Iconic Mercedes car driven by five-time F1 champion is sold for a record £42.7MILLION at auction in Stuttgart

Iconic Mercedes car driven by five-time F1 champion is sold for a record £42.7MILLION at auction in Stuttgart
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Iconic Mercedes car driven by five-time F1 champion is sold for a record £42.7MILLION at auction in Stuttgart
Published: Feb, 02 2025 15:01

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Fangio and Moss piloted the car to five victories out of the seven grands prix in the 1955 season - the Argentine Grand Prix, Belgian Grand Prix, Dutch Grand Prix, British Grand Prix and Italian Grand Prix.

Iconic Mercedes car driven by five-time F1 champion is sold for a record £42.7MILLION at auction in Stuttgart A Mercedes F1 car from 1955 became the most expensive grand prix car ever after it was sold for a whopping €51.15million (£42.7m) on Saturday.

F1 legend Stirling Moss pictured after winning the Italian Grand Prix at Monza with the car.

'It's a beautiful car, it's a very historic car, it's just a little bit outside our scope window,' said IMS curator Jason Vansickle.

Meanwhile Moss notched just one win, also his home grand prix, at Silverstone.

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