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Written by Ollie Kew
We"ve seen F1 cars for sale on the open market before, but usually, the ex-racers available to the highest bidder are long out of commission veterans, safely obsolete in their technology.Which makes this Marussia yard sale that bit more interesting. Because although the now-renamed backmarkers didn"t score so much as a championship point during their first four years of eating Vettel and co"s dust, they are actually quite modern cars. The most recent car raced in 2013, and features the electro-boost KERS system and DRS wing-flap. All the mod cons.The 2013 Marussia MR02 is one of four old F1 cars two Marussias, and two Virgin Racing examples going under the hammer as part of an assets sell-off, hosted by John Pye Auctions. The 2013 car carries an estimate of 200,000, with its older and equally uncompetitive predecessors expected to fetch 150,000. You can"t even get a Porsche 911 Turbo S for that these days.
Date written: 26 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1858
We"ve seen F1 cars for sale on the open market before, but usually, the ex-racers available to the highest bidder are long out of commission veterans, safely obsolete in their technology.Which makes this Marussia yard sale that bit more interesting. Because although the now-renamed backmarkers didn"t score so much as a championship point during their first four years of eating Vettel and co"s dust, they are actually quite modern cars. The most recent car raced in 2013, and features the electro-boost KERS system and DRS wing-flap. All the mod cons.The 2013 Marussia MR02 is one of four old F1 cars two Marussias, and two Virgin Racing examples going under the hammer as part of an assets sell-off, hosted by John Pye Auctions. The 2013 car carries an estimate of 200,000, with its older and equally uncompetitive predecessors expected to fetch 150,000. You can"t even get a Porsche 911 Turbo S for that these days.
Date written: 26 Jan 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1858
