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McLaren F1 GTR #50 D. Giroix / O. Grouillard / C. Deletraz 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 Minichamps 1:43

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McLaren F1 GTR #50 D. Giroix / O. Grouillard / C. Deletraz 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 Minichamps 1:43 530154350 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast reproduces the McLaren F1 GTR entered at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans by Giroix, Grouillard and Deletraz. The body is a fixed, sealed casting carrying the #50 livery over the F1 GTR's distinctive road-derived racing silhouette. A significant piece of endurance racing history.
McLaren F1 GTR #50 D. Giroix / O. Grouillard / C. Deletraz 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Car Brand
McLaren
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
530154350
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About the McLaren F1 GTR #50 D. Giroix / O. Grouillard / C. Deletraz 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast McLaren F1 GTR #50 documents a 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans entry. Sealed one-piece body, no opening panels, livery and race-specific bodywork are the focus. A historic GT subject linked to one of motorsport's most celebrated road-derived racers.

The McLaren F1's racing career at Le Mans, particularly its landmark 1995 overall win, transformed a road car into a genuine motorsport legend, and this 1996 GTR entry continues that story the following year.

Diecast Detail on the F1 GTR

This sealed diecast body reproduces the GTR's widened arches and rear wing package as continuous cast-in surface detail, capturing the transition from the F1's road-going elegance to a genuinely purposeful racing shape. The #50 livery holds crisp definition through tampo printing at 1:43, a scale where the F1 GTR's often complex, multi-sponsor liveries can easily lose legibility if not applied precisely. Diecast at this scale gives the model real heft and a confident presence on a shelf, and the sealed construction keeps the widened bodywork reading as one clean form rather than assembled parts, appropriate for a car whose racing silhouette was itself an aerodynamic refinement of the road original.

The F1's Enduring Le Mans Legacy

The McLaren F1's outright win at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, achieved with a car never originally designed for endurance racing, remains one of the sport's most celebrated results, and subsequent GTR entries like this 1996 example continued to demonstrate the platform's genuine competitiveness. For a collector focused on Historic GT and GTE subjects, this piece documents the F1's less-discussed follow-up seasons rather than only its most famous victory. At 1:43, it pairs naturally with other 1990s Le Mans GT entries, building a fuller picture of the F1 GTR's multi-year competitive career.

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