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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Scottish Sun
Ultra-rare 90s Ferrari hypercar owned by fashion icon goes on the market for eye-watering price
The fashion powerhouse is widely seen to have the most elite motor collection in the world FAST FASHION Ultra-rare 90s Ferrari hypercar owned by fashion icon goes on the market for eye-watering price Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) AN ULTRA-RARE 90s Ferrari hypercar owned by a fashion icon has gone on the market for an eye-watering price. For a whopping £5.9 million, you could be the next owner of a rare 1995 Ferrari F50. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 The rare 1995 Ferrari F50 is listed for auction for an eye-watering sum Credit: mediadrumimages 5 The motor is in immaculate condition Credit: mediadrumimages This F50, described as "one of the most truly special and unique F50s available" is one of just two US-specification F50s in Giallo Moderna. Images show the yellow hypercar with a contrasting Nero leather interior in immaculate condition. With fewer than 5,400 miles on the clock, the car was commissioned by fashion icon Ralph Lauren whose collection of motors is widely seen as one of the most elite in the world. The listing states the motor was "ordered new and retained for eight years" by the fashion powerhouse. The F50 produces 513 horsepower and sprints to 60 miles per hour in just 3.6 seconds, powered by a 4.7 litre naturally aspirated V12 engine. It also has a removable targa roof and is clothed in carbon fibre, Kevlar and Nomex honeycomb composite. The motor also retains its Ferrari Classiche Certification which confirms the originality of all its components. In addition, a new Red Book will accompany the sale. This follows the F50 receiving a fresh service at Ferrari of Central Florida which included a fuel bladder replacement, new tyres and renewed brake components. It's set to go on auction with RM Sothebys and will be sold with original documentation. Gordon Ramsay adds stunning £4m Ferrari to supercar collection leaving fans stunned This includes a "duplicato" warranty book, the owner's manual in its original leather folio and a Ferrari flashlight. The listing states: "It is very rare that Mr. Lauren has parted with a car once acquired, making the opportunity to purchase a vehicle with his provenance quite a rarity. 'The car is offered with fewer than 5,400 miles at the time of cataloguing and has just received a fresh service by Ferrari of Central Florida at the end of 2024, including replacement of the fuel bladder, tyres, and brake components. 'Further, the F50 also had its Ferrari Classiche Certification reviewed and renewed last year, with a new Red Book to be received by the time of sale and, of course, confirming that all components remain original and exactly as they should be in such a well-preserved, much-loved example. 5 The car was commissioned by a fashion powerhouse Credit: mediadrumimages 5 This F50 is only one of just two made to US specification in Giallo Moderna Credit: mediadrumimages 'In a world of low-mileage F50s, this car benefits from the sought-after US specification, as one of only two in this rarefied colour, and from a pristine, 'no-stories' history, beginning with Ralph Lauren and continuing with 22 years in the good hands of the present owners.' The F50 hasn't been shown in public or displayed since 2009. Just 349 production F50s were built and while every one is special, some are more special than others. Only 55 were made to US specification and of those, only two were finished in Giallo Modena. Another super rare Ferrari also went to auction recently, selling for a record price of £6.3 million. Its believed to be the oldest Ferrari in existence and was Enzo Ferrari's first car, designed to compete in circuit racing and drive on the road. It was also reported last month that another iconic Ferrari, with a top speed of 201 miles per hour, was to sell for £2.4 million.
