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LAST McLAREN OF SENNA GOES TO AUCTION IN LONDON
In November 2017, the Ferrari F2001 with which Michael Schumacher won his four-way F1 title in 2001 (used in four races that year, including the Hungarian GP in which the German won the title) was auctioned for R$ 24 millions. Seven months later, next May, this record may be broken.This is the expectation of the Bonhams auction house in London. After all, on May 11 it will put on sale the McLaren MP4 / 8A with which Ayrton Senna won his last victory at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1993. In the case, it was the sixth victory of the Brazilian in the most charming F1 GP - the actuality.According to Mark Osborne, who runs Bonhams motor racing, it is the auctioneer's chance to auction one of the most significant cars of all time."Ayrton Senna was the most charismatic driver of the modern era of F1, and the MP4 / 8A was the car with which his team, McLaren, overtook Ferrari as the most successful in the history of the category, and that particular chassis cemented Senna as the master of Monaco, "he said, contacting 'Autosport'.Senna drove the car in eight races in 1993, the last in Italy. He would finish runner-up of the season, behind Alain Prost.