1954 mercedes formula 1 race car. The mercedes benz racing car fetched a record breaking 196 million 2965 million at the bonhams auction held during the goodwood festival of speed sale. The mercedes benz w196 was a formula one racing car produced by mercedes benz for the 1954 and 1955 f1 seasons. The 1954 mercedes benz w196r formula 1 single seater racing car driven by legendary five times world champion juan manuel fangio became the most expensive car ever sold at auction.
Split across two distinct eras. In a tale familiar to the current hybrid era the cars innovation pace and reliability made it virtually unbeatable. The world record price for a car at auction was smashed this month when juan manuel fangios 1954 mercedes w196 f1 silver arrow sold for us31 million roughly doubling the previous auction record.
Successor to the w194 in the hands of juan manuel fangio and stirling moss it won 9 of 12 races entered and captured the only two world championships in which it competed. The new w196 brought juan manuel fangio his third formula 1 title along with the maserati 250f he drove in the first two races of the years. With rudi uhlenhaut still in charge of design and alfred neubauer as team chief it was reasonable to expect the 1954 formula 1 team to be the equal of any of its rivals and also the season of racing with the 300sl sports cars in 1952 was an obvious practice for both design and organisation departments of mercedes benz.
Fangios french success had come after switching from the maserati team with whom he had won the first two grands prix of the season. 1954 mercedes benz stromlinie w196 juan manuel fangio formula 1 race car 2014 essen motor show loading. After making an instant impact on grand prix racing in 1954 the le mans disaster led to a 55 year absence for mercedes benz in the formula 1 world championship.
With formula one changing to 25 litre unsupercharged engines for 1954 mercedes re entered grand prix racing for the first time since the second world war at the french grand prix with a streamlined single seater which fangio and karl kling took to a 12 win. This is the only surviving mercedes benz w196 to have won not just one world championship qualifying grand prix but two.
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