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Motor 1
01-07-2025
- Automotive
- Motor 1
The World's Greatest McLaren Collection Is Up for Sale
McLaren would not be what it is today without Mansour Ojjeh. The businessman took an ownership stake in McLaren in 1984, and together with Ron Dennis, helped turn it into the top-flight Formula 1 team and supercar builder it is today. Ojjeh passed in 2021, and now, his car collection is coming up for sale. It might be the greatest collection of McLaren road cars ever assembled. As seller Tom Hartley Jnr. states , Ojjeh was pivotal in helping fund the McLaren F1, and the car is the centerpiece of the collection. It's the last of 106 McLaren F1s built in total, and it's finished in a shade of orange called Yquem, which McLaren later renamed Mansour Orange. It's a color McLaren kept exclusive to him. The rest of the collection consists of last-built examples of many special modern McLaren road cars, including the Sabre, Speedtail, Senna, Elva, P1, and what appears to be one of every LM and LT model. Photo by: Tom Hartley Jnr Not all are Mansour Orange, with the Senna in a bare-carbon, yellow, and green livery, and the 675LT Spider in bare carbon with orange accents. Most of the cars were never driven, either, with only the F1 having 1,810 km (1,125 miles) on its odometer, and the P1 GTR used at a handful of McLaren track days. Ojjeh was actually a Ferrari collector at first, but he sold his collection when he helped found McLaren Automotive. It's hard to imagine a better collection of McLaren road cars, certainly outside of the company's collection of F1s. And it's easy to bet that there will be tons of people lining up for the chance to buy an F1 from the man who helped make it a reality. More on McLaren Longtime Ferrari Boss Might Be Working for McLaren McLaren Is Milking Its Le Mans History Again. But We're Here for It Get the best news, reviews, columns, and more delivered straight to your inbox, daily. back Sign up For more information, read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use . Gallery: Mansour Ojjeh McLaren Collection 30 Source: Tom Hartley Jnr. Share this Story Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Got a tip for us? Email: tips@ Join the conversation ( )
Times
17-05-2025
- Automotive
- Times
Ron Dennis: Embracing sacrifice was secret of my McLaren success
The meeting room is lightly furnished and understated. He sits on a chair drawn slightly back from the table, as though to sprinkle informality on the conversation. This is stylish Mayfair in central London, not where he came from but it came to him because he was good at what he did. More than that. He was Ron Dennis, owner and boss of the hugely successful McLaren motor racing team for more than 30 years. Don't ask how many grands prix his team won. As for drivers' championships and constructors' titles, let's not go there either. The short answer is plenty. He set out to be the best in the world. For a time he was. What you now have is a man two weeks
