McLAREN’S RUNNING START

THE HYBRID ARTURA IS A BOLD NEW CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND’S FINEST SUPERCAR MAKER.

BY MIKE GUY

EVER WONDER HOW real racers find that brake point? The best can push it by a hundredth of a second or even a thousandth. I’ve asked a few how they do it, and the answers vary. But the truth is, finding that precise brake point is as impossible to describe as entropy or string theory. The driver knows how much aero and grip his race car has and what angle and condition the tarmac is affording him. Then, and only then, the Chief Commander in the Sky tells the driver’s brain to tell his toe to press the brake now. The Chief Commander in the Sky has no such discussions with me. And my sense of grip in a car is as rudimentary as just about any automotive journalist’s. That’s why…

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