This was the 'MAC 1P' plate on #046:

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Perhaps you're thinking of chassis #020 which wore "13 MAC" for quite a long time? It has never had black wheels though. They were probably just dirty as this car is the current leader in the race for total mileage for a production F1.





There were several instances where people photoshopped the '13' off of #020's plate so maybe that's what you recall? It is now on a new plate as of about 1 year ago ("F1 T00") though the car is still with its original owner which is becoming an increasingly rare statement.

The only F1 that is black with black wheels is #069 pictured here and on the previous page as seen at this year's Goodwood FOS.



It wears this appropriately awesome plate now.

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Previously, #069 was fitted with the optional High Downforce Kit as seen on #020 and at that time it had UK plate 'R533 OGF'.

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Going back many years, chassis #024 used to wear 'M1 MAC'. This car is now silver and has been in the USA since 2002.



Chassis #011 is in the USA now, but still carries the UK plate "F1 MAC" on its nose that it held for several years with it's previous owner:



That's it for variations of "MAC" plates (I think). There have been a few variations of "MCL" but we can cover those another time.

>8^)
ER

 

 

Peloton, could tell us something about maintenance costs of the F1? I've heard they are ridiculous.

 

Tiff talks about operation cost a little in this clip YouTube - &#x202a;Fifth Gear - Ferrari Enzo vs McLaren F1&#x202c;&rlm;

 

It depends where you take it - give it to Mclaren to get MOT'd / fixed may be a higher cost than taking it to a place like Lanzante's [who ran the GTR's for teams back in their heyday and who now look after a lot of owners cars] and their prices are comparitively less. Ibeleive the parts are relatively the same but the labour rates are cheaper

 

nice pic Alex

 

I think a lot of people have heard that but it's not necessarily true if you understand that prices are relative to the cost of the item. Here's a response from the owner of #040 to a very similar question:

That doesn't seem all that unreasonable really given the rarity of parts and the care that McLaren give to the cars. As Greg mentioned, there are around a dozen cars (mostly GTRs) that are looked after by Lanzante Motorsports in the UK who were the team that campaigned the Le Mans winning GTR in 1995. They might be a little cheaper but I can assure you that very few F1 owners need to pinch their pennies.

While I'm here there are a couple of other great photos that have surfaced on Flickr in the past day or so. Click each one to access a high-res version.





>8^)
ER

 

^^ my new backround.

 

Ive just added 2 more pics of #27R

Being warmed up

YouTube - &#x202a;Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011 Mclaren F1 GTR #27R Idling&#x202c;&rlm;

and being pushed to the F1 Paddock holding area before going up the hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLCrrhXaAhA