The Car's the Star - McLaren F1 - Part 4

Quentin Willson provides an in depth look at the McLaren F1 supercar in this episode of "The Car's the Star"

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• McLaren
• F1
• GTR
• LM
• supercar
• exotic

[ruddypeasant]

Peleton25, I remember watching this back in the day when it was broadcast. How did you get hold of it in the states?

[Peloton25]

@ruddypeasant - Someone in the UK encoded it into MPEG format back in 2005 and shared it on the F1 forum. Then a year or so later I uploaded the clips to YouTube so more people could enjoy them.

The thing I find funny is that some of the clips have tremendously more views than others which means quite a lot of people have missed watching the whole thing. When I originally uploaded them you couldn't link them to run concurrently the way you can now.

[branger94]

Im sorry but Veyron > F1

[Peloton25]

@branger94 - No need to apologize for your opinion. We all have our preferences. :)

I appreciate the Veyron, but it doesn't move me the way the F1 does.

[jepley100]

I don't know if it was posted, but the only owner they found JAMES MUNROE the accountant, was actually sent to prison for:

"transferring funds by deception and procuring the execution of a valuable security". HAHA. He never had the money in the first place!

[Peloton25]

@jepley100 - Yes - already covered in great detail here in the comments.

[xxxsde]

english still can do it and better than german or italian????

u must be joking ...

[kinkaid25]

@joyfulvulture yes bruce mclaren may have started the company, but ron dennis brought this company along long way in acheivement than bruce mclaren could have ever thought possible

[krirks]

I watched this and so curious about the owner of the F1, who is this guy?

Too bad, it turned out he was a scammer.

[Carlonepapa]

The head of this project is Gordon Murray a South African.

I love some british cars, like Aston Martin, Jaguar and others, but this car does no reflect the actual British industry, or in better words, contemporary brit Ind.

Anyway it is a Superb machine. Much more impressive then the new version.

[ruddypeasant]

@Peloton25 thanks for the quick reply and for uploading too! It was a good programme even if Quentin gets a bit rule britannia at the end. I always chuckle when I see part 2 and he's running down the competition. Look! The big cat's done a wee!

[ruddypeasant]

Peleton25, I remember watching this back in the day when it was broadcast. How did you get hold of it in the states?

[TheElite1102]

@Peloton25 McLaren F1 is purity, and the Bugatti Veyron is, as someone said here on Youtube, a VW Beetle with steroids :D

[TheTornado4000]

Engine may be german but it was Gordon Murray's idea on how the engine should be so you can say it is an all British car. If this was BMW's own idea then surely a better engine would have appeared in the M3.