Classic and historic car dealer Tom Hartley Jnr has been appointed by the Ojjeh family to manage the sale, with a preference for a single buyer to keep the remarkable collection intact. The total value of the cars is estimated to exceed $70 million (c. £51m).

The collection is distinguished by several unique features. Every vehicle is finished in the same distinctive ‘Yquem’ colour, a shade so personal to Ojjeh that McLaren later renamed it ‘Mansour Orange’. Furthermore, each car is the final production chassis of its respective model, rendering the collection truly one-of-a-kind, ESPN reports.

Highlighting the collection is the very last McLaren F1 ever built, showing just over 1,800km on the clock. The McLaren F1 is already one of the most sought-after collector cars in the world, with a 1995 model fetching $20.4m (c. £15m) at auction in 2021. With the exception of the F1 and a P1 GTR, all the vehicles in the Ojjeh collection are reported to be unused and have been meticulously maintained by McLaren.

Mansour Ojjeh, a Saudi businessman who passed away in 2021, was a pivotal figure in McLaren’s history. He joined forces with the team in 1984, financing the successful TAG-Porsche engines before becoming a key partner in the launch of McLaren Automotive. McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown described Ojjeh as “a founding father of McLaren as we know it today” and his collection as “very special, I’m not aware of anything else that compares with it”.

Tom Hartley Jnr, who also recently managed the sale of Bernie Ecclestone’s historic Formula One car collection, commented on the significance of the portfolio, stating: “Being entrusted with the sale of Mansour Ojjeh’s McLaren collection is akin to handling Enzo Ferrari’s Ferraris or Ferdinand Porsche’s Porsches.”