The Mercedes ‘Streamliner’ Raced by System 1 Legends Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio has Offered for Document £ 42.75m (€ 51,155m) at public sale.
The Silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen was pushed by Argentina’s 5-Time F1 Champion Fangio As He Received The 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix.
BRITAIN’S MOSS PILOTED THE CAR AT THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX TO MONZA THE SAME 12 months, Setting The Quickest Lap at An averag Velocity of 134mp 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 Most Costly Grand Prix Automobile Ever Offered.
The PREVIOUS Document Was Held by One other Ex-Phangio Mercedes W196 from 1954 That Went for £ 19.6m After Fee and Taxes at Goodwood In 2013.
The W196 R, Certainly one of Solely 4 In Existent, Had an Estimated Worth of Extra Than € 50m with the Last Hammer Going Down at € 46.5m. A Purchaser’s Premium is included within the last value.
That makes it the second present Beneficial Automobile to Change Palms at Public sale, Behind A 1955 Mercedes 300slr Uhlenhaut Coupe SportScar That Offered for € 135m (£ 113m) In Could 2022.
“It is a Stunning Automobile, It is a Very Historic Automobile, It is Only a Little Bit Outdoors Our Scope Window,” Stated ims curator Jason Vansickle.
