Minichamps 1:18 F1 diecast prices – Ayrton Senna cars
Williams Fw08C – (1983) Donnington Test
Notes: Minichamps released 1:18 resin versions of the Williams & McLaren 1983 F1 cars that Senna tested at Donnington to inform his decision of which team to race for in his F1 debut season. The Senna Williams FW08C model is limited edition of 800 pcs.
Recent high auction sale prices: Dec 2020 – £549GBP
Recent high buy now sale prices: May 2023 – €548EUR
McLaren MP4/1C – (1983) Donnington Test
Notes: The MP4/1C was driven by Niki Lauda and John Watson in 1983 season. Senna tested for McLaren prior to joining Toleman. LE 402 pcs
Recent high auction sale prices: July 2022 – €300EUR
Recent high buy now sale prices: Oct 2021 – €361EUR
Brabham BT52B – (1983) Donnington Test
Notes: Ayrton also tested the 1983 championship winning Brabham BT52 at his Donnington test.
Recent high auction sale prices: Jan 2023 -€226EUR
Recent high buy now sale prices: May 2023 -£439GBP
Toleman Hart TG184 (1984)
Notes: Ayrton debuted in F1 with the Toleman team which raced with a few variant liveries. Minichamps have produced the main 1994 race livery model (red, white & blue) and also the Monaco GP (blue & white) and Portugese GP (red strip livery).
Recent high auction sale prices: Nov 2022 – £126GBP
Recent high buy now sale prices: Nov 2023 -£333GBP
Toleman Hart TG184 – (1984) Monaco GP
Notes: Senna’s famous maiden podium chasing down Prost in the wet which signaled his talent and arrival.
Recent high auction sale prices: Oct 2021 – $250USD
Recent high buy now sale prices: June 2021 – £208GBP
Toleman Hart TG184 – (1984) Portugese GP
Notes: The Portugese GP model (Senna’s last Toleman race car) is rarer and fetches high prices.
Recent high auction sale prices: Jun 2023 – £225GBP
Recent high buy now sale prices: Oct 2022 – €351EUR
Lotus Renault 97T (1995)
Notes: The 97T is also available in the famous Portugese GP model which was Senna’s maiden win in the wet in his 2nd race in the JPS Lotus. The 97T is also available in 1:12 and 1:8 scale by Minichamps and has been licensed by several other model companies including GP Replicas and PremiumX.
Recent high auction sale prices: Sep 2022 – $218AUD (std); May 2022 – €164EUR (Portugese GP)
Recent high buy now sale prices: May 2023 – £324GBP
Lotus Renault 98T (1996)
Notes: 2 wins in Spanish GP and US GP (Detroit).
Recent high auction sale prices: Jun 2023 – £200GBP
Recent high buy now sale prices: Jan 2023 – $462USD
Lotus Honda 99T (1987)
Notes: Senna’s last year with Lotus. 2 wins at Monaco and Detroit.
Recent high auction sale prices: Sep 2023 – $420USD
Recent high buy now sale prices: Oct 2023 -£208GBP
McLaren Honda MP4/3B (1987)
Notes: Senna’s test car prior to joining McLaren for 1988. LE 402 pcs
Recent high auction sale prices: Sep 2023 – $345USD
Recent high buy now sale prices: –
McLaren Honda MP4/4 (1988)
Notes: 1st World championship car. More recently, Minichamps released a commemorative 1988 Japanese GP winner edition (LE 1988 pcs) where the Senna driver figurine is waving his hands celebrating victory.
Recent high auction sale prices: Oct 2022 – £280GBP (Marlboro livery)
Recent high buy now sale prices: Jan 2023 -£379GBP (Marlboro livery); June 2021 – $539AUD (Japanese GP)
McLaren Honda MP4/5 (1989)
Notes: Team-mate Prost won the 1989 world championship in the MP4/5 with the famous clash between Senna and Prost at Suzuka.
Recent high auction sale prices: Jan 2021 – £175GBP
Recent high buy now sale prices: Sep 2021 – $541USD
McLaren Honda MP4/5B (1990)
Notes: 2nd world championship car. Famously crashed with Prost on opening lap of 1990 Japanese GP for the second year in a row.
Recent high auction sale prices: May 2023 -£227GBP
Recent high buy now sale prices: Aug 2021 – £285GBP
McLaren Honda MP4/6 (1991)
Notes: 3rd world championship. The MP4/6 is a popular car with collectors as it was involved in some epic battles with Mansell’s Williams FW14.
Recent high auction sale prices: Feb 2023 – £217GBP
Recent high buy now sale prices: Jan 2021 – $445AUD
McLaren Honda MP4/7 (1992)
Notes: 3 wins
Recent high auction sale prices: Jul 2023 -£185GBP
Recent high buy now sale prices: Feb 2023 – £290GBP
McLaren Ford MP4/8 (1993)
Notes: Minichamps produced 1:18 models for 3 of the 5 GPs that Ayrton won in 1993 – Japanese GP, Brazilian G, the famous European GP in the wet at Donnington and his final McLaren race at the Australian GP.
Recent high auction sale prices: April 2021 – €209EUR (European GP); June 2023 – £190GBP (Aust GP)
Recent high buy now sale prices: Sep 2023 -£230GBP (Brazilian GP); June 2021 – $395AUD (Japanese GP); Sep 2023 – $349AUD (Australian GP); Nov 2023 – $349AUD(European GP)
Williams Renault FW15 (1994 Estoril)
Notes: Minichamps released a FW15 labelled Senna model in both 1:18 and 1:43 scale. Both Senna and Hill did run a modified 1993 season FW15C with all 1993 driver aids (active suspension and traction control) disabled at the January 1994 test at Estoril. More correctly known as the FW15D, this FW15 1:18 is a driverless model with non-tobacco Williams livery. The actual Estoril FW15D test car though had the full Rothmans livery.
Recent high auction price: Oct 2021 – £99GBP
Recent high buy now price: –
Williams Renault FW16 (1994)
Notes: Switched from McLaren to Williams and raced 3 GPs (Brazil, Pacific GP and Imola) in the FW16. For sentimental reasons, the Imola version fetches the higher resale prices. The Pacific GP model has the larger double rear wing. In the early Senna collection series, a lot of people did after market conversions to get the Rothmans tobacco livery. The newer release 1:18 by Minichamps have unskinned liveries and tobacco decals for application but more importantly have improved and more accurate detailing than the 1st generation models.
Recent high auction sale prices: Sep 2021 – $280USD
Recent high buy now sale prices: Jun 2023 – $391USD; Jan 2023 -£324GBP (Italian GP); Jan 2023 – £725GBP (Brazilian GP Rothmans livery)
Williams Renault FW16 (1994) Pacific GP
Notes: The Pacific GP model was released as part of the new Ayrton Senna collection and has the larger double rear wing distinct from the Imola version.
Recent high auction sale prices: –
Recent high buy now sale prices: Sep 2023 – $569USD
