Gallery: McLaren's $3.3M Hypercar Comes With Two Years of Training for Wannabe Racers

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    The P1 GTR is a track-dedicated version of the P1 hypercar, with even more power. It was unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
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    The GTR uses the same twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V6 engine and electric motor as the P1, but different pistons and higher octane fuel bump the output to 986 horsepower.
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    at Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, August 17, 2014. Jason Henry for WIRED

    The rear wing, which on the P1 automatically adjusts to increase or decrease downforce, lost some of its mechanical actuators to save weight.
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    The P1 GTR McLaren showed at Pebble isn’t quite finalized. The radiator will be made bigger, to increase cooling.
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    And McLaren will add louvers to the front fenders to improve airflow.
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    at Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, August 17, 2014. Jason Henry for WIRED

    Now that McLaren has made the P1 into a race car, it has to turn P1 owners into race drivers.
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