This orange car is a McLaren F1. It was designed and built by the McLaren company, an English company that has designed and built many more racing cars designed for racetracks than "production" "street" cars like the F1 designed for public roads.
(Based in England, Team McLaren was founded by Bruce McLaren; McLaren was born and raised in New Zealand, as was his friend and co-driver Denis Hulme.)
In fact, F1s have raced and won at racetracks such as LeMans in France.
I've been a big fan of Team McLaren since 1969, and I have autographs of drivers who drove for Team McLaren: Denis Hulme, Dan Gurney, and Peter Gethin, all of whom drove Group 7 CanAm sports cars (McLaren M8Ds) in 1970.
One thing I really like about the F1 is that the driver's seat is in the middle. The name, however, is not very appropriate... the F1 is more like one of the McLaren CanAm sports cars than it is like a single-seater open-wheel Formula One car... even if the seat is in the middle.
Another things I like about the F1 is its orange color. This light orange was selected by the team manager of Team McLaren, Teddy Mayer, because of its high visibility. I think it is beautiful.
If you are interested in learning more about McLaren cars, you can go to bruce-mclaren.com and mclaren.com.
My favorite racing McLaren is the M8D Group 7 sports car that was driven by Hulme, Gurney, and Gethin in the 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup series.
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