McLaren’s £750k Senna hypercar with see-through doors is a tribute to the Brazilian F1 legend – and only 500 will be made

This is McLaren’s bonkers new hypercar – a model that’s so wild you’ll be able to watch the tarmac rush past in a blur at more than 200mph via see-through panels in the doors.

It’s a British hypercar that’s been named after the late Brazilian three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna – the brand’s most iconic driver – with some of the proceeds of its £750,000 price tag being donated to his charity to support underprivileged children in his home nation.

Just 500 will be made (and all have already been sold) and – as the extreme bodywork suggests – it has been created for the super-rich to tear-up race tracks in their spare time.

However, despite all aggressive wings and wind-tunnel sculpted bodywork, it’s a car you can still legally drive to the supermarket on a Sunday morning. Here’s what we know about it so far…

During the glitzy launch at its Woking headquarters on Saturday evening, bosses said it was the ‘lightest, fastest and most engaging McLaren yet’ and held no punches about where they see it being used most often.

In the words of chief executive Mike Flewitt: ‘The McLaren Senna is a car like no other: the personification of McLaren’s motorsport DNA, legalised for road use but designed and developed from the outset to excel on a circuit.

‘Every element of this new Ultimate Series McLaren has an uncompromised performance focus, honed to ensure the purest possible connection between driver and machine and deliver the ultimate track driving experience in the way that only a McLaren can.’

Looking at the specification of the hypercar, we believe what he said.

The body, which is made entirely from lightweight carbon-fibre has been molded into a ‘teardrop’ shape for the most aerodynamic performance.

Chiseled into the flanks are deep gulleys designed to channel air down the sides of the vehicle and gaping vents and a roof funnel to cool the high-performance 8-cylinder motor.

As with the other Ultimate Series car in the current range, it gets McLaren’s own designed dihedral doors, though this time with an additional feature.

If you’re happy to pay extra for it, the British-based car maker will fit the lower parts of the door panels with glass inserts. Why? So that you can see the apex at the race track you’re driving it on, ensuring you don’t cut and corners and clip an apex with professional racer-like accuracy.

It should also help when trying not to kerb a wheel when parallel parking and squeezing through width restrictions.