McLaren P1 joins the exclusive sub-seven minute club at the Nurburgring

The McLaren name was born on the racetrack and 50 years on, it is the most successful name in global motorsport. That desire and determination to push for every extra tenth of a second, and obsessive focus on perfection, have seen the final development objective - the now sold out McLaren P1 achieving a sub-seven minute lap time of the Nurburgring circuit.

The Supernova Silver example of the McLaren P1, codenamed XP2R, drove 390 miles from England across to the Nurburgring ahead of this final development test phase, underlining the car's unique road-to-race ability. On arrival at the track, 'Race' mode extended the active rear wing by 300mm, dropped the ride height by 50mm and saw the RaceActive Chassis Control suspension system stiffen by 300 percent - a fully-focused track car at the push of a button.