{"id":469719,"date":"2024-07-16T23:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=469719"},"modified":"2024-12-03T03:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T03:41:36","slug":"mad-mikes-madmac-a-rotary-powered-mclaren-p1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mad-mikes-madmac-a-rotary-powered-mclaren-p1\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Mad Mike&#8217;s MadMac: A Rotary-Powered McLaren P1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Mad Mike\u2019 Whiddett, the undisputed king of sideways, has done it again. This time, he&#8217;s taken a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-mclaren-p1-a-decade-old-hybrid-hypercar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McLaren P1<\/a> and transformed it into a tire-shredding, flame-spitting drift monster dubbed &#8220;MadMac&#8221; that became a showstopper at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.<\/p>\n<p>MadMac is a hybrid of sorts, combining parts from a P1, a 650S, and a Mazda, resulting in a unique creation that pushes the boundaries of what\u2019s possible. The heart of Mad Mac is a custom-built, triple-rotor rotary engine that delivers around 1,000 horsepower at the wheels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TopGear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top Gear\u2019s Ollie Kew<\/a> recently visited the Lanzante workshop to have a chat with Mad Mike and Dean Lanzante on how they were able to make this dream build a reality.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"FIRST LOOK: McLaren P1 Drift Car \u2013 Mad Mike\u2019s Rotary-Swapped \u2018MadMac\u2019!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qgIhcSDq2hk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"FIRST LOOK: McLaren P1 Drift Car \u2013 Mad Mike\u2019s Rotary-Swapped \u2018MadMac\u2019!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qgIhcSDq2hk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topgear.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top Gear<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TopGear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Mad Mike\u2019 Whiddett, the undisputed king of sideways, has done it again. 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The heart of Mad Mac is a custom-built, triple-rotor rotary engine that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":847538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,12919],"tags":[76,238,1337,8441],"class_list":["post-469719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mclaren","category-videos","tag-mclaren","tag-mclaren-videos","tag-mclaren-p1","tag-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: Mad Mike&#039;s MadMac: A Rotary-Powered McLaren P1<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A McLaren P1 transformed it into a tire-shredding, flame-spitting drift monster dubbed &quot;MadMac&quot; that became a showstopper at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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