- New McLaren Trophy America championship to debut with 10
rounds, including races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Circuit
of the Americas
- Championship will support GT World Challenge America powered by
AWS
- Will feature bespoke Artura Trophy race car prepared by
independent race teams and current 570S Trophy cars
- Inclusive program provides competitive racing for amateur GT
and aspiring professional drivers
DALLAS, July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- McLaren Automotive
has confirmed the calendar for the inaugural 2025 McLaren Trophy
America championship that will make its debut next Spring. The new
championship will, like its European counterpart, have ten rounds
at five venues.
Established in Europe for the
2023 season, McLaren Trophy is designed to challenge serious race
drivers in 50-minute races with pitstops for driver changes.
Designed for the 577BHP V6 twin-turbo, carbon-fibre chassis Artura
Trophy race car, the championship is also open to drivers of the
older 570S Trophy.
The new McLaren Trophy America championship will get underway in
late March 2025 at the Sonoma Raceway
in Northern California, with all
rounds supporting GT World Challenge America powered by AWS. From
here the championship heads to the iconic Circuit of the Americas,
which has hosted the US Grand Prix for over a decade.
The midpoint of the new championship will be at Virginia
International Raceway in July, ahead of an August round at the
challenging Road America circuit. The inaugural McLaren Trophy
America season will finish in style at the Indianapolis road
circuit in October.
The series features bespoke McLaren Artura Trophy race cars that
share much of the same race-bred engineering technology as the
highly acclaimed McLaren Artura road car, including the McLaren
Carbon Lightweight Architecture (MCLA) which provides a rigid and
lightweight chassis for supreme racetrack performance and
remarkable impact resistance.
Power comes from the same twin-turbo V6 engine as the road car,
tuned for an output of 577BHP, and creating a sensationally fast
car in a straight line, further complemented by the fact that the
120-degree angle engine sits low in the chassis to make it equally
spectacular in its cornering abilities. A bespoke aerodynamic
package including a high downforce rear wing enhance the whole
experience and enable the Artura Trophy to deliver lap times that
compare favorably with GT3 class cars – whilst delivering maximum
driver engagement.
Cars will be run by independent teams with existing 570S Trophy
cars also being eligible for the series. These cars will compete
for class wins and championships just like Artura Trophy and will
be fully supported by McLaren Motorsport with replacement parts and
back up available at every round.
One of the first teams to sign up was McLaren Americas Retailer
of the Year – McLaren Toronto – who will partner with Motorsports
in Action to field a two-car team in the championship in 2025.
All McLaren Trophy races will be live streamed on the McLaren
Automotive YouTube channel, with more than 250,000 fans regularly
viewing the races.
"Having established McLaren Trophy, Europe as a competitive and social environment
for Bronze and Silver drivers we are delighted to confirm our 2025
calendar as we introduce the new McLaren Trophy, America
championship. We will be visiting many of the continent's best
circuits, and I'm thrilled that we have rounds at Indianapolis and the Circuit of the Americas
in our inaugural season."
Mick
McDonagh, Director of MSO and Motorsport, McLaren
Automotive.
McLaren Trophy,
America provisional 2025 calendar
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March 28 - 30
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Rounds 1 & 2
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Sonoma Raceway
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California
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April 25 - 27
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Rounds 3 & 4
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Circuit of the
Americas
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Texas
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July 18 - 20
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Rounds 5 & 6
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Virginia International
Raceway
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Virginia
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August 15 - 17
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Rounds 7 & 8
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Road America
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Wisconsin
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October 03 – 05
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Rounds 9 & 10
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Indianapolis Motor
Speedway
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Indiana
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Notes to editors:
A selection of high resolution images accompanying this release is
available to download from the McLaren Automotive media site –
cars.mclaren.press
About McLaren Trophy:
Launched in July 2022, McLaren Trophy is a pro-am
championship designed to challenge ambitious GT drivers by placing
the emphasis on the amateur (Bronze) driver. McLaren Trophy will
feature two classes in its inaugural season:
The Artura Trophy is based on the McLaren Artura GT4 race car
and is powered by the same V6 twin-turbo engine but tuned to
provide 577BHP. It also has a high downforce package with a bigger
rear wing and additional front-end aerodynamics and is capable of
lap times close to GT3 race cars. Featuring all-new McLaren Carbon
Fibre Lightweight Architecture (MCLA), which provides a rigid
carbon fibre chassis derived from the road car, Artura Trophy cars
can be converted to GT4 specification, allowing teams and drivers
to compete in both categories with the same chassis.
The 570S Trophy is based around the McLaren 570S GT4 race car
and is tuned to develop around 533BHP and run in a higher downforce
configuration.
