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Jenson Button's BAR Honda 006 Formula 1 Car On Sale for £60,000

If you had to choose between a four-by-four luxobarge such as the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class or a full-on Formula 1 single seater, is it that you would go for the latter? Of course, our £60k would go for the racer as well. Namely this ex-Jenson Button Lucky Strike Bar Honda 006 raced in the 2004 F1 season.
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It may be 10 years old now, but this British American Racing racecar is one of the all-time greats. Not because of its results (18 races, 1 pole, no wins, no fastest laps), but for its wicked livery. Oh, and the fact that it was raced by one of the all-time greats the United Kingdom had to offer in motorsport.

Jenson Button may be gettin' a bit old now, but his 15-year-old Formula 1 career makes him the most experienced guy out there at the present moment. To boot, Jenson and Brawn GP secured the 2009 championship, which is no small feat with Sebastian Vettel and Rubens Barrichello in your slipstream.

According to the seller, this is Bar Honda 006 chassis 002, the vehicle that took Button to his first podium and an overall third in the 2004 Drivers' Championship. There's one thing we deem necessary to mention though. Peel off the body shell and you'll find out this is just a rolling chassis, with the Honda F1 RA004 3-liter naturally aspirated V10 engine missing.

Nevertheless, everything else is there, even the original racing wishbones and the carbon fiber suspension bits and bobs we all love on Formula 1 cars. If you really want to race this old school machine, luck is on your side. The seller claims that for extra cash it can "supply the car with aftercare support, plus a professionally fitted JUDD or Cosworth engine, electronics, cooling and oil systems."
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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