Independent Creative ExplorationINDEPENDENT PRODUCT + OWNERSHIP CONCEPT / NOT AFFILIATEDTHE FLIGHT
AERODYNAMICS BEYOND THE ASPHALT.
SAILGP × McLAREN AUTOMOTIVE / MSO FLIGHT EDITION
THE FLIGHT
ON WATER.
AERODYNAMICS BEYOND THE ASPHALT.THE PREMISEONE FORCE / TWO MACHINES
THE SURFACE
CHANGES.
THE QUESTION DOES NOT.
A McLaren 750S and an F50 both depend on controlling flow. Each reduces resistance to stay stable at speed.
The collaboration centers on the invisible engineering shared by both machines.
HOW DO YOU MAKE PRESSURE WORK FOR YOU?
AIR ABOVE
The 750S manages airflow across its body and active rear wing to create stability at speed.
LIFT BELOW
The F50 manages water across its foils to lift the hulls clear of the surface.
CONTROL BETWEEN
Pressure changes around both machines as the operator responds. The campaign uses those inputs to connect the road and water sessions.
PROPOSED FIRST EDITION
Compare the forces at one table.
The first version would introduce the Flight Profile at an existing owner event. A short film compares road and water control, followed by a readable interface demonstration. That can test the campaign before a new vehicle edition or guest sail is commissioned.
- THE FIRST OFFER
- One proposed hosted presentation with material samples and a tabletop display. The car and boat stay in the film direction. The profile uses labeled example values to explain what a future owner might compare.
- HOW YOU TAKE PART
- The film gives the two machines a common question. A host introduces the samples, then the visitor explores one profile. An engineering note explains which comparisons are illustrative and which would need real measurements.
- WHAT I WOULD DELIVER
- The short film treatment and Flight Profile screens, with a material folder and invitation. Retired sailcloth can begin as a document-case study. The profile needs a useful story beyond a striking dashboard.
- BEFORE IT GROWS
- Can an owner explain what each chart shows and why it matters? Have a specialist review the comparison. Road and sailing forces need their own context. A good interface test does not validate the vehicle materials.
Where it could go next
The limited car edition and owner journey remain complete directions below. Track and water sessions enter only with participating operators and a technical plan. They do not need to exist for the first communication study to be useful.
THE OBJECTMcLAREN 750S × SAILGP / FLIGHT EDITION
MSO / LIMITED SERIESENGINEERING,
ENGINEERING,
LEFT VISIBLE.
I wanted the proposed edition to show its material choices. The carbon weave stays visible, while retired sailcloth enters the smaller objects an owner handles. Those details give the car-to-water connection a physical place in the design.
OCEAN CARBON
Deep-blue exposed carbon reveals the weave instead of hiding the structure beneath paint.
TITANIUM DATUM
Raw titanium marks the control surfaces, switchgear and numbered edition plate.
RETIRED MATERIALS
Retired SailGP sailcloth forms the document case. Technical rope becomes a woven pull strap.
FLIGHT PROFILE
A dedicated display compares the owner’s circuit lap with their professionally managed guest-sail data.
THE FLIGHT PROFILECOMPARE THE ROAD AND WATER SESSIONS
ONE OWNER.
TWO RUNS.
ONE DATA PORTRAIT.
Owners compare how road and water respond to speed and pressure, including their own inputs. The concept does not claim that hydrofoil software controls the car.
FLIGHT PROFILE / OWNER 01
CIRCUIT / 750SAIRABOVE
PEAK SPEED196MPHLATERAL LOAD1.42GRIDE HEIGHT92MMPRIMARY SYSTEMACTIVE AERO
OWNERSHIPFROM DELIVERY TO FLIGHT PROFILE
THE PRODUCT
IS ONLY
THE BEGINNING.
Ownership unfolds across a private delivery, a circuit session, a conditional SailGP guest-sail and a personal data artifact.
DELIVERY
The vehicle arrives with a material passport and numbered engineering dossier. Travel cases made from retired SailGP sailcloth carry the documents.
CIRCUIT
A McLaren instructor records the owner’s circuit session, including acceleration, lateral load, braking and active-aero behavior.
WATER
During a SailGP race weekend, eligible owners join a professionally managed guest-sail program when conditions permit.
PROFILE
Both sessions feed a personal Flight Profile. Owners receive a digital comparison and animated data portrait, with an archival print to keep.
THE LAUNCH FILMAIRFLOW, CREW RADIO AND ENGINE SOUND
50 KNOTS / 200 MPHHEAR THE
HEAR THE
AIR WORK.
The launch film moves between foil whistle, airflow, crew radio, intake and mechanical detail. The car keeps its own voice. The campaign reveals the force both machines are working against.
SHARED ENGINEERING.
A SHARED ENGINEERING LANGUAGE.
The concept links a limited vehicle edition to a circuit session and a professionally managed guest sail. The proposed Flight Profile lets an owner compare those experiences afterward. The product details and partnerships remain independent proposals.
Independent personal concept by Priscilla Rios. This project was not commissioned, developed with, approved or endorsed by McLaren Automotive, McLaren Special Operations, McLaren Racing, SailGP or any participating organization. Product specifications, materials, interfaces, experiences and partnership details shown are speculative. Brand names and trademarks are referenced only to explain the proposal.