After the historic sale of Bernie Ecclestone’s collection of 69 Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars earlier this year, Tom Hartley Jnr is moving from strength to strength with the announcement that they have been selected to handle the sale of Mansour Ojjeh’s extraordinary collection of 20 McLaren Road Cars. 

Before passing in 2021, Mansour was a highly influential figure in the world of motorsport and is attributed with helping to transform McLaren into one of F1’s most successful team. The former CEO of TAG — which owned a 14.32 percent stake in the McLaren Group — oversaw McLaren’s F1 team during a period in which they secured seven Constructors’ and ten Drivers’ Championships, while also playing an instrumental role in the formation of McLaren Automotive and McLaren Applied Technologies. 

During this time, Mansour made it his mission to curate his own personal collection of the ultimate McLaren Road cars, eventually growing to include 20 iconic machines from the British firm. Included among them is the collection’s crown jewel: the final McLaren F1 ever produced. Mansour’s F1 is finished in a one-off shade titled ‘Yquem’ after the renowned and rare dessert wine, which was later renamed to ‘Mansour Orange’ and exclusively reserved for his custom commissions. 

Regarding the other 19 cars in the collection, Mansour always made of point of requesting the very final chassis number for each model, ensuring his prized rides always incorporated any technical updates during the production cycle for the ultimate driving experience. Nevertheless, each car remains unused in factory-delivered condition and has been maintained under the direct supervision of McLaren themselves, with the only outliers being his F1, which shows just 1,810km, and his P1 GTR, which saw occasional track day use. 

Commenting on the sale, Tom Hartley Jnr said “Being entrusted with the sale of Mansour Ojjeh’s McLaren collection is akin to handling Enzo Ferrari’s Ferraris or Ferdinand Porsche’s Porsches. We’re talking about one of the founding figures behind McLaren Automotive, a man who, together with Ron Dennis, helped build McLaren into one of the most respected and successful teams in Formula 1 history. This is the most significant McLaren road car collection ever assembled, and I sincerely hope it is acquired by a single buyer, just as the Ecclestone Grand Prix collection was which we sold earlier this year.”