McLaren puts five iconic F1 cars up for sale McLaren are offering five iconic F1 cars for sale. Image: Supplied

The collection includes cars raced by Gerhard Berger, Jenson Button and Lando Norris, with Ayrton Senna and Lewis Hamilton also having driven some of the machinery in testing.

All five are being sold through British specialist dealer Tom Hartley Jr, with each available for individual purchase.

McLaren has retained the cars since their racing careers ended and will prepare them for their new owners, with the older examples set to undergo full restorations.

No asking prices have been announced, although Reuters reported that values were expected to range from £5 million (AUD $9.57 million) to £10 million (AUD $19.13 million).

McLaren claims its 2023 MCL37A, chassis 03, is the newest F1 car ever made available to a private buyer.

Norris drove the car to second-place finishes in Singapore and Japan during the 2023 season, before it was retained by McLaren for testing duties.

Among those who subsequently drove it were Oscar Piastri, Pato O’Ward, Mick Schumacher, Valtteri Bottas and Martin Brundle.

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt also took the wheel during a private session at the Circuit of the Americas in 2025, linked to his starring role in F1: The Movie.

The other Norris car is a 2021 MCL35M, chassis 01, which he drove to podium finishes at Imola, Monaco and Monza.

At the Italian Grand Prix, Norris followed teammate Daniel Ricciardo home in second, completing McLaren’s first one-two result since 2010 and its first victory since 2012.

The same chassis wore the team’s Gulf-inspired special livery in Monaco and will be returned to race-ready condition before delivery.

Norris subsequently won the 2025 drivers’ championship, adding further significance to the two cars from his earlier McLaren career.

McLaren is also selling two Honda V12-powered MP4/6As from its 1991 championship-winning season, both raced by Berger and used in testing by Senna.

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The cars have been driven by some of McLaren’s most iconic drivers. Image: Supplied

Chassis 04 finished second behind Senna at the San Marino Grand Prix, where both McLarens finished a lap ahead of every other competitor.

Chassis 07 took Berger to second at the British Grand Prix and was later tested by Senna at Silverstone in 1992. McLaren says it was never crashed.

The MP4/6 helped Senna claim his third drivers’ championship and secured McLaren’s fourth consecutive constructors’ title in 1991.

Completing the group is a 2012 MP4/27A, chassis 01, driven in races by Button and tested by Hamilton.

It recorded the fastest lap at the Indian Grand Prix and a top-five finish in Abu Dhabi, representing the naturally aspirated V8 era between McLaren’s early 1990s success and its later turbo-hybrid cars.

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown explained the decision to release cars that have remained under the team’s control since their racing careers.

“We have decided to part with these iconic McLaren Formula 1 cars because we feel that having them simply sitting in storage is a disservice to what they represent,” he said.

“These cars were built to be driven and raced, and we want to see them being used and enjoyed.”

Hartley previously handled the sale of Bernie Ecclestone’s 69-car grand prix collection, which fetched a reported £500 million (A$956.72 million) in 2025, as well as the collection of former McLaren co-owner Mansour Ojjeh.