Rowan Atkinson, a classic car motor racing enthusiast (there you go, there is the motorsport connection), is reportedly selling his McLaren F1 road car which he bought for £540k in 1997. During his time of ownership he has famously shunted the car into the back of a Metro and more recently, in 2011, he had a serious off road excursion all on his own where he hit a tree and near enough wrote the car off, resulting in a record £910k insurance pay out.
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| After the first accident with a Metro. |
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| The crash in 2011 almost wrote-off the car.... |
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| ...a £910k insurance payout (a UK record) followed. |
Despite this, the car is reportedly being sold through Taylor & Crawley (owned by fellow classic car motorsport enthusiast and Director of McLaren Cars F1 1994-97, David Clark) for £8mln.
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| The car seen fully restored in 2014 outside the McLaren Headquarters in Woking. |
Happy bidding! :)
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