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A special tribute has been paid to the founder of the iconic McLaren Formula One team and specialist sports car maker, Bruce McLaren, on the 50th anniversary of his death behind the wheel. June 2 2020 marks exactly 50 years since Kiwi engineer, technician and racing legend Bruce McLaren was killed in an accident during testing at Goodwood circuit, located in West Sussex, UK. In honour of McLaren’s lasting legacy, a private ceremony was held at the brand's Woking headquarters.

Australian F1 star Daniel Ricciardo is in line for a shock switch to Ferrari, according to international reports. UPDATE 5:20pm 12/5/20: Ferrari has confirmed Sebastian Vettel will leave the team at the end of the year. The unconfirmed speculation comes after negotiations for Sebastian Vettel’s 2021 contract renewal with the Italian team fell through.

McLaren has issued a recall notice in the United States for 2763 examples of its 570GT, GT, 720S and Senna (shown above) models built between 2016 and 2020 due to a risk of fire – with two incidents confirmed globally suggesting a global recall may follow.

Reckon the McLaren 600LT is still too soft for you? McLaren has come to the rescue with the debut of the 620R, a road-legal version of its 570S GT4 race car. Mounted behind the passengers is the same 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine used by the core line-up and ‘regular’ GT4 car, though the lack of racing regulations mean it’s allowed to produce a stonking 456kW of power – or 620PS, thus its name – and 620Nm of torque. (Two reasons to call it a 620R...)