Just ahead of last weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans, McLaren pulled back the covers on its future endurance racer. Along with giving us our first look at the new hypercar, the automaker also announced that it will sell a small run of hypercars to a hand-picked group of customers, not unlike Ferrari does with the 499P and Aston Martin with the Valkyrie LM.
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On top of getting the chance to drive your very own race car, McLaren is also promising to bring the chosen customers through the testing and development of the car as part of what it calls Project: Endurance. The price is undisclosed, of course, but according to McLaren, it includes two years' worth of arrive-and-drive programs, complete with professional coaching, a pit crew, and race engineers at some of the best tracks around the world.
In the world of car racing, the Triple Crown of Motorsports refers to winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Indianapolis 500, and the Monaco Grand Prix. To this day, McLaren is the only manufacturer to have done it. With Project: Endurance, McLaren aims to win all three within a single season.
So what's the deal with the car itself? Well, building a race car is, as you might have guessed, immensely expensive. But in the top-flight Hypercar classes of IMSA and WEC, manufacturers are given the option between LMH and LMDh specifications. The former, which is the route Aston Martin, Ferrari, Toyota, and Peugeot have taken, allows for a bespoke car but costs more money. The latter, which the rest of the WEC field selected, uses off-the-shelf parts, including the chassis, and helps to significantly bring down costs.
McLaren opted to go for an LMDh car and selected Dallara, the same company that builds chassis for IndyCar, to build its chassis. It will partner with United Autosports, which is partly owned by McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, to field the cars in 2027. Full details on the car are light, but the automaker confirmed that it will be powered by a twin-turbocharged V-6, which will be capped at 671 horsepower by regulations.
One downside of going the LMDh route is the restriction on design. By choosing a chassis manufacturer, you're signing up for their base template. McLaren was able to alter the body panels, but the result is—let's say discombobulated at best. Still, owning an ugly hypercar sounds better than owning no hypercar.
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