Overview
- RM Sotheby’s has listed chassis MP4/6/1 for auction with a guide price of $12 million to $15 million.
- The car delivered Ayrton Senna’s first home Grand Prix victory at Interlagos despite late-race gearbox troubles.
- McLaren kept the chassis for nearly three decades before McLaren Heritage recommissioned it and it was sold to the current private owner in 2020.
- The MP4/6 features a 3.5‑litre Honda V12 producing about 720 hp to roughly 13,800 rpm with a six‑speed manual in a carbon‑fibre monocoque, noted as the last manual and only V12 to win both F1 titles.
- Bidding runs December 8–11 with planned displays in London and Abu Dhabi, and reporting contrasts the estimate with this year’s £42.75 million Mercedes W196 auction record.