On June 18, 1995 McLaren F1 GTR number 59 took the checkered flag at Le Mans. JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas and Masanori Sekiya shared driving duties for McLaren’s first victory at the 24-hour race.
F1s dominated in La Sarthe with three others finishing in the top five, and the win gave McLaren the much-coveted Triple Crown, adding to previous top-step results for the race team at the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix.
Now, 30 years on, McLaren isn’t just popping a few champagne corks to celebrate. The company’s road car division is set to build 50 examples of an ultra-high spec 750S Le Mans as a tribute to car 59 (why not 59, we wonder?).
Two colors are offered: gray to match the victorious F1, or McLaren’s patent…