When the TAG McLaren directors gave their team the brief for the proposed new 'supercar' it was straightforward in the extreme. It was to build a car that even the opposition would have to acknowledge as the best.

As you will see from this film, McLaren Cars Technical Director Gordon Murray and his team succeeded, perhaps even beyond their own wildest dreams!

Even though the opposition might not care to admit it publicly, by any yardstick the V12 McLaren F1 has to be rated as the best supercars yet to hit the road.  As proof, McLaren can quote the world record 240.1mph top speed that you can experience in this film, thanks to a thrilling on-board camera blast with Le Mans winner Andy Wallace.

Any way you care to examine it, the McLaren F1 can legitimately claim to be the ultimate supercar so far, and you can see in this film exactly how it was conceived, designed, built and tested.  Much of the footage was actually shot during these processes by the McLaren design team and along the way we hear from McLaren Chief Executive Jonathan Palmer.

No other programme has taken such an intimate look at the construction of a supercar.  The fact that the subject of this one is generally acknowledged to the best ever built, makes this essential viewing for anyone who has ever understood the passion and power of beautiful, fast cars.