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McLaren F1 GTR #9 P. Kox / R. Ravaglia FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18

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McLaren F1 GTR #9 P. Kox / R. Ravaglia FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18 39711 Diecast
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UT Models' 1:18 diecast McLaren F1 GTR reproduces car #9 from the 1997 FIA GT Championship, driven by Peter Kox and Roberto Ravaglia. Built from a road car that won Le Mans outright in 1995, this diecast captures the GTR's carbon-fiber silhouette in opening-panel metal construction with period racing graphics.
McLaren F1 GTR #9 P. Kox / R. Ravaglia FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18
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Brand
McLaren
Manufacturer
UT Models
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
39711
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About the McLaren F1 GTR #9 P. Kox / R. Ravaglia FIA GT Championship 1997 UT Models 1:18

TL;DR: UT Models' 1:18 diecast reproduces the McLaren F1 GTR #9, campaigned by Peter Kox and Roberto Ravaglia in the 1997 FIA GT Championship. Diecast construction captures the GTR's wide-body kit over the road-going F1's carbon monocoque, a racing derivative of the car that won Le Mans outright in 1995.

Few racing conversions carry more weight than the F1 GTR's, since it started life as a road car never intended to race and ended up beating dedicated prototypes at Le Mans.

UT Models' Take on the Widened GTR Bodywork

The GTR's race conversion added flared arches, a deeper front splitter, and a rear wing to the road car's clean silhouette, and UT Models' diecast tooling follows that widened stance rather than reusing a standard F1 street casting with stickers applied. Opening doors on this vintage of diecast reveal a simplified cabin, a reasonable trade against the sharper shut lines a sealed resin casting could offer instead. Metal construction gives the model real heft for its footprint, and the tampo-printed sponsor graphics wrap the door and rear quarter panels with the kind of registration accuracy that period liveries demand, since a shifted decal is far more obvious on a factory racing scheme than on a plain road car finish.

Kox, Ravaglia, and the 1997 FIA GT Season

By 1997 the F1 GTR was in its fourth competition season, facing newer purpose-built GT1 rivals like the Porsche 911 GT1 and Mercedes CLK-GTR, yet still fielding a strong customer entry list across the FIA GT Championship. Peter Kox brought a background in touring cars and endurance racing to the seat, while Roberto Ravaglia arrived with championship-winning credentials from BMW's touring car programs before turning to GT machinery. Running car #9 placed this pairing within the broader customer effort that kept McLaren's Le Mans-winning design competitive years after its factory program had officially ended, a longevity few homologation specials manage.

Building a Late-1990s GT1 Grid on a Shelf

Set beside a contemporary 911 GT1 or CLK-GTR, this F1 GTR fills out the mid-1990s FIA GT grid honestly, showing how a road-car-derived design held its own against machines built from a blank sheet for racing alone.

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