Lanzante to build 59 units of 95-59, its McLaren F1 tribute

A three seat tribute to a 1995 win

Lanzante was founded in Petersfield, England, by restorer Paul Lanzante, and for years it earned its name rebuilding historic racing cars rather than building new ones. That changed in 1995, when McLaren chose the small workshop to run an F1 GTR at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Chassis 59 of that GTR won the race outright on its first attempt, a result that still stands as the only overall Le Mans win by a car built around a road going model.

Lanzante's newest project is named for that result. The 95-59 is a three seat supercar, with a central driving position flanked by two passenger seats, built as a direct tribute to the winning GTR. Former McLaren designer Paul Howse shaped its body.

Numbers behind the build

The car is built on the carbon chassis of a McLaren 750S. Lanzante will build only 59 examples, matching the race number carried by the winning GTR. The donor car's 4.0 litre twin turbo V8 is retuned from 740 bhp to 850 bhp, with no hybrid assistance. Pricing starts at £1,020,000 before tax, according to Motor1 and Carscoops. At exchange rates in mid November 2026, that works out to roughly ₹12.7 crore before tax, before any Indian import duty is added.

A production ready prototype made its North American debut at The Quail during Monterey Car Week in August 2026. Lanzante has since added a High Downforce Kit as an option, with a fixed rear wing, a roof mounted air intake and new centre lock wheels, with no change to the drivetrain. Production of the 59 cars is due to begin in early 2027.

From restoration house to coachbuilder

Lanzante's path to the 95-59 runs through decades of taking an existing car and rebuilding it into something else. Dean Lanzante, the founder's son, joined the business in 1993. After the 1995 Le Mans win, the firm kept close ties to McLaren, later building P1 variants including the P1 GTR-LM, P1 GT, P1 HDK and P1 Spider, a Porsche 930 fitted with genuine Formula 1 engines, and road legal versions of the Pagani Zonda Revolución. In 2018 it received a Queen's Award for Enterprise and restored a pair of Petronas FP1 motorcycles.

This is a different business from the factory heritage departments on this beat, such as Porsche Classic or Ferrari Classiche, which certify that a car matches its original specification. Lanzante instead takes a modern platform and re engineers it into a tribute car built around history rather than a copy of it, a model closer to what some Indian builders attempt with one off specials than to certifying an original.

Lanzante has not announced any plans to bring the 95-59 to India, and it does not list a dealer or distributor in the country. For now, the story stays firmly British, a small Hampshire workshop building 59 cars around the memory of a single lap of La Sarthe three decades ago.

Sources

• Lanzante's 850-HP McLaren F1 Tribute Roars Into Monterey
• Lanzante's 95-59 HDK Is More Extreme Than Anyone Expected
• Lanzante Limited
• Lanzante 95-59 Makes Debut At The Quail