Hailed as the successor to the legendary McLaren P1 in the Ultimate Series lineage, the McLaren Senna is named in honor of the legendary three-time Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna and it is the personification of McLaren's DNA at its most extreme, creating the purest connection between driver and car. The Senna is limited to 500 units and all have been already spoken for.
As the ultimate McLaren designed to challenge the impossible, the Senna is a track-focused, road-legal hypercar that sets the new standard for McLaren. The 4.0L V8 Twin Turbo engine was sourced from the 720S but produces 800PS of power and 800Nm of torque, making it the most powerful internal combustion engine McLaren has ever built but it's not just the engine that powers it because with its outrageous weight savings as well as the lightweight carbon fiber core that forms it, it's the lightest McLaren ever made since the F1 with 1200kg of dry weight. What this means that the Senna delivers 668PS-per-tone of power-to-weight ratio. That's more than you get from the Bugatti Veyron. With that, the Senna can reach up to 124mph in less than seven seconds and a top speed of 211mph, which is less than what the Lamborghini Aventador can do but doesn't matter because the true objective of the Senna is to set blistering fast times.
Aerodynamics play a key role in the Senna and in Race mode, the Senna delivers 800kg of downforce at significantly less than 155mph and it features the most advanced braking system fitted in a McLaren road car. It's seven times longer than conventional carbon ceramic discs and because it's heavily inspired by their Formula 1 car as well as being armed with the P1 GTR-derived brake booster, the Senna has a braking distance from 124mph to nothing in just 100 meters.
Because of the Senna's demanding performance, it features bespoke Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tyres. These special tyres are made for dry racetracks but approved for road use so the Senna can use it on track days. Its unique patterns on the treads and unique construction delivers unmatched grip and cornering stiffness while providing shortened braking distance, better longitudinal performance, consistent reaction between the two axles, and better steering response.\
Having my first dibs on the Senna, mastering this machine is worth a challenge to me because that massive retractable rear wing really delivers too much grip so drifting in this car is worth the fuss and when taken on the straights, even a balls-out Koenigsegg or a Bugatti Chiron will eat the Senna for brunch. Still, despite its faults, it's worth a shot to experience what the McLaren Senna is made of, delivering the ultimate experience in a way drivers couldn't imagine before and that is the absolute connection between man and machine and here in England, the Senna really shines like the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and that's what makes this Ultimate Series McLaren very special in every single way.
I had a lot of fun to talk about my first dibs with the one-and-only McLaren Senna hypercar but it's time for me to put the Senna to the test to see if this is the McLaren to end all McLarens. Since this game is all about the United Kingdom and the change of time, weather, and seasons, the sounds of the clock gave me a brainwave and with that, it's time to shift gears.
BOOM! What do you think? The change of time, the change of weather, the change of seasons, it makes sense for someone who fights against the dystopic future envisioned by a certain...woman. Huh? If that mystery caped man who knows my destiny pops up, he could have labeled me "king" but no matter. King or no king, this one's ready to turn the clocks on this challenge.
Called The Colossus, it's a mega sprint race to the streets of Edinburgh but despite bearing a very long distance, the Senna feels like it can time break through Edinburgh is easy as 1-2-3. BOOM! It ain't no mega-bomb in the Boom game but this Senna says "I'm ready to be a king" so without further ado, fire away, King!
Intense, heart-pounding, thrilling, they're three words to describe the Senna in every single way and although it pains me to say this, I'm starting to love the McLaren Senna very much and I want to drive this hypercar again and again and again unless my game of King is over. Whether you are ready to defy fate here in the UK or you are prepared to devote yourself to the King, look no further than wielding the wheel of the Senna. The McLaren Senna. Now, go! The King awaits you!
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