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Bernie Ecclestone* is selling his noteworthy collection of historic Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars. Ecclestone, 94, was the commercial rights holder of Formula 1 for decades. His collection of 69 historic Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars is likely the finest ever to have been assembled. Tom Hartley Jr. Ltd is handling the sale.**
“I have been collecting these cars for more than 50 years, and I have only ever bought the best of any example. Whilst many other collectors over the years have opted for sports cars, my passion has always been for Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars,” said Ecclestone. “A Grand Prix and in particular a Formula 1 car is far more important than any road car or other form of race car, as it is the pinnacle of the sport, and all the cars I have bought over the years have fantastic race histories and are rare works of art.”
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“I love all of my cars but the time has come for me to start thinking about what will happen to them should I no longer be here, and that is why I have decided to sell them. After collecting and owning them for so long, I would like to know where they have gone and not leave them for my wife to deal with should I not be around,” said Ecclestone.
Each of Ecclestone’s 69 cars is unique, having been stored away from the public, in some cases for more than 50 years. Many of the cars have never been seen since Ecclestone purchased them. Highlights include Ferraris raced in Formula 1 Grands Prix by World Champions such as Mike Hawthorn, Niki Lauda, and Michael Schumacher, and Brabhams raced in Formula 1 Grands Prix by Nelson Piquet, Carlos Pace, and Niki Lauda, among them the one-off Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT46B ‘fan car’, which raced only once winning the Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp in 1978 by more than half a minute.
“This is quite simply the most important race car collection in the world. There has never been and probably never will be a collection like it ever offered for sale again. The collection spans 70 years of Grand Prix and Formula 1 racing, and highlights include Mike Hawthorn, Niki Lauda, and Michael Schumacher World Championship-winning Ferraris, all of Bernie’s [Ecclestone] Brabhams including the famous ‘fan car’, and the Vanwall VW10, the car in which the great Stirling Moss won several Formula 1 Grands Prix on the way to Vanwall clinching the first ever Formula 1 Constructors’ World Championship in 1958, plus so much more,” said Tom Hartley Jr.
“But, for me, the highlight of the collection has to be the Ferraris. Bernie has assembled a collection of Ferrari Formula 1 cars that today would be near-impossible to repeat. There is the famous Thin Wall Special, which was the first Ferrari to ever beat Alfa Romeo, the Alberto Ascari Italian Grand Prix-winning 375 F1, the Mike Hawthorn World Championship-winning Dino which Ferrari campaigned over three seasons before it was donated to the Henry Ford Museum, plus historically significant World Championship-winning Niki Lauda and Michael Schumacher cars,” Hartley said.
*Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone is the so-called godfather of Formula 1, having begun his involvement in the sport in the 1950s with the Connaught team, then having managed a young Brit, Stuart Lewis-Evans, and the Austrian ace, Jochen Rindt, who won the 1970 F1 World Championship posthumously, having lost his life at Monza that year.
Thereafter Bernie bought and ran the Brabham team, winning Grands Prix with great drivers such as Carlos Reutemann, Carlos Pace, and Niki Lauda, and F1 World Championships with Nelson Piquet.
Then, as the person in charge of the Formula One Constructors’ Association, he led a process via which, assisted by other senior F1 team owners and team principals such as Enzo Ferrari (Ferrari) and Colin Chapman (Lotus), he began the process of making F1 the global business that it is today. He founded the Formula One Group in 1987, and he continued to control and develop F1’s commercial rights until 2017, by which time he was well into his eighties. He is now 94.
**Tom Hartley Jr.
With more than 25 years of personal experience dealing at the top end of the market, Tom Hartley Jnr says he has built enviable client loyalty and a worldwide reputation on his exceptional knowledge, impartial advice, and commitment to quality in every aspect of his business. Operating from a private showroom in Leicestershire, UK, Hartley has a truly global reach and is the most active operator in significant private treaty sales.
Tom Hartley Jr. was awarded the Queen’s Award for International Trade in 2018. The award recognized the company’s work in establishing a global presence, with overseas markets extending from the USA to New Zealand. Between 2014 and 2018 its overseas sales grew by 130 %, which has positioned the business at the forefront of international trading within the sports and classic car market. In this calendar year alone, the business is on target to have sold more than $350 million worth of cars, before taking into consideration the Ecclestone Grand Prix Collection.
