Watch The World’s Most Expensive Grand Prix Car Sell at Auction The Mercedes-Benz W196 R was the dominant car that won two F1 world championships during the German automaker’s brief two-year ...

An extremely rare 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen has ... to victory at the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix. The same classic Mercedes F1 car was also driven by Sir Stirling Moss at ...

Previously, the most expensive grand prix car was also a Mercedes driven by Fangio - the W196 S from 1954 - that went for $29.6m (£19.6m) after commission and taxes at Goodwood in 2013.

Mercedes’ W196 R Streamliner ... modern cars can also go for eye-watering sums. Lewis Hamilton’s chassis from his first-ever Mercedes victory at the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix was put up ...

The sale surpassed the previous record for a grand prix car of $29.6m, paid in 2013 for a 1954 Mercedes W196 R that Fangio also drove. Advertisement The streamliner also becomes the second most ...

A legendary 1950s Mercedes racing car ... for a Grand Prix machine past or present. The previous record was £29.6m (19.6m), which was also for a Mercedes driven by Fangio - the W196 S from ...

Hamilton struggled with Mercedes' cars of the current era that began in 2022, and it was only last year that he was able to ...

A Mercedes car raced by Sir Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio set a record for a grand prix car, selling at auction for £42.75million (€51.155million) on Saturday. The sleek, silver W196 R ...