The Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen is set to be auctioned this weekend and is currently valued at $52,6 million dollars by RM Sotheby's. Should it be sold for even half of that, it would still set the record as the most expensive F1 car ever to be sold at an auction.

Lewis Hamilton crashed on his third day of running for new team Ferrari. The seven-time world champion, whose unveiling outside the factory in Maranello last week triggered a “frenzy” in Italy, was able to walk away unhurt after hitting the barriers at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.