The 2020 McLaren Senna GTR LM is a limited-edition version of the Senna GTR. A customer-commissioned series, the 2020 Senna GTR LM was designed as a tribute to McLaren's 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans campaign, which saw the F1 GTR win the race for the very first time. The 2020 Senna GTR LM is limited to five units, each designed as a homage to the five F1 GTR race cars that finished the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans in first, third, fourth, fifth, and 13th positions. The 2020 Senna GTR LM shouldn't be confused with the 2020 Senna LM. The latter also celebrates 25 years since McLaren won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and it's also limited to five cars, but it was commissioned by two U.S. McLaren dealerships. And while the Senna LM is based on the regular Senna, the Senna GTR LM is built around the track-only Senna GTR model.

What makes the 2020 McLaren Senna GTR LM special?

The McLaren Senna GTR LM remains true to the GTR's already familiar design. While the LMs are essentially GTRs in terms of design and aerodynamics, they do feature OZ Racing wheels in a bespoke five-spoke design and brake calipers in satin gold and suspension wishbones in anodized gold. These gold accents are also a nod to the original F1.

Each GTR LM is fitted with a dedication plaque on the inner surface of the carbon-fiber tub, denoting each car's one-off status and its original F1 GTR chassis number identifier. Each car also wears an etched plaque that includes the date of the race, the names of the three race drivers in the car they pay tribute to, and the position in which they finished.

Liveries that match the 1995 McLaren F1 GTR race cars

Each Senna GTR LM features a hand-painted livery that replicates the design of each of the 1995 season cars. Every car took more than 800 hours to paint, and the attention to detail is top-notch.

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This chassis is a homage to the F1/01R, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995. Often called the "Ueno Clinic car," it's finished in a charcoal grey livery and features Japanese sponsor Ueno Clinic. MSO recreated the color and called it Ueno Grey and features the same no. 59 decals, as well as the unique driving lamps. The wheels are also finished in Ueno Gray

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An homage to F1 chassis F1/06R, it features the already iconic yellow and green livery and the name of British department store Harrods. McLaren combined Solar Yellow, and Heritage Green paints for this livery, with a green pinstripe and green detailing within the front splitter. This car wears number 51 and finished third at Le Mans.

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Arguably the most iconic livery of any F1 GTR, the Gulf paint scheme was recreated by MSO from new but very similar colors dubbed Gulf 95 Blue and Gulf 95 Orange. The latter adorns the rear diffuser, rear wing, lower sill, and front blades. The wheels are also finished in this vivid orange, while the lower sills and roof stripe are painted in Gulf 95 Silver. The Golf Oil logo also appears on the hood and the doors.

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An homage to chassis F1/07R, also known as "The Jacadi car", it was run by a French-based customer with number 50. It finished in fifth place, a lap behind the Gulf-liveried car. This car was painted in the royal blue colors specific to French-owned race car, a color that's been recreated by McLaren as Le Mans Blue. The body color is complemented by Polaris, a metallic blue, and the logos of French oil company Elf.

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Run by French team Societe BBA, it featured a more artistic livery that combined grey, black, and white details over a silver body color. The livery of the Senna GTR LM isn't an exact copy of the original, as McLaren chose to create a modern reinterpretation. The artwork on the car now includes several new elements, such as pole position lap times, race trophies, and Le Mans branding cues. This livery required several thousand hours of work and took the longest to paint.

The exclusive interior

The layout of the GTR LM's cabin remains the same as the regular GTR, but it features a few extras that you can't have on other models. Highlights include a steering wheel with gold shift paddles and buttons, titanium nitride pedals with "LM" logos, leather door-pull straps, and carbon seats with embroidered headrests.

A more powerful engine

While the Senna LM was a road-going Senna with a GTR engine, the Senna GTR LM features a more powerful version of the GTR's mill. Upgrades to the twin-turbo, 4.0-liter V-8 include valve spring retainers made from metal matrix composite (65-percent lighter), higher-grade steel for the valve springs, and hand-polished cylinder heads. The recalibrated electronics help increase power to 833 horses, 19 horsepower more than the regular Senna GTR. That's also 44 horsepower more than the standard, road-going Senna model.

McLaren also revised the engine's torque curve characteristics, so now it delivers more torque at lower revs and enables a rev limit set closer to 9,000 rpm than the 8,250 rpm limit of the Senna GTR. Torque figures remain unchanged at 590 pound-feet. Finally, the GTR's Inconel exhaust system has been further enhanced by the addition of specially designed LM twin-exit pipes.

All five cars have been completed and will be delivered to customers in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom. McLaren says that the value of these cars "remains undisclosed unless the owners choose to share this detail." Considering the upgrades, the amount of customization, and the uniqueness of the series, it's safe to say that the Senna GTR LM was sold for significantly more than the regular Senna GTR. The latter retailed from around $1.7 million, so each Senna GTR LM was probably sold for anywhere from $2.5 to $3 million.