Aug 20, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: McLaren's $3.3M Hypercar Comes With Two Years of Training for Wannabe Racers

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The P1 GTR is a track-dedicated version of the P1 hypercar, with even more power. It was unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
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The GTR uses the same twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V6 engine and electric motor as the P1, but different pistons and higher octane fuel bump the output to 986 horsepower.

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The rear wing, which on the P1 automatically adjusts to increase or decrease downforce, lost some of its mechanical actuators to save weight.
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The P1 GTR McLaren showed at Pebble isn’t quite finalized. The radiator will be made bigger, to increase cooling.

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And McLaren will add louvers to the front fenders to improve airflow.
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at Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, August 17, 2014. Jason Henry for WIRED
Now that McLaren has made the P1 into a race car, it has to turn P1 owners into race drivers.

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