I was heading back home on the A303 (again) last Friday when I spotted a yellow sports car waiting at the traffic lights at the Amesbury roundabout. I did a double take and realised it was a McLaren P1.
Once over the roundabout I dropped my speed to 50mph, hoping the P1 would catch up. It did.
For the next 17 miles I stuck with it. Despite the pouring rain I even opened the window for a while to catch a blast of its glorious V8 exhaust note (obviously wasn't running on battery power at that time).
Then, to my great fortune, it pulled into the service station at Forton, just east of Andover. I parked up and walked over to the P1, waited for the driver to get out, and asked him if he minded me taking a few photos of it.
"No problem"
I saw some marker pen on the wheels and the dodgy rear lights you can see below.
"Is it a development car?"
"Yes."
He walked off to get a sandwich and I took these photos.
I can be a bit ambivalent about supercars but the McLaren P1 looks absolutely stunning in the metal.
You can find more info about the 903bhp McLaren here.
By Matt Hubbard