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Automotive
- The Irish Sun
Ultra-rare 90s Ferrari hypercar owned by fashion icon goes on the market for eye-watering price
AN ULTRA-RARE 90s Ferrari hypercar owned by a fashion icon has gone on the market for an eye-watering price. For a whopping £5.9 million, you could be the next owner of a rare 1995 Ferrari F50. Advertisement 5 The rare 1995 Ferrari F50 is listed for auction for an eye-watering sum Credit: mediadrumimages 5 The motor is in immaculate condition Credit: mediadrumimages This F50, described as "one of the most truly special and unique F50s available" is one of just two US-specification F50s in Giallo Moderna. Images show the yellow hypercar with a contrasting Nero leather interior in immaculate condition. With fewer than 5,400 miles on the clock, the car was commissioned by fashion icon Ralph Lauren whose collection of motors is widely seen as one of the most elite in the world. The listing states the motor was "ordered new and retained for eight years" by the fashion powerhouse. Advertisement Read more Motors news The F50 produces 513 horsepower and sprints to 60 miles per hour in just 3.6 seconds, powered by a 4.7 litre naturally aspirated V12 engine. It also has a removable targa roof and is clothed in carbon fibre, Kevlar and Nomex honeycomb composite. The motor also retains its Ferrari Classiche Certification which confirms the originality of all its components. In addition, a new Red Book will accompany the sale. Advertisement Most read in Motors This follows the F50 receiving a fresh service at Ferrari of Central Florida which included a fuel bladder replacement, new tyres and renewed brake components. It's set to go on auction with RM Sothebys and will be sold with original documentation. Gordon Ramsay adds stunning £4m Ferrari to supercar collection leaving fans stunned This includes a "duplicato" warranty book, the owner's manual in its original leather folio and a Ferrari flashlight. The listing states: "It is very rare that Mr. Lauren has parted with a car once acquired, making the opportunity to purchase a vehicle with his provenance quite a rarity. Advertisement 'The car is offered with fewer than 5,400 miles at the time of cataloguing and has just received a fresh service by Ferrari of Central Florida at the end of 2024, including replacement of the fuel bladder, tyres, and brake components. 'Further, the F50 also had its Ferrari Classiche Certification reviewed and renewed last year, with a new Red Book to be received by the time of sale and, of course, confirming that all components remain original and exactly as they should be in such a well-preserved, much-loved example. 5 The car was commissioned by a fashion powerhouse Credit: mediadrumimages 5 This F50 is only one of just two made to US specification in Giallo Moderna Credit: mediadrumimages Advertisement 'In a world of low-mileage F50s, this car benefits from the sought-after US specification, as one of only two in this rarefied colour, and from a pristine, 'no-stories' history, beginning with Ralph Lauren and continuing with 22 years in the good hands of the present owners.' The F50 hasn't been shown in public or displayed since 2009. Just 349 production F50s were built and while every one is special, some are more special than others. Only 55 were made to US specification and of those, only two were finished in Giallo Modena. Advertisement Its believed to be the oldest Ferrari in existence and was Enzo Ferrari's first car, designed to compete in circuit racing and drive on the road. 5 The car comes is accompanied by a new "Red Book" Credit: mediadrumimages Advertisement
New York Times
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- New York Times
Close calls, congestion and rapid redesigns: SailGP is a new sport learning fast
The skipper of Australia's SailGP team looked back on a hectic day's racing at the Los Angeles event in March, wincing as he recalled an eye-wateringly close call with the French team. 'I just feel like we're flirting with disaster a little. So, maybe as an organization, we need to just take our foot off the gas pedal a little,' Australia skipper Tom Slingsby told The Athletic. Advertisement At one point in one of the fleet races — with 11 teams on a very tight, congested race track in very changeable wind conditions — Australia and France found themselves on a collision course with a combined closing speed of 74 miles per hour (120 kmh). Engaged in an involuntary high-speed joust, the two carbon fiber F50s avoided each other by less than a meter. Split-second reactions meant no one, and no equipment, came to harm. But as one of the elder statesmen of SailGP, not to mention the league's most successful driver with three championship victories from the first four seasons, Slingsby has the authority to speak and be heard. 