1 GTR that won Le Mans in 1995.
In its usual incarnation, the P1 is powered by a mid-mounted, twin-turbocharged V8 engine that is capable of delivering 986 horsepower, comes with a Formula 1-derived drag reduction system, and 19-inch motorsport alloy wheels.
The model was made in very limited numbers, just 58 units, after the production of its road-going sibling stopped in 2015. At the time of its entrance on the market, a single unit was worth over $2.4 million.
The most important mechanical bits of the car will probably remain the same for the Madmac project, but a host of other modifications are currently being made in several locations around the world, including the UK and New Zealand.
The specifics of the changes have not been announced, but the trio involved promises to reveal more in the coming weeks – we'll keep an eye out for updates and report back as soon as we learn them.
The first official outing of the vehicle will take place in July at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed, and from there Whiddett hints the drift car will go "sideways" on tracks around the world.
Lazante is a name some of you are probably familiar with. It's a British automotive business that deals in restoring classic cars, among other things, with a soft spot for McLarens. Then, Mad Mike Whiddett is one of the drifting stars I mentioned earlier, a New Zealand-born racer who made a name for himself behind the wheel of Mazdas, but also a Lamborghini. And finally, O'Gara Coach is a luxury car dealer based in Beverly Hills.
So, these three have teamed up to give us one of the hottest cars of the summer, and they call it Madmac. But what is it, really?
By all intents and purposes, the car is a McLaren P1 GTR, a model that has already been made by the British carmaker with track use in mind. In its stock form, the vehicle comes with pretty exciting capabilities – after all, it was the first McLaren car to use the GTR acronym since the F1 GTR that won Le Mans in 1995.
In its usual incarnation, the P1 is powered by a mid-mounted, twin-turbocharged V8 engine that is capable of delivering 986 horsepower, comes with a Formula 1-derived drag reduction system, and 19-inch motorsport alloy wheels.
The model was made in very limited numbers, just 58 units, after the production of its road-going sibling stopped in 2015. At the time of its entrance on the market, a single unit was worth over $2.4 million.
The most important mechanical bits of the car will probably remain the same for the Madmac project, but a host of other modifications are currently being made in several locations around the world, including the UK and New Zealand.
The specifics of the changes have not been announced, but the trio involved promises to reveal more in the coming weeks – we'll keep an eye out for updates and report back as soon as we learn them.
The first official outing of the vehicle will take place in July at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed, and from there Whiddett hints the drift car will go "sideways" on tracks around the world.
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