---
title: "This Guy Is Driving a McLaren F1 from London to Spa"
description: "Can you think of a better road trip?"
date: "2017-05-27"
modified: "2017-05-27"
authors:
  - name: "Caleb Jacobs"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/caleb-jacobs"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/10723/this-guy-is-driving-a-mclaren-f1-from-london-to-spa"
categories:
  - "McLaren News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "mclaren"
  - "mclaren f1"
  - "road trip"
  - "Rowan Atkinson"
---

# This Guy Is Driving a McLaren F1 from London to Spa

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Traveling across Europe is a dream for many. Key points from the New and Old World are trickled across the mountainous landscape, providing the ideal scenery for a day or week's journey. While most simply rent a compact and drive through the continent, this YouTuber is taking God's chariot—[a McLaren F1](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7147/mclaren-releases-unseen-footage-of-f1-world-record-run>)—from London to Spa Francorchamps. Surveying countryside roads in the ultimate grand tourer sounds more like a page from a gentleman driver's favorite fiction novel, but in this case, it's being made into a reality.

Starting in England's capital, [Mr JWW](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK_zuVq6ZpSRMjsZ5JRPx5g>) got together with a small crew and met his machine, a violet F1 that [once belonged to Rowan Atkinson](<https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3115331/Rowan-Atkinson-sells-8million-McLaren-F1-supercar-one-Britain-s-biggest-car-deals-crashed-twice.html>). He purchased the car for £640,000 in 1997, crashed it twice throughout his 18 years of ownership, then sold it for a £7.3m profit. From there, the small group moving out through the rest of Europe including legendary pit stops like the Nurburgring and Stuttgart. That last bit seems like a route straight from every gearhead's bucket list.

Through day one, they've covered a decent amount of ground on the near week-long journey. There's plenty of action to follow still, as most of the first stint was used to foreshadow the trip and what the crew will be doing.

https://youtube.com/embed/olMDx2qaBR8

Is there a better road trip out there? It's hard to imagine a better combination of location and transport considering the history wrapped up in each of them.

## Author
Caleb Jacobs is The Drive’s senior editor. When he’s not searching for stories or poring over copy, he’s usually driving his dump truck or wishing it was running so he could drive it. He was born and raised in the Missouri Ozarks, and he lives there today with his family.

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