Senna's Monaco Mac to Sell

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Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

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​Formula One races don't get bigger than the Monaco Grand Prix, and Modern F1 legends don't get much bigger than Ayrton Senna. So imagine how bonkers it will be when Bonhams auction Senna's '93 Monaco GP-winning McLaren-Ford MP4/8A this coming May.

While the red-and-white Big Macs had asserted dominance over F1 in the '80s the Ford V8 they used in the early '90s wasn't a patch on Williams' new Renault V10. That made Senna's five race wins, including the Monaco one, and second place in the Driver's Championship all that more special.

It would be his last season in a McLaren and last full season in F1 before his untimely death at Imola, 1994.

The MP4/8A being sold is Chassis #6 and no estimates have been provided for a sale price. We would bank on it being well into the millions, however!

Iain Kelly is the motorsport enthusiast behind The Creators online.

How much do you think Senna's F1 car will go for? Let us know in the comments.

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Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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