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Lot 3/5 · Race Cars2023
#3 Most Expensive
The ItemBrawn BGP 001

A team that almost didn't exist at the start of the season won the championship — and the car later sold for millions.

$12,200,000

The Item

Brawn GP was assembled in weeks after Honda pulled its factory F1 team, using a controversial diffuser design that gave it a significant early-season advantage.

Jenson Button drove it to the 2009 Drivers' Championship in one of the most unlikely stories in F1 history.

Why It's Obscene

Sotheby's sold Button's title-winning chassis in 2023 for $12.2 million.

A huge sum for a team that existed as an underdog fluke for exactly one season before being bought out and rebranded.

Brawn BGP 001Verified · Public record
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