WEC: The McLaren hypercar debuts at the Goodwood festival

      At McLaren Racing, it was announced that the MCL-HY hypercar will debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed taking place this weekend.

      On Friday and Saturday, the public and press will see the latest car on the track for the first time – for this, the McLaren Hypercar Team took a break from the very intensive process of fine-tuning and testing their first sports prototype and brought it to this traditional festival. In the test version, the McLaren MCL-HY livery is dominated by orange in honor of Bruce McLaren, the founder of the team – by the way, testing of the car will continue on Sunday. At Goodwood, it will be driven on the track by Gregoire Saucy, one of the drivers in the McLaren WEC program, but this will happen in the first half of the day, and closer to the evening, Lando Norris, the reigning Formula 1 champion, is expected to take the wheel of the MCL-HY, which will likely be even more interesting. The online presentation of the hypercar took place on May 4, after which testing began, but the car has already been brought to a level of readiness that allows it to be shown "live." The debut of the McLaren MCL-HY in racing conditions will take place next year when the British team will start in the World Endurance Championship.

      James Barkley, head of the McLaren Hypercar Team: "The Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of the best automotive shows in the world, so it makes sense for us to participate. To be honest, the car's testing program started quite recently, nevertheless, our team has done an incredible job both on and off the track, and we had the opportunity to make a last-minute decision to take a few days off for such an event and show the MCL-HY to motorsport fans who came to the festival."