The Sultan of Brunei’s McLaren F1 GT lands in the UK to be restored
Published on Apr 17, 2022 at 9:00 AM (UTC+4)
by Ben Welham
Last updated on Apr 12, 2022 at 11:54 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
When you’re a car collector as famous as the Sultan of Brunei, servicing your cars can’t be an easy process… especially when you own thousands.
However, one of the Sultan’s vehicles appears to have been spotted arriving at Heathrow Airport in London recently and it isn’t just any old British motor, according to Instagram page @brunei_car_collection.
What you’re looking at here is the McLaren F1 GT.
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Just 64 of these left the factory and the Sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah, owns at least one of them. It is said that this particular one is heading to the McLaren workshop in Woking for a restoration.
We’re not sure what sort of restoration work the F1 GT will be going in for, but we would assume it is either a touch-up or a complete respray.
The bodywork looks in good condition judging by these photos, but we can’t see what the vehicle looks like up close.
The Brunei royal family don’t just own one F1 either because that would be pointless.
No, they own at least seven of the things among millions of dollars of other vehicles.
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Ben is a freelance motoring journalist who studied Journalism and previously produced daily content at DriveTribe. He has a worrying obsession with Tudor watches, and his dream car is the Porsche GT3 Touring.