Bernie Ecclestone Selling His F1 Car Collection
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Bernie Ecclestone* is selling his noteworthy collection of historic Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars. Ecclestone, 94, was the commercial rights holder of Formula 1 for decades. His collection of 69 historic Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars is likely the finest ever to have been assembled. Tom Hartley Jr. Ltd is handling the sale.**
“I have been collecting these cars for more than 50 years, and I have only ever bought the best of any example. Whilst many other collectors over the years have opted for sports cars, my passion has always been for Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars,” said Ecclestone. “A Grand Prix and in particular a Formula 1 car is far more important than any road car or other form of race car, as it is the pinnacle of the sport, and all the cars I have bought over the years have fantastic race histories and are rare works of art.”
Click to enlarge.
“I love all of my cars but the time has come for me to start thinking about what will happen to them should I no longer be here, and that is why I have decided to sell them. After collecting and owning them for so long, I would like to know where they have gone and not leave them for my wife to deal with should I not be around,” said Ecclestone.
Each of Ecclestone’s 69 cars is unique, having been stored away from the public, in some cases for more than 50 years. Many of the cars have never been seen since Ecclestone purchased them. Highlights include Ferraris raced in Formula 1 Grands Prix by World Champions such as Mike Hawthorn, Niki Lauda, and Michael Schumacher, and Brabhams raced in Formula 1 Grands Prix by Nelson Piquet, Carlos Pace, and Niki Lauda, among them the one-off Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT46B ‘fan car’, which raced only once winning the Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp in 1978 by more than half a minute.
“This is quite simply the most important race car collection in the world. There has never been and probably never will be a collection like it ever offered for sale again. The collection spans 70 years of Grand Prix and Formula 1 racing, and highlights include Mike Hawthorn, Niki Lauda, and Michael Schumacher World Championship-winning Ferraris, all of Bernie’s [Ecclestone] Brabhams including the famous ‘fan car’, and the Vanwall VW10, the car in which the great Stirling Moss won several Formula 1 Grands Prix on the way to Vanwall clinching the first ever Formula 1 Constructors’ World Championship in 1958, plus so much more,” said Tom Hartley Jr.
“But, for me, the highlight of the collection has to be the Ferraris. Bernie has assembled a collection of Ferrari Formula 1 cars that today would be near-impossible to repeat. There is the famous Thin Wall Special, which was the first Ferrari to ever beat Alfa Romeo, the Alberto Ascari Italian Grand Prix-winning 375 F1, the Mike Hawthorn World Championship-winning Dino which Ferrari campaigned over three seasons before it was donated to the Henry Ford Museum, plus historically significant World Championship-winning Niki Lauda and Michael Schumacher cars,” Hartley said.
*Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone is the so-called godfather of Formula 1, having begun his involvement in the sport in the 1950s with the Connaught team, then having managed a young Brit, Stuart Lewis-Evans, and the Austrian ace, Jochen Rindt, who won the 1970 F1 World Championship posthumously, having lost his life at Monza that year.
Thereafter Bernie bought and ran the Brabham team, winning Grands Prix with great drivers such as Carlos Reutemann, Carlos Pace, and Niki Lauda, and F1 World Championships with Nelson Piquet.
Then, as the person in charge of the Formula One Constructors’ Association, he led a process via which, assisted by other senior F1 team owners and team principals such as Enzo Ferrari (Ferrari) and Colin Chapman (Lotus), he began the process of making F1 the global business that it is today. He founded the Formula One Group in 1987, and he continued to control and develop F1’s commercial rights until 2017, by which time he was well into his eighties. He is now 94.
**Tom Hartley Jr.
With more than 25 years of personal experience dealing at the top end of the market, Tom Hartley Jnr says he has built enviable client loyalty and a worldwide reputation on his exceptional knowledge, impartial advice, and commitment to quality in every aspect of his business. Operating from a private showroom in Leicestershire, UK, Hartley has a truly global reach and is the most active operator in significant private treaty sales.
Tom Hartley Jr. was awarded the Queen’s Award for International Trade in 2018. The award recognized the company’s work in establishing a global presence, with overseas markets extending from the USA to New Zealand. Between 2014 and 2018 its overseas sales grew by 130 %, which has positioned the business at the forefront of international trading within the sports and classic car market. In this calendar year alone, the business is on target to have sold more than $350 million worth of cars, before taking into consideration the Ecclestone Grand Prix Collection.