Kimi Räikkönen's McLaren MP4-17A is up for auction.

Kimi Räikkönen's McLaren MP4-17A is up for auction.

      Auction house RM Sotheby's has put up for auction the McLaren MP4-17A driven by Kimi Räikkönen and David Coulthard in 2002 and 2003.

      Up for sale at the auction in Paris on 28 January 2026 is chassis MP4-17A-06, which debuted at the 2002 European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring. In that race Kimi climbed onto the podium, finishing third. With the same car Räikkönen also stood on the podium twice more in 2002 — in France (2nd) and the United States (3rd).

      At the round following Indianapolis, in Japan McLaren handed the car to David Coulthard, but the Scot failed to finish.

      McLaren began the 2003 season with the previous year's car, and Coulthard, behind the wheel of MP4-17A-06, won the opening round of the season in Melbourne. That win turned out to be the last of his career.

      At the Imola round the team returned the car to Räikkönen, and he finished second. The final race for MP4-17A-06 was the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, in which Kimi finished second and lost the championship.

      RM Sotheby's estimates the value of the McLaren MP4-17A at between €1 million and €1.4 million.

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Kimi Räikkönen's McLaren MP4-17A is up for auction.

RM Sotheby’s has put the McLaren MP4-17A — which Kimi Räikkönen and David Coulthard drove in 2002 and 2003 — up for auction.