Have you ever wanted to buy a Formula 1 car before it even reaches the track?
Well, now you have your chance … Provides you can get to Abu Dhabi this December.
McLaren Racing announced a “first of its kind” auction in collaboration with RM Sotheby’s, in which possible buyers can buy a trio of future competition cars in an auction in Abu Dhabi on 5, the weekend of the final race of 2025.
The sale will present not only a F1 car that the team will execute in the 2026 campaign, but also an Indycar that the team will use next season and one of the challenges of the World Endurance Championship of the FIA of McCaren, as the team joins that series in 2027.
The movement towards the Wec occurs when McLaren seeks to ensure the triple crown of motor racing: the Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 and 24 hours of Le Mans. To date, McLaren is the only team that has the three events, winning for the first time the Indianapolis 500 in 1976, then the Monaco GP in 1984, and finally the Le Mans 24 hours in 1995.
McLaren also won the most recent delivery of the Monaco Grand Prix, with Lando Norris Bar La Victoria last May.
The CEO of McLaren, Zak Brown, announced the auction in Monterey Car Week in California, where a McLaren F1 team and a McLaren Indycar team car were exhibited.
“This auction is an extraordinary opportunity to have a racing history and offering by a car that has competed on the track before its official launch,” Brown said in a statement. “The triple crown is a large part of our inheritance and we are determined to affirm that it is weeping for our 2027 entrance in the World Resistance Championship. Not only that, these incredible cars will come with unprecedented VIP.” “
According to the team, the auction marks a “historical moment”, since it is the first time that a future F1 is auction before you see the track.
Good luck to all.
