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F1 News & Discussions => F1 History => Topic started by: John S on August 18, 2022, 03:42:40 PM

Title: The 7 most expensive F1 cars sold at Auction
Post by: John S on August 18, 2022, 03:42:40 PM

Good to see Fangio still tops the charts within the F1 world.  :yahoo:

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1010027/1/most-expensive-f1-cars-sold-auction-and-their-eyewatering-pricetags

Title: Re: The 7 most expensive F1 cars sold at Auction
Post by: cosworth151 on August 18, 2022, 05:16:14 PM

I'm not surprised that it was one of JMF's cars. I am surprised that it was around 4 times the price of the second place car. They must have had a really good auctioneer on duty that day.

Title: Re: The 7 most expensive F1 cars sold at Auction
Post by: lkjohnson1950 on August 18, 2022, 09:17:02 PM

I think the rarity of the W196R probably boosted the price as well. High tech marvels for their time.