Mclaren Will Put Next Year's F1 Car Up For Auction This Year

Over nan years, plenty of Formula 1 cars person been auctioned off to able fans who want a portion of motorsports history. But up until now, location hasn't really been a measurement to bid for a portion of motorsports future. Well, not contented simply to beryllium starring successful some nan Driver's and Constructor's standings this season, McLaren has decided to do a spot of clip walking fundraising by auctioning disconnected cars that not only haven't moreover raced yet, they haven't moreover been built.

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown announced astatine Monterey Car Week that nan institution would beryllium auctioning off a 2026 Formula 1 car, a 2026 Arrow McLaren IndyCar, and a 2027 United AS for nan World Endurance Championship. Yes, arsenic Brown points out, these are cars that are still successful development. The auction will beryllium held during nan Abu Dhabi Grand Prix play successful December.

Brown says that this will beryllium overmuch much than simply buying a car, moreover a F1 car aliases its brethren — nan highest bidder will beryllium purchasing a unsocial experience. It's 1 point to guidelines for your team, but it ought to beryllium rather different to guidelines for your ain car arsenic it's racing connected tracks astir nan world. What's more, Brown says that you tin take whether your winning bid will beryllium driven by Lando Norris aliases Oscar Piastri, truthful you tin make judge that your individual favourite driver is doing laps successful your car.

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So, you've opened your sizeable checkbook and won 1 of nan cars up for auction, possibly earlier it is moreover built. When tin you get your non-existent car? Not until good aft it does exist. You can't really take possession of nan conveyance until 2028. Until then, you'll person to make owed pinch a 2025 show car connected lease.

Outside of F1, nan IndyCar will beryllium driven by Pato O'Ward astatine nan Indianapolis 500 successful May 2026. McLaren's LMDh car will people nan team's return to Le Mans and debut successful nan FIA World Endurance Championship successful 2027. That said, you do get a bunch much worth for your money. You tin sojourn nan McLaren Technology Center successful Woking, and you get typical entree to nan squad astatine races. Maybe you tin moreover spot your ain car! You know, correct earlier personification other drives it. And possibly crashes it.

Quite a bully mates of cars up for bid there. Want one?