Have you ever ever needed to purchase a System 1 automotive earlier than it even hits the observe?
Properly, now you have got your likelihood … supplied you may get to Abu Dhabi this December.
McLaren Racing introduced a “first-of-its-kind” public sale in collaboration with RM Sotheby’s, through which potential consumers should purchase a trio of future competitors vehicles 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 group will run within the 2026 marketing campaign, but additionally an IndyCar that the group will use subsequent season and certainly one of McLaren’s FIA World Endurance Championship challengers, because the group rejoins that collection 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. Thus far, McLaren is the one group to have received 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 received the newest 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 an announcement. “The Triple Crown is a big 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 unimaginable vehicles will include unprecedented VIP entry to the group and motion on observe.”
In line with the group, 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.
