- Lanzante has launched the primary photograph of its Venture 95-59 supercar
- The supercar celebrates 30 years since Lanzante’s Le Mans win with the McLaren F1 GTR
- Lanzante will use a donor McLaren platform and embody seating for 3
In 1995, a McLaren F1 GTR race automotive claimed the general victory on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, marking McLaren’s debut on the French endurance traditional.
The race noticed seven F1 GTRs take to the beginning grid, with the quantity 59 automotive—fielded by Lanzante and pushed by JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas, and Masanori Sekiya—crossing the end line first. Three further F1 GTRs completed throughout the prime 5. Whereas the McLarens weren’t the quickest automobiles on the observe, the reliability of their BMW-sourced V-12 engines helped them outlast the prototype race automobiles.
On Monday, Lanzante introduced it’s going to have fun the thirtieth anniversary of this historic achievement with what the British motorsports and engineering firm describes as its most bold undertaking up to now: constructing a bespoke supercar primarily based on a donor McLaren platform, and that includes the identical three-seat structure with a center-mounted driver, made well-known by the F1. Like the unique F1, the brand new automotive will even supply baggage capability.
No additional technical particulars have been launched, other than a power-to-weight ratio of 1 horsepower for each 3.2 kilos.
#59 McLaren F1 GTR
At present generally known as Venture 95-59, the automotive is about to make its official debut on the 2025 Goodwood Pageant of Speed, which is able to happen within the U.Ok. from July 10-13. A teaser photograph launched alongside Monday’s announcement reveals a contemporary design, showing to attract extra affect from the McLaren P1 reasonably than the unique F1. That could be as a result of involvement of designer Paul Howse, who was a part of the group that designed the P1.
One potential donor platform for the undertaking might be the McLaren Speedtail, which additionally incorporates a three-seat structure. Lanzante has a historical past of modifying limited-edition McLaren fashions, comparable to remodeling the P1 into the open-top P1 Spider and changing the track-only P1 GTR into the street-legal P1 LM, a religious successor to the legendary F1 LM.
Manufacturing will probably be restricted, however Lanzante hasn’t mentioned an actual determine.
