The race car version of the McLaren Artura, the Artura GT4, made a grand debut at the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race held in Daytona. The 24-hour endurance event featured two Artura GT4s, which impressively qualified 10th and finished 6th in their debut on the international stage.

The McLaren Artura GT4 is a race car based on McLaren’s hybrid supercar, the Artura. It has been optimized for various GT races around the world.

The race-oriented Artura GT4 shares many common genes with the road-going Artura. Inspired by motorsport, it features the ‘McLaren Carbon Lightweight Architecture’, an essential element for body lightweighting, and is equipped with a compact and powerful 120-degree V6 twin-turbo engine. However, the racing version, the Artura GT4, is designed solely as an internal combustion engine vehicle, differing from the hybrid powertrain equipped supercar, the Artura.

With the impressive performance achieved in this race, the Artura GT4 is expected to gain recognition as the representative model in various GT4 championships worldwide. In the future, McLaren’s motorsport division plans to meet customer demand for the race car.

Ian Morgan, Director of Motorsport at McLaren Automotive, stated, “The Artura GT4 has achieved excellent results in its debut as a race car at the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge held in Daytona. This is a moment of reward for the development team, which has dedicated the last 18 months to developing the race car.”

Following the remarkable racing results of the Artura GT4, expectations are also rising for McLaren’s hybrid supercar, the Artura. The McLaren Artura reaches 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.0 seconds and has a top speed of 330 km/h.

The hybrid powertrain applied to the Artura combines the engine and motor to produce a maximum output of 680 horsepower and a maximum torque of 720 Nm, with pure EV driving possible for up to 30 km. Its powerful performance and agile braking capabilities shine even more during cornering. The McLaren Artura is set to begin customer deliveries in the first half of this year.

Lee Sang-jin daedusj@autodiary.kr