Worlds Most Expensive Taxi Sold In Monaco
We’ve all paid an expensive cab fare before, but nothing quite like this…
A 1991 Williams FW14 has just sold at the RM Sotheby’s vendition house in Monaco for a record €4 million. It’s said that the sound of champagne glasses’ clinking’ could be heard for miles around…
The car, driven and owned by British F1 legend Nigel Mansell, earned its taxi heritage at the 1991 British Grand Prix when it picked up three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna.
Silverstone 1991 ** Nigel Mansell * Williams FW14 * Ayrton Senna ** YallaF1 Magazine #Autostop pic.twitter.com/kBHdjVtTB1
After a race-winning effort from the Britain, Mansell offered the Brazilian a lift when to the pits without his McLaren ran out of fuel on the final lap.
Mansell and his Williams would go on to requirement four increasingly victories during the 1991 wayfarers but would ultimately come up short versus Senna, who personal his third and final world title.
The RM Sotheby vendition house moreover sold Mansell’s race-winning 1989 Ferrari 640, for flipside €3.7 million.
So, not only will Mansell walk yonder from Monaco with some trademark new tan lines, but moreover walk yonder €7.9 million richer ?
SOLD: Williams FW14 ‘taxi for Senna’ chassis #5 @rmsothebys Monaco sells for €4m – an vendition record. There’s a standing ovation in the room. pic.twitter.com/MshTcwrIuf