McLaren Special Operations has announced the launch of F1 Certified, a programme to allow owners to have their F1, McLaren's '90s supercar, authenticated and given a Certificate of Authenticity, making sure their car's history is all above board. In addition to the programme launch at the Hampton Court Concours of Elegance event, MSO unveiled '25R', a fully-restored former Le Mans racer that, after a hard life on the track, was completely rebuilt to 1997 spec. Whilst 25R's team, Gulf-Davidoff, took second that year, 25R itself failed to finish and was sold to a Japanese team that raced the car until 2005. The racer's ground-up restoration started in 2016 and the car is now in the exact condition it was in when it sat on the starting grid at Le Mans back in 1997.

31 Aug 2018