The championship-winning 2003 Ferrari has smashed the document for a contemporary Formulation One automobile after promoting this week for $14,630,000, virtually doubling the earlier document.
Michael Schumacher drove the F2003-GA to victory in 5 Formulation One grands Prix in 2003, and it was the chassis he was driving when he clinched the championship by simply two factors over McLaren’s Kimi Raikkonen.
The Ferrari, chassis quantity 229, was offered by RM Sotheby’s in the course of the public sale home’s Luxurious Week sale in Geneva, doubling the sale value of the earlier document holder for a contemporary Grand Prix automobile, an ex-Michael Schumacher F2001 that offered for $7,504,000 in 2017.
Probably the most profitable Formulation One chassis ever constructed, F2003 quantity 229 clinched Schumacher’s sixth World Championship, and fourth in a row, having claimed 5 wins, three pole positions and two different podiums in a exceptional season. The automobile additionally claimed 5 quickest laps within the season.
The automobile was shaken utterly rebuilt this yr by Ferrari’s Formulation 1 Clienti division, and was shaken down at Ferrari’s Fiorano take a look at monitor by Schumacher’s son and present Haas Formulation One driver, Mick Schumacher.
“It was an honor to supply this automobile in partnership with our companions at Sotheby’s,” RM Sotherby’s Director of Gross sales EMEA Augustin Sabatié-Garat, mentioned.
“Formulation One automobiles of this high quality and provenance not often come to market, and this explicit automobile is the most effective of the most effective.
“We’re delighted that it has achieved a world document value for such a automobile, because it actually displays the significance of this chassis.”
Not like the 2002 season, 2003 was no cakewalk for Schumacher, who completed simply two factors forward of an emergent Raikkonen.
Eight drivers gained grands Prix in 2003, together with future World Champions Raikkonen (one), Renault’s Fernando Alonso (one), the rising Williams expertise Juan-Pablo Montoya (two), Schumacher’s brother Ralf (two) and Schumacher’s teammate Rubens Barrichello (two). McLaren’s David Coulthard and Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella additionally took wins.
The Ferrari isn’t the final ex-Schumacher automobile on RM Sotheby’s books. It additionally has the Benetton B191 on the market, which scored the ultimate win of triple World Champion Nelson Piquet’s profession and was Schumacher second Formulation One automobile after his astounding debut with Jordan.