McLaren Racing is set to sell off a small fleet of vehicles at an event in December, headlined by one of the squad’s yet-to-race F1 2026 machines.

The brand-new machine will not be ready to hit the track until next year, but will go under the hammer alongside a Pato O’Ward IndyCar and McLaren’s 2027-spec entry in the World Endurance Championship.

McLaren to sell F1 2026 car

McLaren will offer three cars for sale at an event in Abu Dhabi in early December, with bidders able to secure machinery that the team has not yet built, let alone raced. The RM Sotheby’s auction has been billed as a ‘world-first’.

While the sale of F1 machinery is not unheralded, teams traditionally hold onto their cars for a period after competition.

That enables them to protect their intellectual property, use t

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