Have you ever ever needed to purchase a Method 1 automotive earlier than it even hits the observe?
Properly, now you might have your likelihood … offered you may get to Abu Dhabi this December.
McLaren Racing introduced a “first-of-its-kind” public sale in collaboration with RM Sotheby’s, wherein potential patrons can buy a trio of future competitors automobiles at an public sale in Abu Dhabi on December 5, the weekend of the ultimate race of the 2025 F1 season.
The sale will characteristic not solely an F1 automotive that the staff will run within the 2026 marketing campaign, but in addition an IndyCar that the staff will use subsequent season and one in every of McLaren’s FIA World Endurance Championship challengers, because the staff rejoins that collection in 2027.
The transfer into the WEC comes as McLaren appears to be like 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 staff to have gained all three occasions, first profitable the Indianapolis 500 in 1976, then the Monaco GP in 1984, and at last the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1995.
McLaren additionally gained the newest installment of the Monaco Grand Prix, with Lando Norris taking the victory this previous Could.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown introduced the public sale at Monterey Automobile Week in California, the place each a McLaren F1 Staff automotive in addition to an Arrow McLaren IndyCar Staff present automotive have been on show.
“This public sale is a rare alternative to personal a chunk of racing historical past and bid for a automotive that has competed on observe earlier than its official launch,” stated 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 unbelievable automobiles will include unprecedented VIP entry to the staff and motion on observe.”
In response to the staff, 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.