Ultra-Rare, Centre-Driving McLaren F1 GTR Fetches Record $34.6 Million At Auction

Ultra-rare, centre-driving McLaren F1 GTR Chassis 10R fetches record $34.6 million at RM Sotheby’s auction. 

Chassis 10R becomes the most expensive McLaren F1 ever sold publicly, the most expensive British car ever sold at auction.

Finished in scarlet and yellow 1990s pop art palette, chassis 10R was driven during testing at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans.

A rare, center-driving McLaren F1 GTR (Chassis 10R) offered by RM Sotheby’s sold for nearly $35 million ($34,655,000 USD) on August 15, making the monumental sale one of the most remarkable results of this year’s Monterey Car Week.

While it sold for a few hundred dollars less than the expected $35 million price tag, this figure still makes Chassis 10R the most expensive McLaren F1 ever sold publicly, and the most expensive British car ever sold at auction.

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Chassis 10R is one of only two F1 GTR “XP” Short-Tail prototypes—alongside the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans winner. It is finished in McLaren’s unmistakable scarlet and yellow 1990s pop art palette, making it one of the most recognizable of all McLaren F1s.

This particular car was driven during testing at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans. McLaren later converted Chassis 10R for road use and retained ownership until 1999, when they sold it to its sole private owner, rock and roll legend Nick Mason.

Until this sale, the well-maintained 10R was owned by Nick Mason of Pink Floyd for 25 years as part of Mason’s impeccable collection, which includes a Ferrari 250 GTO, Maserati 250F, Bugatti Type 35, Jaguar D-Type, Porsche 962, and a host of other magnificent examples.

Since entering the ownership of the collector, the McLaren F1 GTR (Chassis 10R) has been maintained by both Paul and Dean Lanzante. Mason reportedly maintained an “open checkbook” policy for its care.

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