In 1995, a Ueno Clinic-liveried McLaren F1 running under a team managed by Paul Lanzante and driven by JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas and Masanori Sekiya won the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright wearing the number 59. 30 years later, Lanzante honour this achievement at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with the debut of a brand new hypercar, designed from the ground-up as the ultimate three seater. Introducing the Lanzante 95-59.
Designed by McLaren P1-designer Paul Howse, the 95-59 boasts a sculpted carbon fibre body which hugs a bespoke 3-seat cabin that places the driver right in the middle of the action. Displayed here in Ueno Grey — perfectly matched to the 1995 Le Mans winner — Lanzante have equipped the 95-59 with a 4.0-litre V8 twin turbo engine combined with a seven-speed SSG transmission, capable of producing over 850bhp with 880Nm of torque.
Using a ‘current McLaren platform’ as the basis for the 95-59, the British firm promise a target weight of just 1,250 kg when optioned with the ‘LM30’ pack which sheds 20 kg from the curb weight, thanks to super-lightweight forged aluminium wheels, Inconel exhaust headers, titanium secondary and tailpipes, titanium body fixings, and gold-plated heat-shielding throughout the engine bay and exhaust. Overall, this endows the 95-59 with a frankly terrifying power-to-weight ratio of 700bhp per tonne.
The 95-59 will be limited to just 59 examples, each with a sticker price of 1,020,000 pounds before tax. With no shortage of 1,000bhp-plus hypercars entering the market, would you choose the 95-59 over something like the McLaren W1 if you had more than a million pounds burning a hole in your pocket?
