McLaren showed off a slide bearing 6:33 to “inspire” potential McLaren P1 buyers. Ron Dennis claimed the P1 would go sub 7 minutes and “break all the records.” Now months of testing have gone by with no official announcement and every indication that McLaren got beat at the Nürburgring. Here are all the rumors, bits of evidence, and explanations why it doesn’t (and really does) matter.P
Let me break everything down from the beginning. It was at this March’s Geneva Motor Show when McLaren head honcho and spiritual leader Ron Dennis walked on stage to present the production version of the P1 for the first time (you can watch the whole presentation right here.) He came out to talk numbers, because the numbers were enough to grab headlines … More