There are few pieces of motorsport memorabilia that carry the kind of provenance attached to this one. Up for auction right now on Collecting Cars is a genuine wheel and tyre that once turned laps on Max Verstappen's Red Bull Racing RB16B during the 2021 Formula 1 season, the very year the Dutchman clinched his first World Championship.
The centerpiece is a nine-spoke O.Z Racing wheel wrapped in a used Pirelli P Zero slick. The bright red script around the sidewall is the tell-tale marking of a super soft compound, the stickiest rubber in Pirelli's range and the kind that delivers those electric one-lap qualifying runs that defined Verstappen's title charge.
What really seals the deal is the detail. A small orange sticker on the assembly carries Verstappen's number 33, the Dutch flag, and the letters FL, confirming it was fitted to the front-left corner of the car. Look closer at the inner barrel and you'll spot the intricate cooling channels engineered to keep brake and hub temperatures in check, a reminder that nothing on a modern F1 car is there by accident.
The lot ships with a JM Motorsports Trading Certificate of Authenticity, giving collectors the paperwork to back up the story. For anyone who lived through that nail-biting 2021 season, this is a tangible slice of history, and it would look just as at home in a private study as it would in a corporate reception or a wider F1 collection.
Listed by trade seller JMMotorSportsTrading and located in Houten, Netherlands, the auction is running with no reserve, so it will sell to the highest bidder regardless of where the numbers land. You can view the full listing and place a bid on Collecting Cars.