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Goodwood is inextricably linked to the history of McLaren . The Bruce McLaren Racing Team used the motor circuit throughout the sixties to develop racing cars. It's on this circuit that the Kiwi lost its life in June 1970. Driving a brand new McLaren launched at Goodwood is a very special experience.
This time it's a road car, and it's not the Goodwood circuit, but the notoriously delicate 1.16 mile coast racing circuit in the back yard of the Duke of Richmond – Festival of Speed The car in question is the new 600LT and Auto Express is the first in the world to drive it.
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LT stands for "Longtail" and it's an evocative name in the McLaren story. The first car to carry this badge was the F1 GTR in 1997 to conquer the GT and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the 600 is the third to follow the 675LT of 2015. This is for this reason why the new one creates so much attention in the Paddock Supercar of the Festival of Speed.
Although there is a whole series of unique and crazy supercars in their garages, the 600LT itself has a distinctive look. The taut bodywork is the most noticeable change and this fixed rear wing makes a 570S (the car on which the 600LT is based) seems rather conventional.
Start the engine, engage 'D & # 39; and we gently push the car out of the paddock. With helmets and the same racing carbon fiber seats as the crazy McLaren Senna the 600LT looks like a race car. Indeed, the seats completely transform the sitting position of a 570S – you sit perfectly straight and straight, and you feel more connected to the car.
A helping hand from the Marshal and it's far from the famous tree avenue. The engine sings with a more melodious rasp thanks to a completely different exhaust system.
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The 600LT uses the same 3.8L twin-turbocharged V8 engine as the 570S, but with 30 hp and 20 Nm more torque, and it's even more efficient. is very visible. We are at 62 mph in what looks like a wink (it's actually 2.8 incredible seconds) before pressing the brakes for the first corner. There is the McLaren brand braking sensation and the almost telepathic direction, but in the LT, it's even more crispy. It's now a small splash in the second bend before jumping past the Duke's country pile. It's here that we can open the 600LT and let the crowd hear this fabulous engine note.
Now we are under the bridge and down to the famous Molecomb corner. It's off-camber and still a good test of the balance of a car, but this weekend it's also very dusty, so it's pretty slippery. Again, hard on the brakes and it is here that the LT feels completely different from the 570S because it brakes completely flat and true. Attacking the same corner in the 570S or the 570GT and the nose would dive a bit and the car would tremble while scrubbing speed.
Once straightened, it's time for another blast past the crowd and then Flint Wall, kink right, gently hold the throttle and back in the trees. The 600LT blows in daylight for a while before diving into the woods. And then, that's the boost for the line, completing a very special drive in what is supposed to be probably McLaren's best car currently.
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