Of the 69 cars included in the collection, 30 are Brabhams, as Ecclestone owned the Brabham F1 team from 1972 to 1988 and has at least one example of every car they built. These include the 1981 car driven by Nelson Piquet and the Brabham BT46B Fan Car driven by Niki Lauda at the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix.

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has announced he will sell his entire car collection, estimated to be worth “hundreds of millions” of dollars.

A collection of rare grand prix cars belonging to former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has gone up for sale in the U.K. through Tom Hartley Jnr. The vehicles, which do not have to be bought together,