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The Royal Mint quakes, Fort Knox redoubles its security, and the stock market braces in case the sale of arguably the greatest supercar of all time redefines the concept of ‘a lot of money’ as we know it.

Each component of this car points to a layer of McLaren history—the road-going F1, the dedicated race GTRs, the first-try Le Mans win, and the enduring resonance of all three.Naturally, the crowd in Monterey this year that got an eyeful of the silver, black-winged LM-spec F1 was starstruck. The sprint to 100 km/h takes 2.8 seconds, leading to 200 km/h in 6.8 seconds, onwards to 300 km/h in 16.5 seconds (a full five seconds faster than the McLaren F1), and should the driver be brave enough, a top speed of 350 km/h (217 mph).

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That's because a RM Sotheby's confirmed that the ultra-rare hypercar sold for $19,805,000 when all was said and done on Friday at the auction company's Monterey sale.

And it did so by a solid margin, besting the 1995 McLaren F1 that hammered sold in 2017 at … And this one’s been fettled further.Back in 2000, a German collector sent the car back to the UK and, along with his power and wing upgrade, added a radio, better headlights, adjustable suspension, then repainted and retrimmed the entire car and even commissioned a bespoke set of 18-inch wheels with more modern tyres instead of the standard 17-inch rims. This would have to do with Hagerty’s latest assessment of the 1992-introduced road bomb. The Royal Mint quakes, Fort Knox redoubles its security, and the stock market braces in case the sale of arguably the greatest supercar Tonight, at 9:14 p.m., an LM-spec McLaren F1 broke the record for most expensive McLaren sold at public auction with a hammer price of $19.805M.

All auctions are offered live and online. And this is no tuner special – all the work was done by McLaren, using know-how from winning Le Mans with the same spec.Since then, the car’s lived in Singapore and then in New Zealand, where Kiwi entrepreneur and amateur racer Andrew Bagnell drove it at least once a month, despite it being worth more money than a whole month of footballing wages. So, it’s not the most original of F1s. And it did so by a solid margin, besting the 1995 McLaren F1 that hammered sold in Still, the massive result fell shy of this F1’s low estimate. Back in 2017, one of them raked in $15.6 million at Bonham’s Quail Lodge Auction… Customized Legendary Mclaren F1 GTR ‘Longtail’ Racing Livery for Bespoke 675LTThe 1997 Gulf-Davidoff GTC tribute took more than 1,000 hours to complete.One of Just 10 McLaren F1 GTR Longtails Is for SaleThis is the first Longtail to ever win a race, and also one of the only examples that can be driven on the street.Watch Racing Hero Bill Auberlen Heel-toe in a McLaren F1 GTRBill Auberlen thrashes a McLaren F1 GTR at a track day around New Jersey Motorsports Park. Is there enough money in the world to pay for what this F1 LM will rack up at auction?When a McLaren F1 comes up for auction, it’s always an event. Race regulations being what they were, the GTRs didn’t get the magic combination of the Extra-High Downforce Kit (see: giant wing) and the full awesomeness of the BMW-derived 6.1-liter V-12. Only 64 left the factory as road-legal machines. The F1 was the first road car to feature a complete carbon-fiber chassis, a revolutionary design choice at the time. Formula 1 McLaren, Hill and Hamilton headline F1 auction as almost €1m raised McLaren 's MP4-24 2009 show car and Damon Hill's 1995 race suit and helmet emerged as two of the lead lots that helped push an online Formula 1 memorabilia auction to almost €1million in donations to help organisations fighting Covid-19. With 13,352 miles on the odometer, a garage queen it is not.Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox.We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to This McLaren F1 'LM-Specification' For Sale Is the Most Extreme F1This MSO-designed McLaren F1 blends the track performance of an F1 LM with the comfort and technology of an F1 GT.Mika Hakkinen Driving a Le Mans-Winning McLaren F1 GTR is Peak '90s Racing GloryPeep this onboard footage of the two-time F1 world champion driving McLaren's dominant endurance racer around Laguna Seca. Nowadays, McLaren F1 cars are being sold for over twice that, on the regular. Is this the moment EVs go mainstream?Everything you need to know about the McLaren F1 successor from the man behind itBBC Studios is a commercial company that is owned by the BBC (and just the BBC).No money from the licence fee was used to create this website.

The track-exclusive variants slashed weight, yes, but also lost some power due to FIA-mandated air restrictions.As tonight’s all-time McLaren auction record attests, chassis no. The car's second owner commissioned its racecar transformation in 1999, also opting to repaint it Platinum Silver Metallic with a cream leather interior. When a McLaren F1 comes up for auction, it’s always an event.