McLaren F1 GTR chassis #28R 1997

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McLaren F1 GTR chassis #28R 1997

McLaren F1 GTR chassis #28R 1997
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The McLaren F1 GTR chassis # 28R , was the 28th and last McLaren F1 GTR produced by the British McLaren Cars factory in Woking, Surrey. It is the last of that final year's batch of only ten highly developed 'Longtail' cars. with their unique centerline driving position and all-composite structure - were the ultimate development of McLaren's entire Le Mans-winning F1 GTR family.

In 1997 '028R' contested FIA GT Championship 4-hour races at the Nurburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Austria's A1-Ring, Donington Park and Mugello, plus the Sebring and Laguna Seca 3-hours events and the Suzuka 1,000 kms. Piloted by Andrew Gilbert-Scott, Geoff Lees, Anders Olofsson and John Neilsen, '028R' finished sixth at Suzuka and Laguna Seca, seventh at Donington and tenth at Sebring.