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McLAREN: THE ROAD CARS 2010-2024

As author Kyle Fortune, a motoring journalist of 25 years, states, “It’s rare to havewinner’s Caithness glass bowl. Details and associated images of the company’s Special Operations output are particularly jaw-dropping. The art deco X-1 one-off of 2012 is crazy, while the P1 GTR in Senna-era McLaren livery brings exaggerated nods of appreciation: “With approval from the Senna family this was christened ‘Beco’, a name that Ayrton’s parents called him,” Fortune writes. It’s interesting to learn that musician George Harrison asked for his F1 to be colour-matched to an aubergine. 

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