Method 1 followers take observe. As a part of the public sale home’s debut in Abu Dhabi, Sotheby’s RM has partnered with McLaren Racing to supply a trio of as-yet-unveiled and unraced competitors vehicles in its inaugural Collectors’ Week gross sales. On Friday night (Dec. 5), $150 million in luxurious tons will go on the block throughout 5 auctions, that includes a number of standout collectibles: Jane Birkin’s Le Birkin Voyageur, a set of 4 Patek Philippe pocket watches anticipated to fetch greater than $20 million, a teardrop-shaped orangy-pink diamond with a excessive estimate of $7 million and the McLarens, amongst different rarities. One other $100 million in high quality artwork and luxurious collectibles are scheduled to promote privately.
The three racecars, which shall be offered in an public sale of 32 distinctive vehicles anticipated to surpass a complete worth of $78 million, embrace a 2026 McLaren Method 1 Crew automobile (est. $10-20 million), a 2027 McLaren United AS racer (est. $6-8 million) and an Arrow McLaren IndyCar (est. $500,000-700,000). The primary has but to be unveiled to the general public. The customer will take supply of the automobile, which shall be pushed by Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri throughout subsequent yr’s FIA Method 1 World Championship season, in 2028. Till then, the client can benefit from a 2025 present automobile provided on lease and a tour of the McLaren Expertise Centre in Woking, England. The United AS racer, in the meantime, is McLaren’s first LMDh hypercar from its debut season within the FIA World Endurance Championship, and the IndyCar shall be pushed by Pato O’Ward within the a hundred and tenth Operating of the Indianapolis 500 in Could 2026. Patrons of all three will take pleasure in particular behind-the-scenes entry with McLaren Racing and related occasions.
However there’s extra. The highest lot within the sale, with a excessive estimate of $21 million, is a 1994 McLaren F1: chassis 014, considered one of simply 64 road-spec F1s produced and, on this author’s opinion, one of many biggest vehicles of all time. Initially painted a shiny shade of Titanium Yellow and tagged with Michael Schumacher’s signature, it was owned by the Brunei Royal Household earlier than being bought by a repeat F1 proprietor and later a New York automobile collector, who had it refitted with an Iris White livery and the Excessive-Downforce Equipment and in any other case refurbished to the tune of $500,000. Following the repaint in 2007, the automobile was signed by ex-McLaren driver Sir Lewis Hamilton.
Different standout tons within the sale embrace a 2006 Pagani Zonda Riviera with a excessive estimate of $10.5 million, a 2025 Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 with an estimate in extra of $ million and a number of other Ferraris within the $2.7-3.7 million vary. To enrich the stay public sale, RM Sotheby’s is presenting, for exhibition solely, a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR racer (chassis 00010/55) on mortgage from the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart—an car within the household of 300 SLRs that features the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé, which made headlines in 2022 when it offered for €135,000,000, turning into probably the most beneficial automobile ever offered at public sale.
