McLaren 650S Sprint in Saudi GT Championship

The McLaren 650S Sprint has claimed its first hardware in the Saudi GT Championship. To take home the title the Al Ghassan Dragon Racing Team took three victories, one podium finish and had the fastest lap three separate times. The great performances secured both the driver and team championships in the series.

To capture both championships the team had a dominate performance in the final round race at Reem International Circuit, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They started by taking the pole position and went on to have the fastest lap as well as winning the overall race. It just doesn’t get much better than that for a racing team.

The McLaren 650S Sprint made its world debut at Pebble Beach back in 2014. It is based on the 650S coupe road car, but features aerodynamic changes to increase downforce and reworked air intakes to better aid with cooling on the track. Just like the street legal version, you get a mid-mounted 3.8-liter twin turbocharged V8 although the engine and transmission use a different calibration for a more track focused machine.

Andreas Bareis, Managing Director at McLaren Automotive Middle East & Africa said: “Congratulations to Al Ghassan Motors and Dragon Racing on securing the Saudi GT championship, and in such impressive fashion with pole position, fastest lap and the race win. This is a great way to end the season and it puts the 650S Sprint on the racing map. This has proven a superb string of results for the team, and there are already exciting plans in place to build on this for next season”