Sele sithethile ngeMcLaren F1 kunye nenkqubo yayo yokulungiswa ngobuchule apha. Kodwa inyaniso kukuba zonke izinto ezijikeleze ukugcinwa kwemoto yaseBritani yezemidlalo ayiyeki ukusimangalisa.
Kubantu abaqhelekileyo, ukuthatha imoto ukuba ihlolwe kuthetha ukungabi nayo iintsuku ezimbalwa kwaye, ekugqibeleni, ukufumana isithuthi esitshintshiweyo. Ehlabathini le-supersports, inkqubo isebenza ngokungafaniyo kwaye kwimeko yeMcLaren F1, nangaphezulu.
Ukugcinwa kwezimbalwa ezingaphezu kwe-100 zeMcLaren F1 ezikhoyo ngoku kwenziwa eMcLaren Special Operations (MSO) eWoking. Nangona i-injini ye-6.1 litre ye-V12 ayixeli naziphi na iingxaki, i-MSO incoma ukuba isuswe kwi-McLaren F1 rhoqo emva kweminyaka emihlanu. Kwaye xa ulwakhiwo ngokutsha oluthatha ixesha elininzi okanye ukulungiswa kufuneka, imoto yezemidlalo ayifuni ukuma ngxi – ngokuchaseneyo noko. Njengoko uMcLaren ngokwakhe echaza:
“I-MSO isenazo ii-injini zokuqala ezitshintshwayo kwaye enye yazo isasetyenziswa. Oku kuthetha ukuba xa umthengi efuna ukwakhiwa kwakhona kwe-injini, unokuqhubeka nokuqhuba imoto.”
Ukongeza kumacandelo okuqala, i-MSO isebenzisa iinxalenye zale mihla ukulungisa okanye ukubuyisela ezinye izinto zeMcLaren F1, ezifana nenkqubo yokukhupha titanium okanye izibane zeXenon.
Eyasungulwa ngo-1992, iMcLaren F1 yehla kwimbali njengeyona moto ikhawulezayo yokuvelisa i-atmospheric-injini eyake yahlala - 390.7 km/h - kunye nemodeli yokuqala yezomthetho ebonisa i-carbon fiber chassis. Emva kweminyaka ephantse ibe yi-25, i-F1 iseyinxalenye yosapho lakwaMcLaren kwaye umthengi ngamnye unokuthembela kwinkxaso ye-MSO. Inkonzo yokwenyani emva kokuthengisa!