1973 McLaren-Cosworth M23

Offered by RM Sotheby’s | Monaco | May 2024

Turns out former F1 champion Jody Scheckter has quite the collection of old F1 cars, including this, his McLaren M23. The M23 was a helluva car, appearing on the grid in races beginning in 1973 and ending in 1978. Could you imagine someone running a five-year-old F1 chassis in a race today?

This car is chassis M23-2, and it is powered by a Cosworth V8. In period, the 3.0-liter DFV made about 465 horsepower. The competition history for this chassis includes:

• 1973 Spanish Grand Prix – 4th (with Peter Revson)
• 1973 Belgian Grand Prix – 16th, DNF (with Revson)
• 1973 Monaco Grand Prix – 5th (with Revson)
• 1973 Swedish Grand Prix – 7th (with Revson)
• 1973 British Grand Prix – 1st (with Revson)
• 1973 Dutch Grand Prix – 4th (with Revson)
• 1973 German Grand Prix – 9th (with Revson)
• 1973 Austrian Grand Prix – 22nd, DNF (with Revson)
• 1973 Canadian Grand Prix – 22nd, DNF (with Jody Scheckter)
• 1973 United States Grand Prix – 18th, DNF (with Scheckter)
• 1974 South African Grand Prix – 19th (with Dave Charlton)
• 1975 South African Grand Prix – 14th (with Charlton)

It also competed in F5000 and Can-Am races through 1980! It remained part of McLaren’s collection before being traded into Scheckter’s. It now has an estimate of $1,860,000-$2,400,000. More info can be found here.