For two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner and long-time Formula 1 tester Alex Wurz, the question of choosing a favourite racing car isn’t dictated by whether he raced or tested it. Instead, it’s something rather more simple that is behind the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association president’s pick of the McLaren MP4-17D, a machine that narrowly missed out on the F1 world championship in 2003 with Kimi Raikkonen.
“I only think, ‘I am driving it to its limits in any condition’ – empty [tanks], light, alone, against competitors,” Wurz says. “And the 17D was just the most balanced and joyful and very fast car to drive.”
