Jump Onboard With Chris Harris In The McLaren P1 In High Downforce Mode

Imagine one lap around the sunny Portimao Circuit in Portugal with Chris Harris in the McLaren P1 running on its optional P Zero Trofeo R tires. You'd probably have the exact same face as Marino Franchitti above.

While Pirelli's P Zero Trofeos are technically road legal, you're not supposed to drive on these sticky asymmetrical semi-slicks if there's any chance of rain on the horizon. You're also not allowed to put your McLaren P1 into its high-downforce Race Mode that lowers the car and pushes the giant rear wing as high as it will go.

But at a track like Portimao, both can be engaged in order to reach 185mph in the main straight and hit your body with g figures climbing up to 1.7 in the corners.

I never expected it to move this fast without being sterile on the edge.

Photo credit: Chris Harris on Cars

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