FIRST DRIVE: GMA T.50 – McLaren F1 Successor’s 900-mile road trip

Get ready for a sensory bombardment as Top Gear Magazine’s Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, embarks on a 900-mile adventure, from Barcelona to Bilbao, via the stunning mountain roads of the Spanish Pyrenees. Follow as he delves into the T.50's driving dynamics, from the exhilarating scream of that naturally aspirated V12 engine to the joyous shifts of the manual gearbox. Designed to honour-but-improve on the iconic McLaren F1, the T.50 is a symphony of engineering purity, weight-saving purges and mechanical artistry. In Ollie's view, it is the best driver’s car in the world, and it might never be bettered... Subscribe to Top Gear for more videos: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToTopGear WATCH MORE TOP GEAR: First Looks: https://bit.ly/TGFirstLooks  First Drives: https://bit.ly/TGFirstDrives American Tuned ft. Rob Dahm: https://bit.ly/TGAmericanTuned LISTEN to the Top Gear Magazine Podcast: https://topgear.podlink.to/Podcast Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.topgear.com/newsletter-signup 00:00 Intro 02:13 Operational Briefing 05:02 First Drive 07:42 Tunnels 🔉 08:54 Driving Position/ergonomics 10:50 Mountain Roads 15:58 Design 21:33 Conclusion MORE ABOUT TOP GEAR: Welcome to the official home of Top Gear on YouTube. Here you'll find all the best clips from your favourite episodes, whether that’s Ken Block drifting London in the Hoonicorn, Chris Harris in the latest Porsche 911 GT3 or classic Top Gear clips from Clarkson, Hammond and May. You'll also find the latest performance car reviews from the TopGear.com crew, our brand new series American Tuned with Rob Dahm and the fastest power laps from our in house performance benchmark: The Stig. This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback https://www.bbcstudios.com/contact/contact-us/

Added 4 Apr 2026