'We don't want to have a serious crash and then say: 'Oh, let's change. Now we're gonna make the changes.'' Slingsby said he would like SailGP to be more pre-emptive in its approach. Responding to the Australian's concerns, a SailGP spokesperson told The Athletic it had 'AI-powered anti-crash technology', which warned teams of an impending crash. The sport also has the technology that allows teams to manage the highly complex F50s should an issue arise before, during or after a race, SailGP said. In some respects, SailGP finds itself a victim of its own rapidly growing success. The sport is just six years old and is having to adapt quickly to ever-changing circumstances. Slingsby's concerns about an over-congested race track are arguably a good problem to have. From just five teams in Season 1, the current Season 5 has 12 teams participating. Next season there will be two more. But we have only seen all 12 boats on the race track at the same time on the briefest of occasions this campaign, highlighting the problems that occur when a sport has no spare boats. We should have seen the full complement of 12 F50s launching out of the start together in Brazil. Except that didn't happen. The first weekend of May should have been Martine Grael's chance to shine as skipper of the Brazil team in front of her home crowd in Rio de Janeiro. SailGP was keenly looking forward to its first event in South America. But the event had to be cancelled at short notice after a defect was found in some of the fleet's wingsails, a decision SailGP CEO Russell Coutts did not take lightly. Advertisement 'Once we got to the bottom that we had an issue with the shear webs of the wing sails, then it was a no-brainer — there was only one thing to do and that was to fix it,' Coutts told The Athletic via email. The shear web laterally connects and provides significant additional strength to the outer skin of the wingsail. Coutts said the upgraded versions would be 'twice as strong as the old shear webs,' though a 'few kilograms heavier'. SailGP said the area of the wingsail that bore the most load during a race was being upgraded on all 12 F50s, while further wingsail upgrades were expected throughout the season. Asked why the wingsails appear to be more vulnerable now than in previous seasons, Coutts said: 'The boats are being raced hard now and they are probably being put under more load than what they were in Seasons 1, 2 and 3. So it's a logical progression to make this change now and be more comfortable with the wings in the future.' A SailGP athlete, who wished to remain anonymous to protect relationships, suggested the issue with the wingsails was a knock-on effect of the upgrade of the hydrofoil package — which lifts the F50s above the water — at the start of the year, increasing the speeds of the F50s. The new T-shaped foils replaced the L-shaped foils, which had been used since the championship's inception in 2019. 'Compared with the old (L-shaped) foils, the new T-foils give you a lot less lateral leeway,' the sailor told The Athletic. In other words, the T-foils are more grippy, leading to less sideways slippage. You could liken it to a racing car putting on a fatter, grippier set of tires that enable the car to corner more quickly without sliding off the race track. This also means more G-force for the sailors and the equipment to cope with. 'Less leeway (sideways slippage) is putting a higher loading on the spar (the wingsail),' said the sailor. 'So that's creating some of those torsional issues that I think the original design was not prepared for.' Advertisement It's an example of the age-old problem in engineering that as soon as you improve one element of a design, it simply shifts the problem onto the next weakest point in the system. So, after the Australian wing break, Coutts and his design and engineering teams were faced with little choice other than to go back to the drawing board and beef up the wingsails sufficiently to be ready for New York in early June. It was also the newness of these T-foils that caught Sehested off guard in that calamitous mark-rounding in L.A. The Danish skipper had not factored in the extra room he would need to allow for the T-foils, whose outboard tips protrude the same way beyond the side of the hulls. OUCH 😬 The moment @SailGPDEN hit a race mark, thankfully no injuries to report, but the team is ruled out of racing for day 1 of the #LosAngelesSGP — SailGP (@SailGP) March 15, 2025 That momentary misjudgment led to the Danes missing both events in California, and Sehested believes that his team's hopes of making the cut for the top three in this November's grand finale in Abu Dhabi are all but over for Season 5. One of the beautiful simplicities of SailGP is that all of the F50s are centrally provided and maintained by the organizers. But the disasters that have befallen Denmark and Australia at the two events in California also highlight the weaknesses in the centralized system. More hulls are under construction for new teams set to join SailGP for Season 6 — the fleet will increase to 14 next season — but in the meantime, the lack of spares continues to put the organizers and the race teams under pressure to preserve their gear and, after the Rio cancellation, to get the show back on track.
