This Race Car Made Brawn GP Surprise F1 Champions. Now It’s up for Auction.
Jenson Button won the Formula 1 Driver’s Championship in 2009 with an innovative car that took the entire field by surprise in one of the greatest underdog F1 stories ever. Now, one of those title-winning cars — one of just three made for the season — is going up for auction for the first time ever.
1954 Mercedes Race Car Sells For $53.9 Million At Auction
A 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for $53.9 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Saturday, making it the most expensive Grand Prix car ever sold and the second most expensive car of all time. The only car to fetch more was a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé, which sold for $143 million in 2022.
A Racing Legend: What Makes The $54 Million Mercedes Unique?
A piece of automotive history was recently made with the sale of a 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen for a record-breaking $54 million at auction. This iconic race car, renowned for its innovative design and groundbreaking performance,
Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Breaks Record and Is Auctioned for $53.9 Million
The Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Streamliner, a rare Formula 1 race car from 1955, was auctioned for $53.9 million, becoming the second most expensive car ever sold.
Stirling Moss’s 1955 Mercedes W196 R Fetches Record Amount at Auction
Mercedes W196 R Stromlinienwagen, once raced by Formula One legends Juan Manuel Fangio and Sir Stirling Moss, has sold for a record €51.15 million (£42.7 million) at auction. The sale, conducted by RM Sotheby’s at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart,
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Ranked: The 10 most expensive cars ever sold at auction
The world of car auctions has seen some of the rarest models in the world go under the hammer, with some fetching sky-high ...
Formula 1 in 2025: Car launch dates and full season calendar
From a first-ever glitzy launch event to a bumper 24-race calendar, all the key dates for a much-anticipated 2025 Formula 1 season.
F1 2025: What is each team naming their car?
That event will commemorate the 75th anniversary F1 season, and give each team a chance to unveil their livery for the ...
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Brawn GP F1 car heading to auction for the first time
The first Brawn GP Formula 1 car is being made available to the public for the very first time as part of Bonham’s auction at ...
Can An Autonomous Racing Car Beat An F1 Driver? A2RL Aims To Find Out
Abu Dhabi's A2RL races autonomous single-seater cars against each other around a track. But the big question is, can they lap ...
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F1: Hot Wheels reveals F1 race car collections and tracks for 2025
The first Hot Wheels F1 collection will include 1:64 scale models of cars from eight F1 teams. The post F1: Hot Wheels ...
F1 vs IMSA: Which event is better to watch live?
Having attended both F1 and IMSA races, I found some distinct differences, and you might be surprised at what I discovered.
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New Vintage Motorsport celebrates dominant cars, drivers
As much as our rose-tinted retro spectacles like to believe that motorsports was better in the old days, domination has been ...
Why Do F1 Cars Have A Wooden Plank? Here's What The Skid Block Does
Formula 1 cars are high-tech machines with lots of safety equipment from carbon fiber and titanium. One key component is made ...