F1

Three seats, one benchmark

The driver sits in the middle, two passengers behind, and a BMW V12 works without turbochargers or traction control. The F1 established the carbon monocoque for road cars. Sixty-four standard road cars were built.

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Market value · road

$18M–$26M

Typical $22M · 2 sales

$15M$28M
Open Market & Price

Market value · road

$18M–$26M

Typical $22M · 2 sales

$15M$28M
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Market history · in the terminal
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Top speed
386.4 km/h (240.14 mph · derestricted XP5 run)
Power
627 bhp (6.1L naturally aspirated BMW V12)
0 to 100
3.2 s (period factory standard)
Transmission
6-speed (manual · transverse)
Seats
3 (driver in the centre)

Market & Price

The price and the proof

A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.

Records: Auction record for an F1 road chassis — $25,317,500 · RM Sotheby's Abu Dhabi · December 2025; 4 documented road sales on file · 2013–2025. estimate band $18M–$26M · good road cars.

HCN:F1Live model
$22'000'000-9.9% · 12M
$20M$30M$40M$50M20182020202220242026CovidRate shockS&P 500
Model curve · anchored to 4 documented salesnot investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarks4 documented anchors · last sale 7 mo ago

Compound annual growth

WindowThis car*S&P 500Gold
1Y-9.9%+18.8%+21.9%
5Y+1.6%+11.4%+17.6%
10Y+5.2%+13.3%+11.8%

*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends

Deepest drawdown · model window

This car*-14.9%Oct 2025 → Jul 2026 · not recovered
S&P 500-20.3%Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023
Gold-38.4%Oct 2012 → Dec 2015 · recovered Jul 2020

Forecast ladder · model quantiles

HorizonP10P50P90
+6M$21M$23M$25M
+12M$21M$23M$26M
+24M$21M$24M$28M

Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice

Transaction ledger · documented sales

4 of 4 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record

Public results have climbed from eight-figure sales in the 2010s to a $25.3 million auction result in 2025.

Price range · road · openConfidence · mediumPublic auction evidence is clear but thin. Specification, factory modifications, mileage, delivery market and chain of ownership can move an individual F1 by several million dollars.

Floor

$18M

Typical

$22M

Ceiling

$26M

Estimate band for good road cars. 2 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.

$15M$18M$22M$26M$28M
Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.

Band, axis and sale positions shown in recorded USD. Indicative USD range for documented standard road chassis. GTR, LM and GT cars sit outside it; factory High-Downforce and LM-engine conversions require separate treatment.

Road record

$25,317,500

Auction record for an F1 road chassis

RM Sotheby's Abu Dhabi · December 2025

The wider market · McLaren at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors108 lots · 2015–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line
20152026Explore all 40,882 results

Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.

Displayed auction prices are reported final results. Tax and temporary-import costs can sit outside the published amount.

Overview

A road car from a racing team

The project began with a 1988 discussion among McLaren directors waiting for a flight from Milan. Gordon Murray's brief called for low mass, a central driving position, a naturally aspirated engine and no electronic driver aids.

Peter Stevens shaped the compact body around Murray's package. BMW Motorsport, under Paul Rosche, designed the S70/2 V12 after Honda declined the engine programme. McLaren presented the finished car in Monaco on 29 May 1992.

Production expanded beyond the standard road car into GTR, LM and GT derivatives. McLaren records 106 F1-series cars in total; RM Sotheby's identifies 64 as road-specification F1s.

Power
627 bhp
Engine
BMW S70/2 V12
Road cars
64
Project lead
Gordon Murray
Launch
1992 · Monaco

Reference

Technical specifications

Powertrain

Engine
BMW S70/2 60° V126'064 cc, naturally aspirated
Power
627 bhpfactory figure quoted by RM Sotheby's
Torque
649 Nm479 lb-ft
Gearbox
6-speed manualtransverse installation
Drive
Rear-wheel drive

Structure

Chassis
Carbon-fibre monocoquethe first production road car built around one
Layout
Central driver, two passengersarrowhead seating arrangement
Aerodynamics
Flat floor and fan-assisted extractionsmall active rear flap on standard road cars
Driver aids
No ABS or traction control

The records

0km/h

Derestricted maximum

XP5 at Ehra-Lessien, 1998

0

Standard road cars

within 106 F1-series chassis

0

Seats

driver in the centre

HICON BID

Buying interest, silently.

A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the McLaren F1 file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.

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The vault

Open a file on yours.

You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.

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The variants

One badge, 4 executions

The register separates the F1 into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.

McLaren F1 F1 — reference silhouetteF101
McLaren F1 F1 LM — reference silhouetteF1 LM02
Reference in preparationF1 GT03
McLaren F1 F1 GTR — reference silhouetteF1 GTR04

4 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard

The cars

The F1 register

Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.

01 documented · public records

The hands

The people behind the car

The people whose work shaped the McLaren F1.

No free period portrait on record

Gordon Murray

Project leader and chief engineer

Set the package, mass and driver-position brief and led the F1 programme.

No free period portrait on record

Peter Stevens

Exterior and interior designer

Turned the central-seat package and cooling requirements into the production body.

No free period portrait on record

Paul Rosche

Engine architect

Led development of the bespoke S70/2 V12 supplied to McLaren.