Schumacher Ferrari F1 automotive with 5 wins sells for $14.8M

A Ferrari Method 1 automotive pushed by seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher within the 2003 season bought on Wednesday at a RM Sotheby’s public sale in Geneva, Switzerland, for $14.8 million.

It is the very best worth paid for an F1 automotive from the trendy period, and virtually double the earlier highest bid for a Schumacher F1 automotive at public sale.

The automotive is a Ferrari 2003-GA bearing chassis quantity 229. Schumacher drove it at 9 rounds within the 2003 season and scored 5 of his six wins that 12 months with it, a 12 months that noticed him safe his sixth Drivers’ title (and Ferrari a thirteenth Constructors’ title).

The wins passed off on the Austrian, Canadian, Italian, Spanish, and United States grands prix. As well as, Schumacher secured three pole positions, three quickest laps, and an extra two podium finishes on the Monaco and French rounds with the automotive.

Powering the 2003-GA, whose title honors former Fiat chief Gianni Agnelli, is a 3.0-liter V-10 that generates a most 930 hp and spins to 19,000 rpm. The automotive has remained in full working situation for the reason that finish of its racing profession and was given a full service on the Maranello manufacturing unit earlier in 2022. Based on the itemizing, the 7-speed sequential transmission, clutch, and hydraulic system have solely coated a small proportion of their present vary.

Regardless of the excessive bid, the automotive nonetheless is not the most costly on the subject of F1 vehicles at public sale. That honor goes to a 1954 Mercedes-Benz F1 automotive raced by Juan Guide Fangio, which bought in 2013 for $29.65 million. It was the very best worth paid for any automotive at public sale on the time.