Following the McLaren F1 GTR’s victory at Le Mans in 1995, the spotlight was very much on the road car to racing car translation and transformation, as top-level prototypes of the day were dispatched by a car that was never intended by its creators to race. The bandwagon was, therefore, there to be jumped upon, and in the case of Porsche and Mercedes-Benz, jump they did.
FEB 28th 2017
Video: What's it like to drive a Porsche 911 GT1?
The formula was upended in 1996 with the introduction of the Porsche 911 GT1. This was in very few ways, still a 911, but its participation was permitted by homologation. Yes, very few road-going, mid-engined, water-cooled 911 GT1s exist (and indeed fewer roam the streets). This mutant (and the CLK GTR like it) re-defined the term homologation special, and as such is somewhat of a unicorn.
In the video above, EVO get their masterful mitts on a GT1 Straßenversion at the Porsche experience centre, to deliver impressions of what driving a genuine racing car for the road is really like. Appropriate viewing material, given a parade of GT1 monsters including the venerable Porsches, McLarens and Mercs will be taking to the circuit at 75MM for a high-speed demo in the coming weeks.
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