Amassed by the F1 supremo himself over half a century, Ecclestone's secret stash features race cars once driven by the likes of Ascari, Moss, Lauda, Piquet, Senna, and Schumacher.

Bernie Ecclestone has amassed an enormous collection of Formula 1 cars — but the time has come for his vast array of cars to find new owners.

Of the 69 cars included in the collection, 30 are Brabhams, as Ecclestone owned the Brabham F1 team from 1972 to 1988 and has at least one example of every car they built. These include the 1981 car driven by Nelson Piquet and the Brabham BT46B Fan Car driven by Niki Lauda at the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix.

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has announced he will sell his entire car collection, estimated to be worth “hundreds of millions” of dollars.

Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is to sell his collection of race cars driven by motorsport legends including Michael Schumacher, Niki Lauda and Nelson Piquet.

Bernie Ecclestone is putting his entire collection of historic grand prix and Formula One cars – 69 cars worth an estimated £500,000,000 – up for sale.

He's parting with 69 Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars from his collection so his wife won't have to deal with them when he's dead.