Under the overall guidance of Greg, Chase and Stefano for F1, and their overall vision of what they plan to accomplish in the future for F1, and of course for McLaren itself, Paul, Zak and Andreas are a great team of individuals who we truly believe in. “In over 35 yeas of my investment career, I’ve rarely come across a combination of the right team in the right league with the right people,” Najafi said. For Najafi, McLaren provided a prime opportunity to capitalise on the people already in place. MSP Sports Capital’s ethos places a great focus on having the right people in the right places, and relying on a network working together. It’s an endorsement of F1, but also of McLaren. Today is an endorsement of where they've set the sport for the future.” “MSP coming in to invest in McLaren also validates Chase’s business plan and Greg’s investment in the sport, of what he thought it was capable of. What Liberty saw when they acquired F1, was the opportunity to change the sport to create franchise value for racing teams to attract investments like MSP. “If you look at the valuation of NBA teams, Premier League teams, Major League Baseball teams, they grow significantly for the shareholders. Through NASCAR, Moorad met future McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown, laying the foundations for the new investment. Moorad has previous involvement in motorsport, buying the Hall of Fame Racing NASCAR team in 2007 along with Tom Garfinkel, who is now involved in the Miami Grand Prix project as chief executive of the Miami Dolphins.
F1 entry fees revealed as teams costs are cut.McLaren: Prestige, not money, main reward for third place.He is involved in the NBA, holding a stake in the Phoenix Suns basketball team. Najafi also has a wealth of investment experience both in and out of sports. The Padres were sold for over $800m three years later.Īs well as being a partner in MSP Sports Capital, Jahm Najafi runs The Najafi Companies, which was part of the consortium included in the deal. He became a shareholder and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team in 2004 before leading a buyout of the San Diego Padres in 2009. Moorad started out as a player agent back in the 1980s, and grew to be a major player in American sports. McLaren themselves state that the Solus GT, which is limited to track-use only, is as close as one can get to a Formula One car in terms of power, speed, braking, and aerodynamics.Despite the relative youth of the company, the experience behind it is considerable. The entire car has also been shaped and refined from the Ultimate Vision concept so that every single surface of the car produces downforce, to the tune of 1,200 kg (2,646 lbs) worth at 130 or more mph. Using a bespoke 5.2L naturally aspirated V10, it has been tweaked and tuned to the maximum, screaming to over 10,000 RPM and producing a hefty 830 HP. Using the same ultra-lightweight but ultra-strong carbon fiber composite that the Formula One race cars use, it comes in at under 1,000 kg (2,204 lbs). Make no mistake, this is a hardcore track monster.
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Now, 6 years later, the MSO skunkworks team have realized the concept into an extremely limited series 25 unit production run.
Released with the game Gran Turismo Sport for the PlayStation 4, the car was a study by McLaren to produce their ultimate concept race car. The McLaren Solus GT is the realization of a completely digital concept and design process, as it is the real-world version of what was known as the McLaren Ultimate Vision Gran Turismo. It is all part of a broader McLaren strategy to field an all-hybrid model portfolio by 2024. The entire model lineup was discontinued in 2021 and replaced by the hybrid McLaren Artura. You also have the McLaren customer race cars hardcore performance machines explicitly developed for track use.Ī noticeable absentee is the Sports Series lineup, comprising at least seven different models. McLaren heads into 2023 with a trimmed-down lineup consisting of its supercars, ultimate series hypercars and the single GT model, with a new Solus GT "Legacy" model, an ultra-exclusive $3.5 million track-only car. If McLaren keeps up this pace, we can expect a couple of brand-new models for 2022 though nothing has been confirmed at this point. The limited-series Sabre was only manufactured for 15 customers in the United States and does not count in this case. Until now, we have had six releases - the 765LT Coupe and Spider, Elva, Speedtail, GT and Artura. Contents: Models / Sports / GT / Super / Ultimate / RaceĪt the 2019 Canadian International Auto Show, McLaren’s chief of design operations, Mark Roberts, confirmed that the British automaker would expand its model offerings by at least 18 new cars in the next six years.
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