--- title: McLaren F1 GTR · HICONIUM description: "Customers asked McLaren to race a road car that had not been designed for racing. The first F1 GTR arrived at Le Mans in 1995 with less power than the production F1 and finished first, third, fourth, fifth and thirteenth." canonical_url: https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/mclaren/f1-gtr image: https://hiconium.dev/og/vehicle/mclaren/f1-gtr.png --- > HICONIUM · Index: https://hiconium.dev/llms.txt · Every page: append `.md` or send `Accept: text/markdown`. > Path: [Home](https://hiconium.dev/) › [Vehicles](https://hiconium.dev/models) › [McLaren](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/mclaren) › F1 GTR > On this page: [The price and the proof](#the-price-and-the-proof) · [Model readouts](#model-readouts) · [Documented sales](#documented-sales) · [A customer race programme became an outright winner.](#overview-heading) · [Technical specifications](#technical-specifications) · [1995 specification](#1995-specification) · [Three evolutions](#three-evolutions) · [F1 GTR register](#f1-gtr-register) · [The people behind the car](#the-people-behind-the-car) · [Gordon Murray](#gordon-murray) · [Member instruments](#member-instruments) ![A grey McLaren F1 GTR, front three-quarter view on a pewter field with a warm gold glow](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mclaren-f1-gtr/hero-wide-2560.jpg) # F1 GTR Road car, Le Mans winner Customers asked McLaren to race a road car that had not been designed for racing. The first F1 GTR arrived at Le Mans in 1995 with less power than the production F1 and finished first, third, fourth, fifth and thirteenth. 1995 to 1998 · 28 built · Woking ## The price and the proof Indicative road-car band $15M–$35M · 1 documented road sales · 1 recorded sales on file. Modeled values are not observed sales. Nothing here is investment advice. Confidence: estimate. Only one verified public F1 GTR sale was found in the reviewed sources: Longtail 21R at Gooding in 2014. The present range is an editorial estimate informed by later F1 road-car results, current public offering levels and the large provenance spread between GTR chassis. Figures in USD. Specification, race history, originality, road conversion, livery and factory or Lanzante documentation can outweigh model-level averages. Valuation method and source rules: [HICONIUM standards](https://hiconium.dev/standards). Observed auction results across the wider market: [Market terminal](https://hiconium.dev/market). ### Model readouts Synthetic model · insufficient ledger. model v1 · seed mclaren-f1-gtr. Compound annual growth is modeled price CAGR; S&P 500 is a price index without dividends. Forecast quantiles are not investment advice. | Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1Y | +13.3% | +18.8% | +21.9% | | 5Y | +12.9% | +11.4% | +17.6% | | 10Y | +13.0% | +13.3% | +11.8% | | Series | Deepest drawdown | Window | | --- | --- | --- | | This car* | -5.7% | Feb 2020 → Mar 2020 · recovered Jun 2020 | | S&P 500 | -20.3% | Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023 | | Gold | -19.5% | Mar 2014 → Dec 2015 · recovered Jul 2016 | | Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | +6M | $21'878'148 | $23'847'971 | $25'995'149 | | +12M | $22'297'460 | $24'821'225 | $27'630'645 | | +24M | $23'194'097 | $26'888'512 | $31'171'383 | ### Documented sales 1 recorded. Every public sale on this file, newest first. Amounts keep the recorded currency. Source links appear only when the catalog stores a public auction-lot URL. | Date | Chassis / label | Class | House | Venue | Amount | Currency | Basis | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2014-01-18 | 2014 | Road | Gooding Christie's | The Scottsdale Auctions 2014, Scottsdale, USA | $5'280'000 | USD | incl. buyer's premium | [https://glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/56683/results](https://glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/56683/results) | A 2026 value-in-excess-of figure is an asking threshold, not a sale, and is excluded from the ledger. ## A customer race programme became an outright winner. Ray Bellm and Thomas Bscher pressed McLaren to prepare the F1 for the 1995 BPR Global GT Series. Gordon Murray's team added the cage, revised the suspension, steering, brakes and aerodynamics, and completed the programme in months. At Le Mans the Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing car, wearing Ueno Clinic colours and driven by Yannick Dalmas, JJ Lehto and Masanori Sekiya, won overall. McLaren then evolved the GTR through nine 1996 cars and ten 1997 Longtails, for 28 chassis in total; customer teams continued racing the type in 1998. | Highlight | Detail | | --- | --- | | Less power than the road car | Regulation intake restrictors held the 1995 GTR below the production F1's 627 PS. The racer gained its time through lower mass, slick tyres, quicker steering and larger brakes. | | Le Mans on the first attempt | Seven GTRs started the 1995 race. The Ueno Clinic car won overall; four more finished third, fourth, fifth and thirteenth after sixteen hours of rain. | | The body changed with the rules | The 1997 GTR was not a trim update. New long bodywork, a 6.0-litre racing V12 and a sequential gearbox made it a separate technical specification. | | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Built | 28 | | Le Mans | 1st overall · 1995 | | Race wins | 38 | | Specifications | 1995 · 1996 · 1997 LT | | Technical direction | Gordon Murray | ## Technical specifications ### 1995 specification | Label | Value | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | Engine | BMW S70/2 60° V12 | 6'064 cc, naturally aspirated | | Power | 600 PS at 7'500 rpm | air-restricted by regulation; factory specification | | Weight | 1'050 kg | factory specification | | Gearbox | 6-speed manual | | | Chassis | Carbon-fibre monocoque | steel roll cage added for competition | ### Three evolutions | Label | Value | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | 1995 | 9 cars | short-tail; road gearbox architecture | | 1996 | 9 cars | revised aerodynamics and lower mass | | 1997 | 10 cars | Longtail; 6.0-litre V12 and sequential gearbox | | Total | 28 GTR chassis | | ### F1 GTR register 1 documented · public records only. Private, unpublished and member-only chassis files are omitted. | Year | Chassis | Colour | Provenance | Last public sale | File | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1996 | 10R | | | | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/mclaren/f1-gtr?file=10R) | ## The people behind the car ### [Gordon Murray](https://hiconium.dev/people/gordon-murray) Technical director · McLaren Cars Directed the F1 road programme and the rapid conversion to GTR specification, including its single initial wind-tunnel development day. ## Member instruments A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on this file. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds. [Sign in](https://hiconium.dev/sign-in) to place one. Garage files for an owned chassis are member records and are not listed here. [How membership works](https://hiconium.dev/membership).