McLaren F1 GTR Longtail for sale at Bonhams this August

Bonhams has put their auction description online complete with 43 stunning photos:

Bonhams 1793 : The Ex-GTC Gulf Team Davidoff - 1997 McLaren F1 GTR 'Longtail' FIA GT Endurance Racing Coupe Chassis no. 028R

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A thing of beauty - can't wait to see it!

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It's the flatness of the rear tail that adds to the illusion. But it is stunning in person.



So friggin low, I have more pics, but really lazy

Meh, one more to show how low the thing is. Maybe you can fit a toothpick or two under the splitter

Peloton25 said:

I covered this in the other thread, but you will probably be shocked to learn there's just a 22.3" difference in overall length from the standard car to the longtail.

Normal F1 - 4367 mm (171.9 in)
Longtail F1 - 4933 mm (194.2 in)

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HyperMac954 said:

I question that based purely on when Tom P. had his F1 parked next to this one, the Longtail stuck out substantially more than 22".

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Peloton25 said:

Well those are the official figures - I'll see if I can find something different later on, or something that can allow a better visual comparison between the two.

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Small apology - the source I borrowed that data goofed a bit. The 4,367mm figure for overall length is actually for the 1996 F1 GTR, which is based on the short tailed bodywork, but is still slightly longer than a standard F1 road car.

The actual overall length for the road car is 80mm shorter at 4,287mm or 168.78 in. This changes the difference in overall length slightly to 25.4". Given your earlier comment, I am sure you are still saying "No way..."

Wheelbase of the F1 road car is 2,718mm and the wheelbase of the Longtail GTRs is just 5mm longer at 2,723mm. Doors are nearly interchangeable parts as is all the glass as far as dimensions are concerned.

To give a more visible representation I pulled together these two images, one version with segmented lines to show where certain parts of the cars line up and where the longtail carries its extra length. Click each one to view the high res version.



I think being so low to the ground and significantly wider at the rear gives the impression of more length visually, but it just isn't there.

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There are three longtail F1 GTRs that currently wear the Gulf livery and appear for the most part to be identical.

The factory has GTR #20R displayed on the Boulevard at the McLaren Technology Centre.



There is also one in the ROFGO Collection of Gulf liveried racers - chassis #22R - pictured on the previous page with the 12C GT3s and also below when the collection was first shown at last years Retromobile in Paris.



The last of the trio is GTR #28R which is still at McLaren San Francisco and will be headed to auction soon.



There's also GTR #25R over in Japan which originally wore this livery until a serious fire at Le Mans in 1997, and GTR #24R also wore it during at least one race in 1997. Today #25R is painted bare White and and #24R wears its Red/White/Yellow EMKA/EMI livery from its appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998.

Anyway - the story is that it will be the ROFGO car that goes to Wilton House, but there's always the chance it could be McLaren's that shows up instead.

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ER

And it is indeed the ROFGO car headed for Wilton House:



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