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I love this: McLaren deliberately detuned the F1 to go racing at Le Mans. A mandated throttle restrictor clogged the induction to reduce power, the aero-package increased drag, so that the racer; remember, it won Le Mans at its first attempt in 1995; had a lower top speed than the road car. Which was 372km/h-fast. Not that I ever achieved Vmax. A commercial failure, McLaren sold only 100, instead of the predicted 300; the F1 remains the defining supercar.
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