McLaren to Give Hypercar Public Debut at Goodwood

McLaren will give its 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar a public debut in this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The MCL-HY will make a series of demonstration runs at the popular UK-based event on Friday and Saturday, with two passes up the famous hill planned for each day.

Named on the entry list to drive the car are McLaren’s Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris and Laurens Vanthoor, who is one of two confirmed drivers for the Dallara-based LMDh car’s maiden WEC campaign so far alongside Mikkel Jensen.

The first run is scheduled for 11 a.m. local time (6 a.m. EST) on Friday.

Team principal James Barclay said: “Goodwood Festival of Speed is the greatest car show on Earth, so it made sense for us to have this on our radar. But the truth is, it’s extremely early in our test program so it was very lightly pencilled in.

“However, our team has done an incredible job, hitting every target on- and off-track so we made the last-minute call to divert the MCL-HY to the event for two of the four days and share it with the passionate motorsport fans that attend.

“The appetite for sports car racing in the UK is huge and we’re delighted that Goodwood gives us the opportunity to celebrate this. UK-based fans who are hungry for more will also now have the chance to see the Hypercar class in action at Silverstone, as the WEC returns to the Home of British Motorsport next year.

“Thank you to everyone who has pushed to make it possible and to The Duke who was excited for us to bring it to Goodwood – we cannot wait to show this exciting new Le Mans challenger to the British public in person.”

McLaren’s Goodwood appearance follows full-scale tests at Imola and Magny-Cours in recent weeks, with development drivers Gregoire Saucy and Richard Verschoor, as well as United Autosports mainstay Ben Hanley, having also been at the wheel.