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McLaren F1 GTR #8 Team BMW J-J. Lehto / S. Soper FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18

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McLaren F1 GTR #8 Team BMW J-J. Lehto / S. Soper FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18 39710 Diecast
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UT Models' 1:18 diecast McLaren F1 GTR reproduces the #8 Team BMW car of JJ Lehto and Steve Soper from the 1997 FIA GT Championship. A race-liveried version of one of the most respected GT cars ever built from a road-legal supercar. A cornerstone piece for any GT racing display.
McLaren F1 GTR #8 Team BMW J-J. Lehto / S. Soper FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
McLaren
Model Manufacturer
UT Models
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
39710
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About the McLaren F1 GTR #8 Team BMW J-J. Lehto / S. Soper FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18

TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast reproduces the #8 McLaren F1 GTR of JJ Lehto and Steve Soper from the 1997 FIA GT Championship, run by the BMW-backed factory team. Diecast construction captures the widened bodywork of a race car built from the road-legal McLaren F1.

Few race cars carry the weight of the McLaren F1 GTR's reputation, a genuine road supercar reworked into one of the most respected GT racers of its era.

The McLaren F1 already stood apart from every other supercar of the 1990s, and the GTR competition version added flared bodywork, a substantial rear wing and stripped-back cabin detailing to turn it into a genuinely dominant GT racer, including an outright Le Mans class result the road car's reputation still trades on. JJ Lehto and Steve Soper drove the #8 car for the BMW-backed factory team during the 1997 FIA GT Championship, a season that saw the F1 GTR facing increasingly serious competition from purpose-built rivals like the Mercedes CLK-GTR. This diecast reproduces that specific livery, giving collectors a race-accurate record of one of the F1's genuinely significant competitive seasons.

UT Models' Diecast Record of a GT Icon

UT Models built a strong following among 1990s GT collectors for exactly this kind of accurately liveried McLaren F1 GTR diecast, and the widened arches and rear wing detailing hold up well at 1:18 scale. For a McLaren or 1990s GT racing collection, this piece anchors one of the format's most respected subjects, a road-derived racer that genuinely competed with purpose-built rivals rather than simply making up the grid. Displayed alongside a road-going F1, the transformation into full GTR specification becomes immediately obvious.

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