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1950s Mercedes F1 Car Becomes Most Expensive Grand Prix Machine Sold At Auction, Second-Most Expensive Car Ever
The Mercedes-Benz W196 R was the dominant car that won two F1 world championships during the German automaker’s brief two-year stint in the mid-1950s. The W196 R’s most striking feature was ...
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Legendary F1 car sells for £42.6m as world record shattered in eye-watering auction
The world record for the most expensive F1 car ever auctioned has been shattered by the 00009/54 chassis of Juan Manuel Fangio’s title-winning Mercedes W196 machine, which took to the track ...
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Mercedes W196 R auctioned as world’s most expensive F1 car
Your browser does not support the audio element. An extremely rare 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen has been sold at auction for 51 million euros, or ...
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Iconic Mercedes car driven by five-time F1 champion is sold for a record £42.7MILLION at auction in Stuttgart
Today's F1 cars also have carbon disc brakes that can withstand temperatures of up to 1,000 degrees Celsius, whereas the W196 R had aluminum drum brakes which were a great safety risk.
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Historic Mercedes car driven by Moss and Fangio sells for record fee
The IMS car is the first W196 R to become available for private ... Mercedes returned to F1 as an engine provider in 1994 and with its own works team from 2010. The car sold on Saturday, chassis ...