Top Gear is right: Ferrari and McLaren, grow up!

Porsche 918, LaFerrari, Mclaren P1 on Top Gear

Back when Mr. Harris choked on his tortellini and threw his parmigiano out of the pram on Jalopnik,  he neglected to mention Mclaren behaves in essentially the same manner when it comes to how their cars are tested vs their rivals.

All car manufactures do this to one degree or another but Ferrari AND McLaren seem to have taken this behaviour to a new a new level. Top Gear confirms in their latest episode.

Who would be fastest around Top Gear's track, the Porsche 918,  the Mclaren P1 or the La Ferrari (it pisses me off every time I have to write that name,  thanks Luca Montezuma!).

I agree it's wholly irrelevant but I, and I'm sure you, would love to see it right?

If anyone could actually make it happen it would be Top Gear but no,  neither Ferrari nor McLaren would allow it.    Porsche was fine with it as they have nothing to lose,  not the fastest and they can claim they are close at a significant savings.  Win and someone in Woking and Maranello is losing a job.

But Jezza's right, c'mon,  group a pair.  Take the cars to Le Castellet or some properly fast track and have at it already.

Nine K and ready to race

Mclaren's latest entry for the road legal class of the Track Day World Championship, the P1, is ready to race.  

Battle is set to begin at the International Motor Show in Geneva in early March,  a production P1 will be presented to the public to counter  Ferrari's latest hyper car, the yet to be officially named F150.    Pagani might have something up his and carbon fiber sculpted  sleeve as well, should be one of the more interesting shows in years.

Mclaren is giving a first tease of the P1's instrument display,  we learn the car has either  nine forward gears or a 9K redline and an F1 style shift light display.  Activating "Race mode" will also configure the rear spoiler for best downforce and presumably set shocks, transmission and engine parameters to their most aggressive settings.

There's a Mclaren P1 in my kitchen!