It definitely has real metal frame, engine, drive-train, wheels and brakes. It is just a lego shell around that metal body.

The motors in the drive train are Technic'ally Lego:

[from another source]

> It’s underpinned by a steel chassis and conventional suspension, although power comes from no less than 968 Lego motors in eight motor packs in homage to the P1’s V-8 engine. Each of those packs is made from 96 Lego Power motors and together they can propel the Lego P1 to 40 mph.

Their math seems off, it should either be 768 motors (for 96 per pack) or more motors (121) per pack.

Can you link to this other source?

Google says https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/a-full-size-lego-mclaren-...

Road & Track article says 768 motors: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62172626/lando-norris-lap...

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[0] https://www.google.com/search?q=It%E2%80%99s+underpinned+by+....

Wow, they built a drivable 1:1 LEGO Technic McLaren P1 and got Lando Norris to drive it around Silverstone? That's really wild! I'm wondering how you come up with the tessellation they used on the body and all the stress test associated with testing such a huge model. Big congrats to the team, 8000 hours to deliver seems quite low for such a huge achievement to be honest.