{"id":933263,"date":"2026-10-19T02:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/933263\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T02:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:32:12","slug":"f1-news-mclaren-puts-five-iconic-f1-cars-up-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/933263\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: McLaren puts five iconic F1 cars up for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"McLaren\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMcLaren are offering five iconic F1 cars for sale. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

All five are being sold through British specialist dealer Tom Hartley Jr, with each available for individual purchase.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

No asking prices have been announced, although Reuters reported that values were expected to range from \u00a35 million (AUD $9.57 million) to \u00a310 million (AUD $19.13 million).<\/p>\n

McLaren claims its 2023 MCL37A, chassis 03, is the newest F1 car ever made available to a private buyer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Among those who subsequently drove it were Oscar Piastri, Pato O\u2019Ward, Mick Schumacher, Valtteri Bottas and Martin Brundle.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The other Norris car is a 2021 MCL35M, chassis 01, which he drove to podium finishes at Imola, Monaco and Monza.<\/p>\n

At the Italian Grand Prix, Norris followed teammate Daniel Ricciardo home in second, completing McLaren\u2019s first one-two result since 2010 and its first victory since 2012.<\/p>\n

The same chassis wore the team\u2019s Gulf-inspired special livery in Monaco and will be returned to race-ready condition before delivery.<\/p>\n

Norris subsequently won the 2025 drivers\u2019 championship, adding further significance to the two cars from his earlier McLaren career.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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The cars have been driven by some of McLaren\u2019s most iconic drivers. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

The MP4\/6 helped Senna claim his third drivers\u2019 championship and secured McLaren\u2019s fourth consecutive constructors\u2019 title in 1991.<\/p>\n

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

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\u2019s early 1990s success and its later turbo-hybrid cars.<\/p>\n

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown explained the decision to release cars that have remained under the team\u2019s control since their racing careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese cars were built to be driven and raced, and we want to see them being used and enjoyed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hartley previously handled the sale of Bernie Ecclestone\u2019s 69-car grand prix collection, which fetched a reported \u00a3500 million (A$956.72 million) in 2025, as well as the collection of former McLaren co-owner Mansour Ojjeh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McLaren are offering five iconic F1 cars for sale. Image: Supplied The collection includes cars raced by Gerhard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,913,85],"class_list":["post-933263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-mclaren","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}