page_title: McLaren 650S
section_title: GT3
hierarchical_section_title: McLaren 650S / Motorsports / GT3
caption_attribution_description: English: February 07, 2015&#160;: No 59 Tekno Autosport – McLaren 650S GT3 driven by Shane van Gisbergen (NZL) / Alvaro Parente (POR) / Jonathan Webb during the Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at the Mount Panorama Circuit in NSW, Australia. Tekno Autosport recorded the first win for McLaren at the Bathurst 12 Hour.
context_page_description: The McLaren 650S is a British sports car designed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer McLaren Automotive. It was announced in February 2014 as a new model, but based on the existing MP4-12C with 25% new parts, and was formally unveiled at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.
  The 650S shares the MP4-12C's carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer chassis, and is powered by the same 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged McLaren M838T V8 engine, but is now rated at 650 PS and 500 lb⋅ft of torque. Power is transmitted to the wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
context_section_description: In June 2014, McLaren announced that they would produce a GT3 version of the 650S, either as a new car or as an upgrade for the existing 12C GT3 – which will contest GT3 championships from 2015 onwards.
  Changes to the car from the road car includes a new 6-speed sequential motorsport gearbox; 380 mm ventilated brake discs with six-piston calipers at the front and four-piston units at the rear; a 52 mm wider track; revised suspension geometry and upgraded components. It is distinguished from the road car by larger air intakes and front splitter, and carbon fibre air intakes and a new rear wing.
  The 3.8-litre McLaren twin-turbocharged V8 engine, also used in the 12C-GT3, produces 500 PS (368 kW; 500 PS), and includes a new ECU to improve turbo boost and gearshifts. The power output is lower than the road going 650S's due to homologation.
  Andrew Kirkaldy, whose CRS Racing team developed the GT3 version of the MP4-12C, said that they were aiming to develop a version that conforms to the LM GTE regulations at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, but the plan never worked and didn't appear at the endurance race event.
  The 650S achieved its biggest success when it won the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour race in Australia at the hands of Álvaro Parente, Shane van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb. Van Gisbergen set a new outright lap record with a time of 2:01.567  on 7 February 2016.
caption: The winning McLaren 650S GT3 at the 2016 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour
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