The best we can get as memorabilia is a piece of F1 cap or T-shirt or such thing. But what when the fans got a deeper pocket. And these lucky bidders are now given a chance. The Formula ! and RM Sotheby’s are offering a great deal to get a hand on incredible F1 collectibles in their upcoming auction.
The main pick for the auction public is the TAG-Porshe 1.5 liter V6 engine. It is in mind to draw EUR 50,000 under the bidding of a virtual hammer. The best talks for this engine is it made McLaren win to a total of 54 podiums, 25 wins, and two Constructors. Titles. Also, they won two driver championships in the mid-1980s. All thanks to this engine. According to the sources speaking, this engine came to McLaren Internation from a sale in 1984and went for an incredible four-season. It went on to complete 6319 km of competitive kilometers at the hand of Alain Prost in the Grand Prix at Monza on sept. 1987.
The engine took many drivers to the podium. These include Stefan Johansson in 1987, and three world champions Nikki Lauda, Prost, and Keke Rosberg. And the engine went on claiming podiums of Germany with Lauda and Portugal with Prost. Formula 1’s Director of Digital and Licensing Frank Arthofer believes that this expansion with RM Sotheby will be a fruitful one. They still believe that F1 fans and the global community have a lot of passion for both cars and F1 related memorabilia. This will trigger another best chapter in the history of F1 racing.