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Rowan Atkinson's McLaren F1 is now a YouTube star
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We've seen it crashed and fixed twice, then sold by Mr Bean, but now the most famous example of Gordon Murray's materpiece is road tripping all over Europe at the hands of a YouTuber.
Rowan Atkinson may have sold it for £8 million two years ago, but if you were ever to rack up a few thousand kilometers travelling through continental Europe in a McLaren F1, this is probably the one to do it in.Â
Burgeoning supercar-vlogging YouTuber Mr JWW has borrowed his "friend's" F1 for pretty much any car nut's absolute dream journey. Love him or hate him, his vids are well worth a watch if you've ever wondered what an F1 would really be like to live with.Â
Share in his perils as he whinges about the F1 messing up his hair, and cringe as he gets within a gnat's knacker of scraping its nose exiting the carpark of the Porsche museum in Zuffenhausen.Â
He also admits to destroying his 430 Scuderia in a hedge. Yes, we're jealous.Â
Here's more on the Atkinson F1 back story courtesy of CAR magazine in the UK.Â
What exotic machine would you love to cross Europe with? Tell us in the comments.Â
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