The McLaren Senna GTR LM will pay tribute to the five F1 GTR units that finished the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995

It is well known that the McLaren F1 is a vehicle that marked a milestone not only in automotive history, but is also a very important model in the history of the British brand, both in its road version and its competition version. That is why it is no surprise that McLaren treats us, with considerable frequency, to special editions that commemorate the F1’s competition successes.

The crown jewel of the McLaren lineup today is the Senna, which in itself carries certain reminiscences of the F1, making it undoubtedly the best model on which to create a special edition that honours such a legendary car. On this occasion, however, McLaren delights us with a special edition comprising five versions, each one created to commemorate one of the five units that crossed the finish line at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in that glorious 1995, both for McLaren and for the F1.

But McLaren has wanted to go all out, and this special edition takes the Senna GTR as its reference, the most radical and impressive version of this model. Each of these five one-of-a-kind units features a livery that pays homage to the one carried by those five F1 units in the 1995 race, with unique details as well as logos and brands that have granted their permission to be placed on the Senna GTR LM, such detailed work that the people at MSO have devoted at least 800 hours of painting to each unit.

In this way we have five McLaren Senna GTR LMs, named above all with the main sponsor they carried in mind: thus the Senna GTR LM 825/1 is named “The Ueno Clinic car” and pays tribute to the F1/01R, which went on to win with Yannick Dalmas, Masanori Sekiya and JJ Lehto at the wheel; the next is the Senna GTR LM 825/6 called “The Harrods car” in reference to the F1/06R, which finished in third place; the Senna GTR LM 825/2 is the “The Gulf car” and features the iconic colours of the oil company, which also adorned the F1/02R that finished fourth; the Senna GTR LM 825/7 is the “The Jacadi car” for the F1/07R, which finished in fifth place; and finally, the Senna GTR LM 825/5 called “The Cesar car” in honour of the F1/05R, which finished the race in thirteenth position.

But the special treatment is not limited to the exterior: the interior also benefits from modifications such as the competition steering wheel with anodised gold-coloured paddles and buttons, titanium pedals with the LM logo engraved, leather straps for closing the doors, and carbon-fibre competition seats with the model name embroidered on the headrest, in addition to these seats including six-point harnesses in black.

Everything else remains a pure and hard-core Senna GTR, with its spectacular and finely crafted aerodynamic bodywork, its enormous and eye-catching rear wing, or the powerful 4.0-litre twin-turbo engine that produces 845 CV. By the way, the fortunate owners of these models will receive a VIP pass for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and will be able to drive their vehicle around the legendary circuit, accompanied by the five original 1995 F1 GTR units.