F1 Legend Michael Schumacher's Ferrari set for HISTORIC sale

Ferrari legends Jean Todt and Michael Schumacher at the Brazilian Grand Prix 2003 — Photo: © IMAGO

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Michael Schumacher Ferrari set for HISTORIC sale

Michael Schumacher claimed his final Monaco GP win in the car

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Saturday 5 April 2025 03:00

An iconic Ferrari Formula 1 car will be sold during the Monaco Grand Prix, in a first-of-its-kind auction.

Michael Schumacher won his fifth and final Monaco GP back in 2001, in a narrow victory over Brazilian team-mate Rubens Barrichello.

Schumacher dominated at the circuit between 1994-2001, claiming five victories to go within one of Ayrton Senna's all-time record around the track, but the German then failed to win at any of his eight succeeding visits to the principality.

Now, auctioneers RM Sotheby's have announced that the F2001, chassis number 211, with which he claimed victory at the 2001 Monaco GP, will go under the hammer during the 2025 Monaco GP.

Schumacher car set for stunning sale

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Sotheby's claim that it will be the first time ever that an F1 car has been sold during an F1 race, and the car is expected to fetch an eye-watering price.

The F2001 chassis 211 was the chassis number in which Schumacher also claimed victory at the Hungarian GP later that season, which secured his world championship crown for the second year running.

When it was put up for auction as recently as 2017, the historic Ferrari car sold for around $7.5million, and was the first F1 car to exceed $5million at auction. That price is expected to be even higher when it goes under the hammer on May 24.

"Victory on the streets of Monte-Carlo alone would make this a hugely significant Ferrari," Augustin Sabatie-Garat, director of sales at RM Sotheby’s, said on the auction via F1.com.

"But to do so in the same season that it crossed the line to capture both the drivers’ and [constructors]’ world championships - the first back-to-back championship double in Ferrari history - takes it to a completely different level.

"We are very excited to take chassis 211 back to the site of its historic win, and to be able to auction it during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend is an immense privilege."

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