1954 Mercedes Benz Race Car. The mercedes benz 300 slr was derived from the w196 formula one car for use in the 1955 world sportscar championship season. James knight motoring director of bonhams auctioneers which handled the deal told.
At le mans that year a disaster occurred in which a mercedes benz 300 slr collided with another car killing more than eighty spectators. Return of the silver arrows to the formula one. Successor to the w194 in the hands of juan manuel fangio and stirling moss it won 9 of 12 races entered and captured the only two world championships in which it competed.
This is the only surviving mercedes benz w196 to have won not just one world championship qualifying grand prix but two.
On that day we really only saw the competitors at the start and when we lapped them winner juan manuel fangio is quoted. The new w196 brought juan manuel fangio his third formula 1 title along with the maserati 250f he drove in the first two races of the years. Mercedes benz formula one racing car w 196 r. Firsts included the use of desmodromic valves and daimler benz developed mechanical direct fuel injection.
