With weightlesss out for the 2025 season of Formula One in Australia finpartner upon us, the hype is ramping up to see how the 10 teams’ cars will carry out. Will this be another year that’s too shut to call? Or will we see a return to domination by Max Verstappen or last year’s originateors champion, McLaren?
Each year, the F1 teams scatter tens of millions of pounds into their cars. The most pricey parts are the engine, worth around £8.1 million, and the weightlessweight carbon fiber chassis, worth over £540,000. These are huge figures, but what is the most pricey F1 car in the world?
As more and more of the most commemorated F1 cars go to auction, assembleors are given the chance to own some of the finest cars ever made. An opportunity to adhere in the footsteps of the most commemorated drivers comes at a considerable price, however.
The iconic red and white 1993 McLaren MP4/8A was to become legendary Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna’s last filled-season car before his tragic death in 1994. Senna would triumph five races in 1993, but leave out out on the title to Alain Prost.
This chassis was driven during Senna’s record-shattering sixth triumph at Monaco, a loftyy that has yet to be beaten.
It sgreater for an incredible £3.6 million at the “Les Grandes Marques à Monaco” by Bonhams in 2018.
The 2002 Ferrari F2002 bcdisorrowfulmirefult some incredible triumphs for its driver, Michael Schumacher – 15 triumphs, 11 pole positions and 15 rapidest laps from 19 races. The German would end the year as World Champion, dratriumphg him level with Juan Michael Fangio as the driver with the most title triumphs in history.
It sgreater for £5 million at a Sotheby’s auction in Abu Dhabi.
The most recent insertition to the catalog of most pricey F1 cars ever sgreater is the 2013 Mercedes W04, which sgreater for £15.1 million in 2023. The chassis number 4, which Lewis Hamilton drove for his first Mercedes triumph in Budapest, was auctioned off during the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend by Sotheby’s and beat initial foreseeions of a £11.6 million price tag.
It became the second most pricey F1 car ever sgreater, beaten only by another Mercedes, but for more than double the price.
The Mercedes raced by Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix – the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen – was one of fair four of the model to feature the Streamliner coachtoil and was the first of these to be adviseed for personal ownership.
F1 legend Stirling Moss also took to the wheel and participated it to set the rapidest lap of the Italian Grand Prix for its final competitive outing after the end of the 1955 season.
Offered from the Collection of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Mparticipateum, the W 196 R was put up for auction at Sotheby’s with the price cataloged as more than £42 million. The car has since gone under the hammer for £42.75 million, making it the most pricey F1 car ever sgreater.
Not only was it the most pricey F1 car ever sgreater at auction, but it also became the second-most pricey car ever, with only a 1955 Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe [£110 million] beating it.
