Michael Schumacher's legendary F2001 F1 car smashes record at auction
Michael Schumacher's 2001 championship-winning Ferrari F2001 has become the most expensive Formula 1 car driven by the F1 legend to be sold publicly; having fetched an astonishing $18.17m (around R324.24m) at a recent RM Sotheby's auction in Monaco.
This particular F2001 is considered one of the most historically significant cars driven by Schumacher over his F1 career, as it played a critical role in his dominant 2001 season, where he secured a memorable win at the Monaco Grand Prix, a race that marked Schumacher's fifth and final victory on the notoriously challenging street circuit. Later that same year, the car carried him to another victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he clinched his fourth F1 World Championship title. Adding to this racer's historical value, the F2001 was also the last Ferrari to win the Monaco Grand Prix in a championship-winning season for the Scuderia.
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The F2001's sale has broken the previous record for a Schumacher-driven F1 car, which was held by his 2003 Ferrari F2003. The latter car sold for $13.2m in 2022. This latest transaction now ranks the F2001 as the fourth most expensive F1 car ever auctioned. Only a few cars in F1 history have commanded more, with the current record held by the 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196 streamliner, famously driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, which sold for a staggering $52.52m earlier this year.
A portion of the auction proceeds from the F2001's sale will benefit the Keep Fighting Foundation, a charitable organisation created to honour Schumacher's legacy and continue his philanthropic work. Now 56 years old, Schumacher remains a defining figure in F1.
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