McLaren F1 Roadster envisions a supercar that never existed

No McLaren F1s were damaged in the creation of these images. Although it is hard to believe at first glance, these are not photographs, but rather renderings of a fictional F1 roadster by LMM Design.

The quality of these recordings is shockingly good. There’s even a bit of grain in the photos that makes the images seem straight out of a ’90s edition of Motor Trend. The purple color is perfect for the era too.

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The nose is identical to the stock F1 and the changes start with the doors. The windows are fully retracted, whereas in the normal McLaren only a small part of them can be shut down. This change suggests that the butterfly-opening doors have disappeared because the strange window arrangement for the mechanism was necessary for the coupe’s more extravagant design.

Without a roof there can be no ladle up there. Instead, the inlet moves to a raised section between the seats. A rendering from the back shots that this piece has a clear cover that exposes a pair of carbon fiber tubes.

A redesigned stern deck has a pair of gondolas behind each seat. There are also clear sections on either side of the inlet in the middle.

There doesn’t seem to be any changes to the interior other than there is now infinite headroom. The driver is still seated in the middle and there is space for one passenger on each side of the pilot.

The design tweaks would probably not make the roadster quite as slippery through the air as the coupe. It could still be capable of over 200 mph (322 kilometers per hour) with the roof off, which is still a lot of speed.