{"id":257015,"date":"2025-11-02T16:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/257015\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T16:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T16:33:11","slug":"historic-ayrton-senna-1991-mclaren-f1-car-set-for-auction-for-8-figure-sum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/257015\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Ayrton Senna 1991 McLaren F1 car set for auction for 8-figure sum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 1991 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/team\/mclaren\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">McLaren<\/a> MP4\/6, driven by Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna to claim his first home race victory, is set for <a href=\"https:\/\/rmsothebys.com\/auctions\/as25\/lots\/r0001-1991-mclaren-mp46\/#\/smallgallery_1395659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">auction at RM Sotheby&#8217;s<\/a>, with an estimated price of\u00a0$12million-$15million.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian driver tested the first MP4\/6 chassis in February 1991 and went on to win his final drivers&#8217; championship with McLaren in the same car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the closing laps I just had to leave the car in top gear,\u201d the Brazilian racer explained after claiming his first home race victory in the MP4\/6. \u201cThe rain didn\u2019t help me, and I was really hoping they\u2019d stop the race. In the slow corners I was pulling only 2000 rpm and the engine was nearly stalling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the fast corners the car always wanted to push straight on. I saw Patrese coming and didn\u2019t think I would make it, but I felt it was my duty to win here. I pushed the car regardless of the rain, but I was getting cramps and muscle spasms in my upper body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPartly that was because the safety harness was so tight, but also because of emotion! By the finish I had nothing left. God gave me this race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The V12-powered, manual gearbox model had been retained by McLaren for almost three decades and was repaired to race readiness by McLaren Heritage before being sold in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ayrton-senna-mclaren-mp4-6-hon.jpg\" alt=\"Ayrton Senna, McLaren MP4-6 Honda, leads Nigel Mansell, Williams FW14 Renault \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Ayrton Senna, McLaren MP4-6 Honda, leads Nigel Mansell, Williams FW14 Renault<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Rainer Schlegelmilch \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The car itself was a masterpiece of engineering delivered by Chief Designer Neil Oatley under the technical direction of Gordon Murray. It featured an all-new 3.5-litre V-12 engine capable of producing 720 horsepower and spinning to a screaming 13,800 rpm, mated to a six-speed manual gearbox, all housed in a carbon fibre monocoque chassis and clothed with carbon fibre bodywork,&#8221; the auction listing detailed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nearly 35 years later, the MP4\/6 remains an analogue dream, emblematic of one of the most celebrated eras in Formula 1.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 1991 McLaren MP4\/6, driven by Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna to claim his first home race victory,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[110366,54988,49,48,578,576,577,119288,590,110365,82,4962],"class_list":["post-257015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-autodromo-hermanos-rodriguez","tag-ayrton-senna","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-historic-ayrton-senna-1991-mclaren-f1-car-set-for-auction-for-8-figure-sum","tag-mclaren","tag-mexican-gp","tag-sports","tag-trendingteam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}