Ayrton Senna lives on!
His 1991 F1 championship-winning McLaren MP4/6 was transformed into a larger-than-life wall sculpture back in the '90s and was mothballed for more than 15 years - but now the art piece is up for auction.
UK artist Jay Burridge was was just a student when he was endorsed by McLaren's Ron Dennis in 1992 to create a sculpture out of one of its race cars. The model-kit themed art went into storage when Senna was killed in 1994, and hadn't been seen since the 2004 Goodwood Festival of Speed used it as a tribute to the racer.
International auctioneers COYS expect the piece to bring in between $50,000 and $60,000 at auction on August 13th.
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