Have you ever ever needed to purchase a Formulation 1 automotive earlier than it even hits the observe?
Properly, now you might have your probability … offered you may get to Abu Dhabi this December.
McLaren Racing introduced a “first-of-its-kind” public sale in collaboration with RM Sotheby’s, by which potential patrons should buy a trio of future competitors automobiles at an public sale in Abu Dhabi on December 5, the weekend of the ultimate race of the 2025 F1 season.
The sale will function not solely an F1 automotive that the crew will run within the 2026 marketing campaign, but additionally an IndyCar that the crew will use subsequent season and one in all McLaren’s FIA World Endurance Championship challengers, because the crew rejoins that sequence in 2027.
The transfer into the WEC comes as McLaren appears to safe the triple crown of motorsport: The Monaco Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Up to now, McLaren is the one crew to have gained all three occasions, first successful the Indianapolis 500 in 1976, then the Monaco GP in 1984, and eventually the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1995.
McLaren additionally gained the latest installment of the Monaco Grand Prix, with Lando Norris taking the victory this previous Might.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown introduced the public sale at Monterey Automotive Week in California, the place each a McLaren F1 Workforce automotive in addition to an Arrow McLaren IndyCar Workforce present automotive have been on show.
“This public sale is a unprecedented alternative to personal a chunk of racing historical past and bid for a automotive that has competed on observe earlier than its official launch,” mentioned Brown in a press release. “The Triple Crown is a large a part of our heritage and we’re decided to assert it as soon as once more as we put together for our 2027 entry into the World Endurance Championship. Not solely that, these unbelievable automobiles will include unprecedented VIP entry to the crew and motion on observe.”
In line with the crew, the public sale marks a “historic second,” as it’s the first time a future F1 automotive has been auctioned earlier than it sees the observe.
Good luck, everybody.
