16-05-2025
‘Don't tell the wife' – Scottish sports star splashes over £4MILLION on two of the world's most expensive supercars
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SCOTS driving legend Dario Franchitti has revealed he has ordered two of the world's most expensive supercars without telling his wife.
The four-time IndyCar champion is to splash out on two luxury motors worth more than £4 million made by former Formula 1 racing car designer Gordon Murray.
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Dario Franchitti has ordered two of the world's most expensive supercars
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Franchitti test drives the vehicles for Gordon Murray's manufacturing business
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The T33 Spider is priced at £1.8million and is mid-development
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Franchitti test drove the T50, priced at £2.8million, and was desperate to have one
The Gordon Murray T50 is priced at £2.8 million and the Gordon Murray T33 Spider costs £1.8 million.
Franchitti performed test drives of the cars and showed them off to potential customers as part of his role as a development driver with Murray's car manufacturing business.
He decided he had to have a model each for himself because he wants to drive them on country roads in his native Scotland.
However he feels his extravagant purchases may land him in hot water with his wife Eleanor.
Speaking on YouTube channel The Late Brake Show, Bathgate-born Franchitti, 51, said: "I have ordered a T50 and I have also ordered a T33 Spider.
"If my wife is watching this, Ellie, switch off now.
"It started off with me doing the launch of T50 with Gordon during Covid and he said to me 'Do you want one?'
"I said 'I would love one but it's a lot of money'.
"I had just bought a house and a Daytona Spider in the same week, it was expensive times, and I just thought 'I can't'.
"So I didn't do it and we did the launch and within two days they all sold.
Dario Franchitti: It has been emotional
"I was alright about it at that point and then I drove it for the first time.
"I got home and went to bed and I couldn't sleep.
"I just kept imagining driving across some Scottish moorland road.
"I wrote Gordon this long email about why I should have one and what I would do with it and all this stuff.
"I went back for the second phase of testing on it and he put his arm around me and said 'Don't worry, we kept you a prototype back'.
"It's such a wonderful car.
"We are mid-development with the T33.
"What a car, I love it.
"I'm really excited about that one too."
The T50 is inspired by the F1 car Murray designed for McLaren and has a top speed of 226mph.
The open-top two-seater T33 Spider is designed to be compact and light and is powered by a 4.0-litre Cosworth-built V12 engine which revs to 11,100rpm.
Franchitti said he had to sell some cars from his luxury collection to help him afford the new supercars.
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Celtic-daft Franchitti was married to Hollywood star Ashley Judd but they split in 2013
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He married wife Eleanor in 2015 and the pair have two children
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He was forced to retire after he escaped death in a 200mph crash in which he suffered two broken vertebrae, a fractured right ankle and concussion which damaged his brain.
The Scot was left with a limp and memory loss after the accident in Houston, Texas in 2013.
Franchitti split from his first wife, the Hollywood star Ashley Judd, shortly before his career ending crash.
He married Eleanor in 2015 and the couple have two children.
He started racing karts at West of Scotland Kart Club in Larkhall and tested at Knockhill, near Dunfermline.
He won his first karting title aged 11 and went on to race at the British Championship.
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