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Posted Feb 02 2010, 05:42 PM by Andy Blackmore with 19 comment(s)

RANDOM SNAP>>McLAREN MP4-12C GTR!
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I often pass by Jon Sibal's blog and it never ceases to amaze me how he finds the time, in between his comic book work to create his artwork. I wish I could steal a few of his hours each day. I can’t remember when I was able to finish up a render to his standard, away from usual day-to-day stuff. So, back in November, I hit on a great idea. Why don’t I create a GTR version of the new McLaren MP4-12C complete with some of the classic liveries I designed way back 15 years ago. I started...

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Posted Oct 02 2009, 06:21 AM by Andy Blackmore with 10 comment(s)

RETROSPECTIVE>>McLAREN F1 GTR SHORT TAIL: PART 2
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In part 2 of our McLaren F1 GTR Retrospective, we are going to look at the 1996 season. McLaren Cars made a number of improvements for the 1996 season with revised aerodynamics, cooling and fuel system. Many components were re-engineered. As I explained at the beginning of the month , a new test car, Chassis ‘10R’ was completed and used to announce the 1996 season, although ironically the car still carried some 1995 aerodynamics. We needed a livery which jumped out of the page and also...
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Posted Oct 01 2009, 04:40 PM by Andy Blackmore with 15 comment(s)

RETROSPECTIVE>>McLAREN F1 GTR SHORT TAIL: PART 1
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As our BMW Feature Month comes to an end, I have been asked to give my personal reflections on the golden years of the McLaren F1 GTR. Grab yourself a coffee….it’s a long one! With the aid of Rod's images from his recent visit to Rahal Letterman and John Brooks extensive collection, I'll attempt to cover the two seasons in which the short-tail GTR changed the face of GT racing. It may not have been part of the original McLaren F1 project, but the story of the McLaren F1 GTR was...
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Posted Sep 10 2009, 01:00 PM by John Brooks with 26 comment(s)

RETROSPECTIVE>>BMW, THE F1 GTR & FIA GT 1997 PT.2
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In his masterpiece, The Waste Land , TS Eliot asserted that "April is the cruellest month". Back in 1997 it must have seemed so to those of us anticipating the opening round of the FIA GT Championship to be staged at the HockenheimRing. For the teams there were days without end as they struggled to get their new cars ready for the contest, parts to be assembled, tested and refined and hopefully, made fast and reliable. April had been a cruel time at Hockenheim in Aprils past, 1968 saw the...
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Posted Sep 09 2009, 11:21 AM by John Brooks with 20 comment(s)

RETROSPECTIVE>>BMW, THE F1 GTR & FIA GT '97 PT. 1
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It happens only rarely but when it does you know, just know, with absolute certainty that a car is right when you first look at it. One such instance was back at the beginning of 1997 when the McLaren F1 GTR "Longtail" appeared. The original McLaren F1 GTR was a thing of beauty and as such normally should have been left alone and not "improved", at least that would be conventional wisdom. However the dictates of competition meant that 'something must be done' so remarkably...
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Posted Sep 02 2009, 05:04 PM by Andy Blackmore with 22 comment(s)

VIDEO ROLL>>McLAREN F1 GTR ' 96-GTR LAUNCH CAR'
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This popped up on my twitter account earlier. Autocar Magazine in the UK released a video of Nick Masons road-legal BMW powered McLaren F1 GTR around, what looks like Chobham test track in the UK. I believe an article appears in this week's Autocar Magazine.

Despite what the video says, I don't think '10R' is the most famous, by any means. I would suggest the 1995 Le Mans winning Ueno Clinic car or GTC Gulf cars would hold that 'title'.

This car has recently had its yellow '96 GTR' launch livery re-applied. This was designed to announce the 1996 version of the GTR and needed to stand out on the page. I had real difficulty in coming up with a livery for the car which was already painted Red, so I asked the paint-shop at McLaren to cut me some 'GTR' stickers for my scale model....

.....I came back from lunch and a couple of GTR stickers were lying hap-hazard on my desk, on top of some elevation drawings. I thought that works, and that was that, onto the next project! 

I do remember it was a pain for the guys to sticker though!

-Andy Blackmore

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