Ex-F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has put his legendary col✅lection of cars up for sale.

The collection consists of 69 cars, ranging from a 1931 Bugatti Type 54S to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Schumacher’ꦅs iconicꦅ 2022 championship-winning Ferrari F1 car.

Th✨e 94-year-old is selling it off through UK-based performance c♍ar specialist Tom Hartley Jnr.

Other highlig༒hts from the collection include F1 cars driven by champions such as Mike Hawthorn, Niki Lauda and🍨 Schumacher.

A numbe👍r of Brabhams, the team which Ecclestone owned during 🐈the 1970s and 1980s, also feature.

Ecclestone is keen to sell his collection ꦛas he would “like to know 💙where they have gone” and not make it a job for his wife, Fabiana Ecclestone, in the coming years.

“I have been collecting these cars for more than 5ဣ0 years, and I have only ever bought the best of any example,” Ecclestone said.

“I love all of my cars, but the time has come for me to start ꦛthinking about what will happen to them should I no longer be here, and that is why I have decided to sellꦉ them.

“After collecting and owning them for so long, I would like to know where they have gone, and not leave them for my wife to deal with should I not be aro🍸und.”

Hartley Jnr confirmed the collectioඣn is worth “well into the hundreds 𒉰of millions”.

He added: “There are many eight-figure cars within the collection, and the value of the collection combined is well into the hundreℱds of millions.

“The collection spans 70 years of racing, but fℱor me the highligh🦩t has to be the Ferraris.

“There is the famous 'Thin Wall Special', which was the first Ferrarඣi to ever beat Alfa Romeo, Alberto Ascari's Italian GP-winning 375 F1 and historically significant championship-winning Lauda and Schumacher cars.”

A tough time for Ecclestone

The formeꦏr F1 boss has ♌had a tough year, becoming the UK’s second biggest tax payer.

He ♏was forced to pay the hefty settlement aft🐈er he was found guilty of failing to declare more than £400m held in a trust in Singapore.

Eccle꧑stone was spared jail after he agreed to pay £652.6m in taꩲx.

Ecclestone was in charge of F1 for 🐼over 40 years, with the sport becoming increasingly popular under his stewardship.

His tenure came to an end in 2017 when Li✅berty Media acqu☂ired ownership. 

Since then, Ecclestone has only made spora👍dic🍎 F1 paddock appearances.

He caused a stir when he claimed he and former FIA president Max Mosley knew about the events of ‘Crashgate’ - when Renault fixed a race to ensure 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso won the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

This in turn had an impact on the 2008 title race and is potentially the reason 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Felipe Massa didn’t win the world championship.

Following Ecclestone🧔’s initial admission - which he later denied - Massa pursu🌊ed legal action.