A Williams FW16 that Ayrton Senna drove in his final season goes to auction in New York with a $4-6 million estimate. The chassis tells a grim story: Williams promised Senna one of their cars if they won the 1994 constructors' title, then delivered FW16B-01 to his family after he died at Imola in a different chassis. He never raced this particular car, but he did take it out for the warm-up at Interlagos and posted a faster time than Michael Schumacher, who won that day. The Senna family held onto it for 30 years, keeping it at Williams in completely unrestored condition. A private buyer picked it up in 2024 and now it's going public for the first time. One of only two surviving FW16s Senna ever touched, expect collectors to push well past the high estimate when the hammer drops.
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