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VIDEO. McLaren Solus GT wins 2023 Festival of Speed Shootout at Goodwood
The McLaren Solus GT is intended for use in Track Days on circuits. Photo McLaren Automotive
The Goodwood Festival of Speed traditionally ends with the Shootout, a hill climb on the narrow 1,86km climb. A year after the breathtaking record of the McMurtry Automotive Spéirling, another astonishing car won the event this Sunday July 16: a McLaren Solus GT.
The English prototype does not meet any regulations for road use, and is reserved for Track Days with McLaren supervision. Equipped with a 10 liter naturally aspirated V5.2, it develops 840 horsepower for less than a ton on the scale. Its cockpit is central and its grip is phenomenal with 1 kg of aerodynamic downforce at high speed.
As part of the Festival of Speed, driver Marvin Kirchhöfer took the wheel of the beast. The 29-year-old German achieved a climb in 45”34, one second less than his runner-up, Travis Pastrana with his Subaru GL Family Huckster (already seen at Goodwood in 2022).
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“I am more than delighted, for the good reason that I did not expect to win at all, said Marvin Kirchhöfer. This is my first time at Goodwood. I would like to congratulate Travis Pastrana on his climb, it was really impressive and I had a lot of fun watching him slide through the turns! »
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Medhi Casaurang
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