A Mercedes ‘streamliner’ raced by Formulation 1 legends Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio has offered for a document £42.75m (€51.155m) at public sale.
The silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen was pushed by Argentina’s five-time F1 champion Fangio as he received the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix.
Britain’s Moss piloted the automotive on the Italian Grand Prix at Monza the identical yr, setting the quickest lap at a median pace of 134mph earlier than retiring.
The Silver Arrow was offered by RM Sotheby’s on the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart, Germany, on behalf of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), and turns into the most costly grand prix automotive ever offered.
The earlier document was held by one other ex-Fangio Mercedes W196 from 1954 that went for £19.6m after fee and taxes at Goodwood in 2013.
The W196 R, considered one of solely 4 in existence, had an estimated value of greater than €50m with the ultimate hammer happening at €46.5m. A purchaser’s premium is included within the remaining value.
That makes it the second Most worthy automotive to vary palms at public sale, behind a 1955 Mercedes 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe sportscar that offered for €135m (£113m) in Could 2022.
“It is a lovely automotive, it is a very historic automotive, it is just a bit bit outdoors our scope window,” stated IMS curator Jason Vansickle.
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, 2025-02-02 08:46:00
