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To this end the majority of the internals have been redesigned and upgraded to the Solus GT's bespoke specification, including the crank, cylinder capacity, air intake and exhaust. It retains the 70-degree V-angle, the forty-valve head, four-valves per cylinder, direct injection and dry sump specification of the racer, but also features some very specific McLaren upgrades. The basis of the V10 McLaren selected for Solus GT has a heritage in sports car racing, powering the Pescarolo 01 to second place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006. So I started to look at other options and Judd had an option that suited our requirements,' explains McLaren's vehicle line director, Andy Palmer. 'We looked at our V8 engine, but the turbocharging components and cooling it requires would have meant a redesign of the car, something we didn't want to do.

Then again, if you’re going to be a bear, you might as well be a grizzly. Even so, when the first car you were shown by your team on your first day in the job, and the first that you present to the public in your new role, is a mid-engined, closed cockpit, single seater track only hypercar, powered by a 5.2-litre naturally-aspirated V10 engine with its roots firmly planted in endurance racing, it was quite the entrance to make. The Solus GT project was well underway before Michael Leiters signed on the line to be McLaren’s new CEO in April 2022 following Mike Flewit’s departure. This year's festival will see McLaren celebrate its 60th anniversary, including honouring its 'Triple Crown' success with Indianapolis 500, Le Mans and Monaco Grand Prix winning cars in attendance. McLaren's new 750S supercar, revealed earlier this year also lined alongside the Artura, the company's first hybrid.

Revealed last year at Monterey Car Week, all 25 examples of the Solus GT have already been accounted for, costing each buyer from £3m. McLaren's track-only Solus GT made its dynamic debut at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed alongside rhe company's new 750S hypercar.

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