TimesLIVE
06-05-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Ferrari celebrates 30 years of F50 with scenic drive through Tuscany
Ferrari is marking three decades since the launch of the F50 — an undisputed poster car of a generation — with a special road event in Italy. Running from May 6 until May 10, the 2025 F50 Legacy Tour brings together owners of the V12 supercar for a scenic drive across Tuscany, finishing at the brand's headquarters in Maranello. The tour begins in Saturnia and follows routes through the Maremma region, the hills near Siena and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. Participants will get the chance to drive their F50s on some of central Italy's most renowned roads before gathering at the Ferrari factory for a showcase and parade on the Fiorano test circuit.
New York Times
10-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Rio SailGP race weekend cancelled after wingsail defect found in F50 catamarans
May's SailGP Championship event which was set to be held in Rio de Janeiro for the first time has been cancelled after a defect was found in some of the fleet's wingsails. Before the start of the final 11-boat race in San Francisco in March, Australia's wingsail — the rigid, vertical sail that powers the F50 catamarans used in the Championship — shattered into pieces in a moment team leader Tom Slingsby later called a 'scary situation'. Advertisement The testing and analysis that followed Australia's wingsail collapse found a problem which could 'potentially compromise the structural integrity of those wingsails,' said SailGP CEO Russell Coutts in a statement. Coutts said the safety of the athletes was the 'key priority' and added that he was confident all 12 teams would be ready to race in New York in June despite the 'big job ahead'. 'After thorough review, our engineers and technicians have discovered an issue with the bonding of the core material in the shear web of some of the wingsails,' the statement read. 'As such, we've made the prudent choice to suspend next month's event, giving us sufficient time to complete repairs and conduct any further investigations.' Wing failure onboard Australia 🤯 Happy to account for no injuries onboard, the cause of the incident is not yet known #SailGP — SailGP (@SailGP) March 23, 2025 The shear web laterally connects and provides significant additional strength to the outer skin of the wingsail. SailGP said ticket holders would be refunded in full in the coming days and rescheduling the event, which was set to take place on May 3 and 4, was under consideration. The competition will next head to New York for a weekend of racing on June 7 and 8. In the immediate aftermath of Australia's wingsail collapse, Slingsby said saving the boat was a 'big salvage operation'. 'When something like that happens, all you think about is hoping everyone is going to get through this. Fortunately, we're all safe. That's the first priority,' he said. The 12 national SailGP teams compete head-to-head in identical F50 catamarans. Propelling F50s above the water at high speed is potentially dangerous — when 'foiling' above the surface of the ocean the F50s are capable of speeds over 60mph (100 kilometers an hour) — which is why the sailors wear body armor and crash helmets and are permanently tethered to a retaining line on the boat to prevent them from falling overboard. To adapt to various weather conditions, the F50s are equipped with three different wing sizes — 18m (59ft), 24m, and 29m. The size of wing is decided by the race organizers and all teams must use the same ones. By Andrew Rice The key phrase in Russell Coutts' comments over the cancelation is 'the safety of our athletes is our key priority'. When you look at the split-second collapse of Australia's wingsail at the event in San Francisco, you can understand why the usually unflappable driver, Tom Slingsby, looked like he'd seen a ghost. Advertisement As lumps and shards of carbon fiber bulleted past him and the rest of the crew, Slingsby must have marvelled that everyone had avoided injury. And he must have been left wondering how much worse it could have been. The long gap between San Francisco and Rio has afforded the technicians the opportunity to take a proper look at all the wingsails. What was originally a routine health check has unearthed a much worse scenario. This is one example of the growing pains of a new sports league, which is having to sprint when it's only just learnt to run.
