- Lanzante has released the first photo of its Project 95-59 supercar
- The supercar celebrates 30 years since Lanzante’s Le Mans win with the McLaren F1 GTR
- Lanzante will use a donor McLaren platform and include seating for three
In 1995, a McLaren F1 GTR race car claimed the overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, marking McLaren’s debut at the French endurance classic.
The race saw seven F1 GTRs take to the starting grid, with the number 59 car—fielded by Lanzante and driven by JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas, and Masanori Sekiya—crossing the finish line first. Three additional F1 GTRs finished within the top five. While the McLarens weren’t the fastest cars on the track, the reliability of their BMW-sourced V-12 engines helped them outlast the prototype race cars.
On Monday, Lanzante announced it will celebrate the 30th anniversary of this historic achievement with what the British motorsports and engineering company describes as its most ambitious project to date: building a bespoke supercar based on a donor McLaren platform, and featuring the same three-seat layout with a center-mounted driver, made famous by the F1. Like the original F1, the new car will also offer luggage capacity.
No further technical details have been released, apart from a power-to-weight ratio of one horsepower for every 3.2 pounds.
#59 McLaren F1 GTR
Currently known as Project 95-59, the car is set to make its official debut at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which will take place in the U.K. from July 10-13. A teaser photo released alongside Monday’s announcement reveals a modern design, appearing to draw more influence from the McLaren P1 rather than the original F1. That may be due to the involvement of designer Paul Howse, who was part of the team that designed the P1.
One possible donor platform for the project could be the McLaren Speedtail, which also features a three-seat layout. Lanzante has a history of modifying limited-edition McLaren models, such as transforming the P1 into the open-top P1 Spider and converting the track-only P1 GTR into the street-legal P1 LM, a spiritual successor to the legendary F1 LM.
Production will be limited, but Lanzante hasn’t said an exact figure.