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McLaren F1 GTR Gulf Team Davidoff #41 P-H. Raphanel / J-M. Gounon FIA GT Championship 1997 Minichamps 1:43

McLaren F1 GTR Gulf Team Davidoff #41 P-H. Raphanel / J-M. Gounon FIA GT Championship 1997 Minichamps 1:43 533174341 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:43 diecast McLaren F1 GTR reproduces the #41 Gulf Team Davidoff entry that Pierre-Henri Raphanel and Jean-Marc Gounon shared in the 1997 FIA GT Championship. The sealed one-piece body carries the Gulf livery's light blue and orange scheme over the GTR's Le Mans-derived GT1 bodywork, a genuine anchor for a 1990s GT collection.
McLaren F1 GTR Gulf Team Davidoff #41 P-H. Raphanel / J-M. Gounon FIA GT Championship 1997 Minichamps 1:43
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Brand
McLaren
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
533174341
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About the McLaren F1 GTR Gulf Team Davidoff #41 P-H. Raphanel / J-M. Gounon FIA GT Championship 1997 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast McLaren F1 GTR reproduces the #41 Gulf Team Davidoff entry that Raphanel and Gounon shared in the 1997 FIA GT Championship. The sealed one-piece body carries the Gulf livery's light blue and orange scheme over the GTR's GT1-homologated bodywork.

The McLaren F1 GTR descended directly from the road-going F1, one of the most exclusive supercars of its era, converted into a GT1 racer that had already won Le Mans outright in 1995. By 1997, in the newly formed FIA GT Championship, the GTR carried that reputation into a new era, and this Gulf-liveried #41 represents it in miniature.

Gulf Team Davidoff's #41 McLaren F1 GTR in 1997 FIA GT

A Le Mans-Winning Design Facing Newer Rivals

This casting reproduces the #41 McLaren F1 GTR run by Gulf Team Davidoff in the 1997 FIA GT Championship, shared by Pierre-Henri Raphanel and Jean-Marc Gounon, two drivers with genuine McLaren GTR pedigree from the car's earlier Le Mans campaigns. The GTR began life as a road-legal supercar before Gulf Racing and other teams pushed for a competition version that won Le Mans outright in 1995, one of the most celebrated results in the race's history for a car derived from a street model. By 1997, the GTR was already an aging design facing newer purpose-built rivals, yet it remained a serious contender.

Gulf's Livery Legacy in Sharp Registration

The Gulf livery itself carries its own weight in motorsport history, its light blue and orange scheme instantly recognizable from decades of association with Gulf-backed programs across multiple manufacturers. Minichamps reproduces that color scheme's sharp edges and the Davidoff sponsor graphics as tampo-printed detail, holding registration tight around the car's distinctive central driving position and low, wide GT1 bodywork.

Minichamps' Sealed 1:43 Take on a Homologation-Era Icon

Holding the Gulf Color-Block Boundaries Crisp

The body is a fixed, one-piece zinc alloy casting, consistent with Minichamps' approach across its 1:43 GT racing range. An opening panel would need a hinge gap wide enough to disrupt the panel lines this famous livery depends on, so the shell stays sealed. That shows in how the Gulf color-block boundaries hold a crisp edge rather than bleeding across a seam, and in a door line that reads as one continuous groove.

Central Driving Position and Scale Trade-offs

Paint sits directly on the metal shell, giving the light blue base a depth under a display lamp plastic would struggle to match. The GTR's distinctive central driving position is visible through the glazing even without an opening canopy, and set against Minichamps' 1:18 castings, this version simplifies some cockpit detail for a footprint that lets a full 1990s GT1 grid share one shelf.

An Anchor Piece for a 1990s GT Collection

The GTR's Le Mans pedigree and the Gulf livery's own motorsport history give this casting a pull reaching beyond FIA GT specialists, into road-car enthusiasts drawn by the F1's reputation as well. It pairs naturally with other 1990s GT1-era castings from Porsche, Mercedes, and Ferrari. Because the body stays sealed, the model rewards close inspection of livery registration over any interior walkthrough, and for collectors who already own an F1 road car casting, this GTR completes the pairing, showing how far McLaren pushed the same platform in each direction.

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