69 F1 cars for sale, the largest collection in the world!

The former F1 boss, Bernie Ecclestonehas announced that it is selling 69 F1 cars, considered the largest collection in the world and worth around 600 million euros, according to the British press. The former F1 boss had to pay a fine of 782 million euros last year for tax fraud.

The 69 cars cover all F1 eras, from the beginning of 1950 World Cupand include cars in which champions have competed such as Alberto Ascari, Mike Hawthorne, Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet and Michael Schumacher.

One of the most notable is the exclusive and controversial ‘fan car’ Brabham BT46Bnamed after the large downforce-generating rear fan, with which Lauda won in Sweden in 1978 before retiring it.

“I love all my cars, but the time has come to start thinking about what will happen to them if I’m not here anymore, and that’s why I decided to sell them, ” Ecclestone, 94, said in a statement.

“After collecting them and having them for so long, I would like to know where they are going and not leave them for my wife to take care of if I am not here,” he added.

The collection will not be sold through an auction, but through Tom Hartleya dealer in classic and historic sports and racing cars, which considers it the most important collection of racing cars in the world.

“For me, the highlight was the Ferraris. Bernie put together a collection of Ferrari F1 cars that is almost impossible to replicate today. This collection is F1 history,” said Hartley.

The Ferrari These include the 375F1 with which Ascari won the 1951 Italian Grand Prix, Hawthorn’s title-winning car in 1958 and Schumacher’s car in 2002.

Ecclestone, who left the helm of F1 in 2017, when Liberty Media took over the business, he said he bought only the best. “Now I have decided to move them to new homes, where they will be treated as I did and cared for as if they were important works of art,” said the Briton, who became a multimillionaire after leading the commercial part of F1 in the 80s.