Sold the single -seater that accompanied Michael Schumacher in the 2001 World Cup. It became the most expensive F1 car driven by the German champion
The Ferrari of Formula 1 by Michael Schumacher who won the Gran prizes of Monaco and Hungary of 2001 was sold for 18.17 million dollars, about 15.98 million euros at the current gearbox. The F1 single -seater was sold before the qualifications of the Monaco GP on Saturday 24 May in an event curated by RM Sotheby’s. The F2001 car is the one that the German pilot used in the path to the world title of that year, nine awards won on 17 appointments: now it is also the most expensive F1 vehicle led by Schumacher who is auctioned.
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The price of 18.17 million dollars exceeded 13.2 million dollars paid by an Schumacher Ferrari F2003 bidder in 2022. It also became the fourth most expensive F1 car ever sold. The world record amounts to $ 52.52 million, established at the beginning of this year for a Mercedes W196 streamliner led by the legends of Formula 1 Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss in the 1950s. That of 2001 for Michael Schumacher was the fifth and last victory in F1 in Montecarlo. Among the many successes of 2001, the German pilot opened and closed the season by winning respectively in Melbourne and Suzuka.