---
title: "Ayrton Senna’s Grand Prix-Winning Formula One Car Is Going to Auction"
description: "Senna's famous McLaren F1 car will head back to Monaco in May and sell for a hefty price."
date: "2018-01-29"
modified: "2018-01-29"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Constantine"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-constantine"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/18057/ayrton-sennas-grand-prix-winning-formula-one-car-is-going-to-auction"
categories:
  - "F1"
  - "News"
  - "Racing"
tags:
  - "Ayrton Senna"
  - "Bonhams"
  - "Formula One"
  - "Monaco"
  - "Monaco Grand Prix"
---

# Ayrton Senna’s Grand Prix-Winning Formula One Car Is Going to Auction

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Ayrton Senna's legendary McLaren Formula One car that won him the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix is hitting the auction block at [Bonhams'](<https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/25527/>) Monaco auction later this year.

Twenty-five years ago, [Senna](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/10033/watch-senna-heel-toe-like-a-legend>) picked up his sixth victory at Monaco in a McLaren MP4/8A, specifically chassis number six. Since it was powered by a Ford-Cosworth V8 engine making 680-horsepower, Senna originally despised the car because it wasn't as powerful as the Renault V-10s used in his rival's car, driven by Alain Prost. However, the McLaren's high-tech suspension system made it handle better than the Renault vehicles and brought Senna to victory.

Senna raced this car in eight Grand Prix races during the 1993 Formula 1 World Championship season alone, seeing action at tracks like Spa-Francorchamps, Hockenheim, and Silverstone. "\[The\] MP4/8A was the car with which his team, McLaren, surpassed Ferrari as the most successful team in Formula 1 World Championship history," said Mark Osborne, Bonhams Global Head of Motorsport. "This particular chassis, number 6 \[sic\], cemented Senna's legend as The Master of Monaco."

![message-editor%2F1517255449750-1993-mclaren-ford-mp4-8a-formula-1-race-car\_100641145\_l.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1517255449750-1993-mclaren-ford-mp4-8a-formula-1-race-car_100641145_l.jpg>)
**Bonhams**

Now Senna's famous McLaren is returning to Monte Carlo on the 25th anniversary of the famous race to be sold at Bonhams' "Les Grandes Marques Á Monaco" auction. Bonhams won't reveal an asking price yet, but [famous F1 cars definitely aren't cheap](<https://www.thedrive.com/start-finish/16207/michael-schumachers-final-monaco-winning-ferrari-sells-for-7-5-million>).

The auction will take place May 11, but this McLaren will also be on display at [Le Grand Palais](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17882/twenty-movie-stars-signed-this-1961-corvette-roadster>) in Paris Feb. 6-8.

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