What Is the Most Expensive F1 Car Ever Sold?

Lewis Hamilton is arguably one of the biggest celebrities that F has produced. Obviously, everything related to the Briton is a big deal, especially his cars, and even more so when it comes to his F1 challengers.

Recently, the seven-time world champion’s 2010 McLaren, with which he won the Turkish Grand Prix, was sold in an auction. The McLaren MP4-25A, which is powered by Mercedes-Benz’s 2.4-litre V8 engine, was auctioned for a whopping £4,836,000 ($6,600,000) after the inaugural sprint race at Silverstone.

RM Sotheby’s, a famous auction house, displayed the car in front of over 100,000 fans at Silverstone, which was, incidentally, the first-ever Lewis Hamilton car to be offered to the public.

Surprisingly, this was not the first time when an F1 car has come under a hammer, and it wasn’t the most expensive F1 car to be auctioned either.

In fact, let’s take a look at the most expensive F1 car ever to be auctioned.

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1954 Mercedes W196R – Most expensive F1 car

The five-time world champion Juan Manuel Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes was sold for a mind-boggling £19,601,500 ($29,650,095) in 2013.

The Bonhams auction house auctioned the 1954 Mercedes W169R during the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, with which the Argentine driver won his second world championship.

The car is not only the most expensive F1 car ever auctioned to the public, but in 2013, it became the most expensive car put up for auction overall.

Fangio dominated the first decade of the sport, winning five championships – a record that was smashed 46 years later by the seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher.

2001 Ferrari F2001 – second most expensive car

Michael Schumacher’s 2001 Ferrari was sold for nearly £5,500,000 ($7,504,000) in 2017. RM Sotheby auctioned the 2001 Ferrari F2001, with which Schumacher won the 2001 Monaco and Hungary Grand Prix, in New York in 2017.

In 2013, Michael Schumacher suffered a severe brain injury while skiing. Therefore, a portion of the sale of Ferrari F2001 went to Michael Schumacher’s Keep Fighting Foundation.

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The seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher, has several records to his name and was known for his ability to produce fast laps and to push his car to the very limits.

And with the achievements Lewis Hamilton is raking up in F1, there is no doubt that, one day, his name will make its debut in one such list soon.