A nod to their F1 competitor RedBull perhaps?

Those are the access flaps to cover the fuel filler, battery charger, coolant filler and oil filler. I have better pics of these areas from a couple of weeks ago when I saw PP3 that I can share later.

This solution of placing all those items on the roof allowed them to avoid more traditional access panels in the bodywork - again a nod to weight savings and keeping the form very pure. The flaps are held closed by strong magnets and press to open enough to get your fingers underneath. They also lock with the car and when the car is in motion.

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ER

 

Awesome shots AeolusDawnWalker - thanks!!

 

Thanks mate - I'm glad you enjoyed them

From TheSUPERCARDRIVER, via McLaren Manchester, Paul Bailey's P1 (he and his P1 were recently featured in another UK media publication, so his name is probably no secret) -

 

What color is this? This car makes me hurt.

 

That's XP2R, so just a simple silver. The photo has been massaged a bit and the soft lighting is helping.

Here's a photo of it in the sunlight:



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ER

 

Erik, can you please share some of those photos? Any close-up or detail shot would be great.

Thank you

 

It looks like a pewter metallic in the pic and the wheels aren't stealth in that pic either. It's awesome either way.

 

UK Reg plate does not lie - same car. Tires get spent after multiple laps of the Ring and its quicker to change wheels and tires, than mount new tires.

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ER

 

Pics were on my laptop which I didn't have access to yesterday. I'll dig them up now.

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ER

 

Here we go - this is the left side flap in which you will find the capless fuel inlet and the capped coolant reservoir inlet.



You can spot the magnetic post that is spring loaded to open and close. Also visible on the underside of the flap at its trailing edge is the catch that locks it closed via the rod that extends out down by the glass. Finally you might notice a key slot towards the front - this is a fail safe to allow access inside the car if the regular battery were flat. In its last dying breath the system unlocks the flap at the top of the car.

On the other side of the car is the filler inlet for the oil tank and the charge port for the battery pack.



This photo shows the cap for the charge port removed.



Charging isn't the only reason for its use as the charge pack [which is separate to the car] conditions the P1's hybrid battery while the car is stored. Supercars like these are not driven everyday of course - some might not get driven at all sadly - so it is important to keep the Li-Ion battery in optimum condition.

Thanks to these access points recessed into the roof structure you really never need access to the engine compartment and nothing else at the rear of the car is designed to open without some disassembly by the service team.

The rear glass over the engine was designed to be removed only for cleaning and can be done so by removing a single hex-head bolt you can see on the bracket attached to the glass panel on each side. Then it just lifts off.

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ER