A Mercedes ‘streamliner’ raced by System 1 legends Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio has offered for a file £42.75m (€51.155m) at public sale.
The silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen was pushed by Argentina’s five-time F1 champion Fangio as he gained the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix.
Britain’s Moss piloted the automobile 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 costliest grand prix automobile ever offered.
The earlier file 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, one in all solely 4 in existence, had an estimated value of greater than €50m with the ultimate hammer taking place at €46.5m. A purchaser’s premium is included within the last value.
That makes it the second most dear automobile to vary arms at public sale, behind a 1955 Mercedes 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe sportscar that offered for €135m (£113m) in Could 2022.
“It is an attractive automobile, it is a very historic automobile, it is just a bit bit outdoors our scope window,” mentioned IMS curator Jason Vansickle.
