Senna sale

A HUGE Airfix sculpture of Ayrton Senna’s McLaren MP4/6, from his last season as World Champion, goes under the auctioneer’s hammer at the Nurburgring sale in Germany on August 13.

The Formula 1 car was dismantled by McLaren and given to artist Jay Burridge who originally turned it into the gigantic Airfix-style kit back in 1992. The sculpture is expected to sell for between £30,000 and £50,000.

The sculpture was unveiled by Senna’s former manager Dennis Rushen last month at Blenheim Palace and said: “It’s such a clever idea and really stands out as something really different. Often at race meetings Senna would fly his radio controlled helicopter. He was really into models and he would have appreciated the concept.”