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  1. jgonzalesm6

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    #1 jgonzalesm6, Jan 23, 2018
    Ayrton Senna's final Monaco Grand Prix winning F1 car for auction


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    The McLaren MP4/8A driven by Ayrton Senna to his final Monaco Grand Prix win in the 1993 Formula 1 season is to be auctioned by Bonhams in May.

    Senna used this car - chassis number six - to claim his sixth and last victory in Monaco, a record that still stands 25 years on.

    He also drove the car in a further seven races that year, finishing second behind eventual champion Alain Prost on the chassis' debut at the fifth round in Spain.

    Following its final race at the Italian GP, where Senna retired after contact with Damon Hill and then Martin Brundle, chassis six was used as a spare car for the final two events in Japan and Australia - both of which Senna won.

    The Ford-powered MP4/8A is listed by Bonhams as being "startlingly well-preserved" and in "running order".

    Although Bonhams will not quote an exact estimate, it expects the McLaren to fetch a high seven-figure sum when it goes up for auction on May 11 at the Monaco Sale.

    In November last year Michael Schumacher's final Monaco Grand Prix-winning 2001 Ferrari sold for $7.5million, making it the most valuable modern era F1 car ever sold at auction.

    Mark Osborne, Bonhams' specialist global head of motorsport, said: "Ayrton Senna was the most charismatic grand prix car driver of the modern era, and the MP4/8A was the car with which his team, McLaren, surpassed Ferrari as the most successful team in Formula 1 world championship history.

    "This particular chassis, number six, cemented Senna's legend as the master of Monaco.

    "We at Bonhams are both honoured and thrilled to be presenting one of the most significant grand prix cars of all time."

    https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134015/senna-final-monaco-winning-car-up-for-auction
     
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    #2 scudF1, Jan 23, 2018
    Wow!! I would love that thing in my garage!
     
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    Me too..drool...
     
  4. jgonzalesm6

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    #4 jgonzalesm6, Jan 24, 2018
    next to Schumi's F2001.
     
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    #5 vinuneuro, Jan 24, 2018
    Totally forgot that they had Ford and Peugot engines between Honda and Merc.
     
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    #7 Manda racing, Jan 24, 2018
    Remember those “in car” qualifying videos of Senna at Monaco.... I was thinking it was 1990 though.
     
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    Monaco 1993 Prost,Schumi,Senna ...commentary by the great James Hunt (RIP) + the great Murray Walker..

    Also racing DamonHill ,Martin Brundle, Johnny Herbert who are present day commentators for Sky.

    Enjoy the racing ,that sound!

    Miss those days!:(
     
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    #9 Ferrari 308 GTB, Jan 25, 2018
    I really hope whoever buys this will exercise it from time to time ...not just sit in a museum.

    We know Lewis is a big fan of Senna, even he might cough at the price though.
     
  10. SimCity3

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    #10 SimCity3, Jan 26, 2018
    I wouldn't be surprised if Hamilton got it. $10m is chump-change for his pockets.
     
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    #11 G. Pepper, Jan 26, 2018
    Watching that race really makes contemporary F1 look terrible... and sound terrible.

    Hard to believe that was 25 years ago now.
     
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    +1
    The current OTT technology has stripped out much of the human input.
    And as for the soundtrack.....

    F1 is becoming very bland
     
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    #13 scudF1, Jan 28, 2018
    It would a good investment anyway.
     
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    #14 tifoso2728, Jan 28, 2018
    It's awesome! The only negative I can think of: It's not one of the championship winning Hondas.
     
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    Yep, used car dealer, did alright for himself.
     
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    #18 Ferraripilot, May 16, 2018
    Bah, this was Schumacher's race but for a blown engine. He was faster than anything by a huge margin that day. Schu was some 13-14 seconds ahead of everyone, including Senna who was in the place just behind him, at not even half race distance.
     
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    #19 G. Pepper, May 16, 2018
    You know how to hold a grudge!
     

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