McLaren MP4-31

The McLaren Honda MP4-31 is a Formula One race car that was used by the McLaren Honda team during the 2016 Formula One season. It is the last McLaren Formula One race car to carry the "MP4" name following CEO Ron Dennis's departure from the team.

Overview
The McLaren MP4-31 was a Formula One racing car designed by McLaren to compete in the 2016 Formula One season. The car was driven by 2005 and 2006 World Drivers' Champion Fernando Alonso and 2009 World Champion Jenson Button, and reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who replaced Alonso at the Bahrain Grand Prix following the Spaniard's accident at the Australian Grand Prix which deemed him unfit for the next event. The car used the Honda RA616H power unit, the second engine developed by Honda since their return to the sport with McLaren in 2015.

Despite the Honda power unit still underpowered and uncompetitive compared to former rival teams, McLaren collected 76 points to place 6th in the constructors' standings, with Alonso achieving a best finish of 5th twice, as well as setting a fastest lap at the 2016 Italian Grand Prix.

Asphalt 8: Airborne
The McLaren MP4-31 was added to the game in the Car Blueprints Update (v3.0.0) as a Championship-unlockable car.

The MP4-31 has a very high starting rank of 1624 (shared with the W Motors Fenyr Supersport), a hidden MAX rank of 1738, and a PRO rank of 1813, the current highest in the game. The car receives +27 from Tuning Kits. The MP4-31 is meant to rival the TRION NEMESIS, McLaren Mercedes MP4-25, HTT Pléthore LC 750, and Mosler Land Shark.

The MP4-31 has typical traits of a Formula One car: excellent acceleration, top speed, and handling, but with a disadvantage of a poor nitro efficiency combination of 8/14/18, compared to the Fenyr's 7/13/17. In fact, the MP4-31 has the worst nitro efficiency of all McLaren cars in the game. The MP4-31 also has a unique speed modifier of 92.91%, which causes it to be slower than the Aston Martin Vulcan and Chevrolet 2016 Camaro SS in terms of real total speed. Despite these disadvantages, the MP4-31 now stands as the best-performing McLaren car in the game and can be thought of as a replacement to the Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV and a budget alternative to the Aston Martin Vulcan.

The MP4-31 costs to purchase when on sale, although it is generally considered better to win the car through its Championship. If fully PRO'd, the MP4-31's usefulness greatly increases as its final Car Mastery Challenge, set as a Flawless race in Dubai, is now considered the best race for grinding Credits, partially replacing the McLaren 675LT as the best choice for grinding Credits through Mastery as the 675LT is still much easier to obtain and MAX PRO. It also offers through Mastery, the second car to do so, after the Arash AF10.