Lanzante 95-59
A tribute to the McLaren F1 GTR
The Lanzante 95-59 pays homage to the McLaren F1 GTR “International Development UK Racing”, which won the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Lanzante Motorsport, a restoration and racing business based in Petersfield, UK, will unveil the Lanzante 95-59 at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed, a car that pays homage to the #59 McLaren F1 GTR that took overall victory in the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Lanzante was instrumental in preparing and competing in the McLaren F1 GTR No. 59 at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Lanzante 95-59 was developed to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the team’s overall victory. The car’s name combines the number “95” representing the year of victory with the entry number “59.”
Like the McLaren F1, it adopts a driver-centered three-seater layout, bringing together Lanzante’s knowledge and technology from 30 years of motorsport. Designed as a three-seater from the start of development, it is capable of long-distance high-speed cruising even with travel luggage loaded.
The latest technology has been generously incorporated, and development decisions were made with the driver as the top priority. The Lanzante 95-59 will be priced from £1.02 million (approximately 200 million yen) in the UK, with only 59 units being produced. Dean Lanzante, head of Lanzante Motorsport, was proud of the car’s perfection, saying, “The 95-59 represents the culmination of everything I have learned and experienced personally and as Lanzante Motorsport over the 30 years since winning the Le Mans 24 Hours.”
Based on the McLaren platform
The Lanzante 95-59 is based on McLaren Automotive architecture and is fitted with a special cockpit cell with a three-seater layout.
The Lanzante 95-59’s full carbon fibre body is finished in a matte grey ‘Uno Grey’ to match the livery of the 1995 Le Mans-winning car, and the carbon fibre chassis has been carefully redesigned based on the latest generation McLaren Automotive architecture.
This proven architecture is rigid and versatile enough to comfortably accommodate the driver and two passengers, with a lightweight, adjustable centre seat sandwiched between chassis-integrated passenger seats in a newly designed driver-centric cockpit cell.
The car is fitted with a 4.0-liter V8 twin-turbo engine in the rear mid-mounted position, producing a maximum output of 861 PS and a maximum torque of 880 Nm, and drives the rear wheels via a 7-speed SSG transmission.
The lightest version weighs just 1,250 kg with the optional LM30 Pack, which includes ultra-lightweight forged aluminium wheels, Inconel exhaust headers, titanium secondary exhaust pipes and tailpipes, titanium body fixings, and gold-plated heat shielding for superior thermal protection throughout the engine bay and exhaust.
The design was created by Paul Hause, the car designer who worked on the McLaren P1. Hause reflected on the design process as follows:
“The 95-59 is a super sports car with natural balance. Its driver-centric design is characterized by symmetry and natural shapes, and it functions as a design. I have developed my design philosophy, which is based on the efficiency of organic shapes. Like our legendary victory at Le Mans 30 years ago, the 95-59 is a car never before seen or achieved.”
