Here’s How Much Faster The McLaren P1 Is When Wearing Track Tyres
Recently, Chris Harris finally got together the Holy Trinity for a glorious track battle at the fantastic Portimao circuit in Portugal, with the video being released last week. For the comparison, Ferrari asked for the McLaren to be wearing the Pirelli Corsa road tyres that come as standard on both cars. For track use, though, the P1 can be specced with super sticky track-spec Pirelli Trofeo R tyres.
After the comparisons were complete, Chris took the car out on its track rubber to see just how much of a difference it makes. I won’t ruin the time difference, but there will be no surprises that it’s quicker. What’s interesting to note is that Chris can get on the power earlier out of every corner, and suffers far less traction troubles when doing so. On road rubber, the P1 looks like a bit of a handful, whereas on track tyres it looks violently grippy.
Check out the full video below, or skip to 11m 30s to see the original lap.
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All the ‘racers’ with ££££ worth of adjustable coilovers (that they haven’t got a clue with) and budget tyres will be heading to get some decent rubber after watching this.
Dat boost though
It’s a whole new thing.
This is nuts
I don’t see why Porsche and Ferrari didn’t want the P1 to use it’s track tires I mean you aren’t exactly gonna use the stock ones at the track and if they were so upset about the P1 having track tires maybe Porsche and Ferrari should ship there cars with them to
I don’t understand something, if the 918 is faster than all the other around all the other tracks, why isn’t it here?
Reminds me of something yesterday
I feel much better now that I see even Chris Harris drives the P1 with keyboard on 1:16
Summing it all up. The 918 is the best all rounder, the P1 is the best track “weapon” and the LaFerrari is the most fun to drive, and also in my opinion the best looking. There you have it folks
This video is a recorded lap on a race game. Wake up people.