2012 McLaren MP4-12C Hot Lap! - 2012 Best Drivers Car Contender - video Dailymotion

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Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2012 McLaren MP4-12C around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as part of Motor Trends 2012 Best Drivers Car competition. The 2012 McLaren MP4-12C is one of 9 contenders competing for the title of 2012 Best Drivers Car.

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00:00 [CAR ENGINE]

00:03 14 years after ending production of the game-changing

00:06 F1 megacar, McLaren is back in the street car business with a

00:11 new technological tour de force, the awkwardly named MP4-12C.

00:18 The race-derived twin-turbo V8 engine is mounted as low as

00:22 possible in the middle of the chassis to keep the center of

00:24 gravity low and the weight centered.

00:27 This car combines a lightweight carbon fiber

00:29 passenger tub with aluminum subframes and suspension.

00:34 It's not hyperbole to call the MP4-12C a hypercar.

00:37 [CAR ENGINE]

00:39 [CAR ENGINE]

00:57 Good speed, but I just don't feel like I'm the one driving

01:01 this car.

01:03 Interesting.

01:04 [CAR ENGINE]

01:06 [CAR ENGINE]

01:28 Tell you what, this is a whole other generation of car.

01:32 This is the car that I'm going to drive.

01:34 This is not normal.

01:36 It's far more advanced.

01:37 [CAR ENGINE]

01:51 Brake a little earlier, because we just barely made it

01:53 last time.

01:54 [CAR ENGINE]

02:18 Didn't like that bump.

02:20 [CAR ENGINE]

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2012 McLaren MP4-12C Hot Lap! - 2012 Best Drivers Car Contender

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