A one-car auction took place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart over the weekend, and the car in question—a W196 R Stromlinienwagen from 1954—sold for €51,155,000 ($53,017,370). That makes it the most expensive Grand Prix car ever sold at auction,

Mercedes W196 R Stromlinienwagen, once raced by Formula One legends Juan Manuel Fangio and Sir Stirling Moss, has sold for a record €51.15 million (£42.7 million) at auction. The sale, conducted by RM Sotheby’s at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart,