McLaren is selling five F1 cars driven by champions

McLaren is putting up for sale five Formula 1 cars driven by champions such as Lewis Hamilton and the late Brazilian Ayrton Senna. All of the cars are in running condition. The sale will be handled by luxury car dealer Tom Hartley Jr., and the price is expected to reach tens of millions of dollars. Before the cars are delivered to their new owners, they will be prepared by the reigning teams' champion McLaren.

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown said that keeping the cars in storage would do an injustice to the value they represent. Brown noted that the cars were built to be driven and raced, and said they want them to be used and enjoyed.

The five cars span a period of 32 years. Two MP4/6A cars with Honda V12 engines (chassis numbers 04 and 07) were raced by Gerhard Berger in the 1991 championship season and tested by Senna. Chassis 04 finished second at the San Marino Grand Prix. Chassis 07 finished second at the British Grand Prix. Meanwhile, the 2012 MP4/27A was raced by Jenson Button and tested by Hamilton.

The group is completed by two cars driven by Lando Norris in 2021 and 2023. With the 2021 MCL35M, Norris reached the podium at Imola, Monaco and Monza. The 2023 MCL37A-03 won back-to-back races in Singapore and Japan.

This last car is the one Brad Pitt drove last June in a private test at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. Pitt got behind the wheel because of his role in "F1 the Movie" and is reported to have reached a speed of 197 mph (317 kph) in the car. It is the newest F1 car ever offered to a private collector.