McLaren Trophy, Europe supports
the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS with 10 rounds
spread over five events taking place in Italy, Belgium, Germany and Spain, including the Blue-Riband Crowdstrike
24 Hours of Spa.
McLaren Trophy,
Europe 2024 calendar
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May 17–19
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Rounds 1 & 2
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Misano
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Italy
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June 27–29
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Rounds 3 & 4
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Spa-Francorchamps
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Belgium
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July 26–28
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Rounds 5 & 6
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Nürburgring
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Germany
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September 20–22
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Rounds 7 & 8
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Monza
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Italy
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October 11–13
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Rounds 9 & 10
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Barcelona
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Spain
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McLaren Trophy is presented in partnership with leading brands
Pirelli and Richard Mille.
About McLaren Automotive:
McLaren Automotive is a
producer of ultra high-performance, lightweight supercars. Launched
in 2010, the company is now the largest part of the McLaren
Group.
Headquartered at the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) in Woking,
Surrey, England, McLaren Automotive is driven by the challenge of
creating the world's most exhilarating, engaging and benchmark
setting vehicles. Leveraging the McLaren name's 60-year history of
authentic, racing performance, it has delivered some of the most
spectacular supercars ever made.
The company's product portfolio of GTS, supercar, Motorsport and
Ultimate models are retailed in over 40 markets around the world.
Its cars are assembled by hand at the McLaren Production Centre
(MPC), based on the same campus as MTC in Woking.
McLaren is a pioneer that continuously pushes the boundaries. In
1981, it introduced lightweight and strong carbon fibre chassis
technology into Formula 1 with the McLaren MP4/1.
Then in 1993 it designed and built the legendary McLaren F1 road
car. Built around a carbon fibre chassis, it established McLaren's
supercar DNA, realised for the 21st century in 2011 with
the introduction of the McLaren 12C – McLaren Automotive's first
production car.
McLaren was the first to deliver a hybrid hypercar, the McLaren
P1™, in 2013. Launching the Ultimate Series of vehicles, P1™ was
followed by the McLaren Senna in 2018 and its track-only GTR
derivative followed a year later. 2019 also saw the introduction of
the Speedtail hybrid hyper-GT. Its most recent Ultimate model,
Elva, is the lightest McLaren road car ever.
McLaren's LT models represent the ultimate expression of track
performance in series production supercars. The name stems from the
'Longtail' version of the F1 GTR, introduced in 1997, and was
incorporated into McLaren Automotive nomenclature in 2015 with the
arrival of the McLaren 650S-based 675LT coupe and Spider. In 2018,
the LT legend continued with the McLaren 570S-based 600LT. The
latest chapter in the LT story was written in 2020 and 2021, with
the introduction of the 765LT coupe and Spider.
Also in 2021, the company unveiled its all-new high-performance
hybrid supercar, the McLaren Artura. The Artura is the first
McLaren to benefit from the McLaren Carbon Lightweight Architecture
(MCLA). The MCLA is designed, developed and manufactured at the
McLaren Composites Technology Centre in the Sheffield region of England using world-first processes and will
spearhead the brand's electrified future.
2022 saw McLaren announce the Solus GT, a single-seat,
closed-cockpit track car which brought to life a futuristic concept
that was originally created for virtual gaming.
In 2023, McLaren unveiled its lightest and most powerful
series-production supercar, the 750S – a thorough development of
the award-winning 720S supercar. McLaren also introduced the new
GTS, replacing the McLaren GT.
The McLaren Artura Spider was revealed in early 2024 as the
brand's first high-performance hybrid convertible. Its introduction
was part of a major model year uplift for the Artura nameplate, and
meant McLaren's series-production line-up of GTS, new Artura and
750S had been introduced within 12 months of each other.
McLaren Automotive also chooses to partner with like-minded,
world-leading companies and organisations who push the boundaries
in their respective fields. These include Ashurst, Bowers &
Wilkins, Dynisma, Gulf, Monroe, Pirelli, Plan International,
Richard Mille and Tumi.
About McLaren Group:
The McLaren Group is a global
leader in high-performance supercar production and elite
motorsports.
Founded in 1963 by racer, engineer and entrepreneur Bruce McLaren, the Group is formed of McLaren
Automotive, which hand-builds lightweight supercars and races them
in global series, including the World Endurance Championship; and a
majority stake in McLaren Racing which competes in the Formula 1
World Championship, INDYCAR series, Formula E, Extreme E and F1
Academy.
The Group is globally headquartered at the iconic McLaren
Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey,
England.
With a reputation for innovation and technological excellence,
McLaren is one of the UK's largest independent companies.
Further
information:
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Roger
Ormisher
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Vice President,
Communications & PR, The Americas
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+1 (714) 501
8137
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roger.ormisher@mclaren.com
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Laura
Conrad
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Natalie Riordan
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Public Relations
Manager, The Americas
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Press Officer, The
Americas
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+1 (765) 517
2186
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+1 (817) 471
6314
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laura.conrad@mclaren.com
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natalie.riordan@mclaren.com
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