His work at the top of the sport made him wealthy beyond imagining. After a 652 million pound tax fraud bill came due, the nonagenarian billionaire has to sell off his collection of cars to help cover it.

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

A collection of rare grand prix cars belonging to former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has gone up for sale in the U.K. through Tom Hartley Jnr. The vehicles, which do not have to be bought together, are said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Bernie Ecclestone has arguably the greatest collection of F1 cars in the world...and he's selling every single one of them.

Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone is set to sell a collection which includes rare F1 cars driven by some of the biggest names in the sport's history. He will sell a collection of 69 F1 and Grand Prix cars,

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.

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.

Former Formula 1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone will be putting his racing car collection up for sale—a set that is estimated to be worth "hundreds of millions."

Credit: Tom Hartley Jnr Ltd/Cover Images Bernie Ecclestone is selling his unrivalled collection of historic race cars. The sale, run by Tom Hartley Jnr Ltd, on behalf of the 94-year-old, includes 69 historic Grand Prix and Formula 1 cars - making it the most impressive collection offered for sale.