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Top Gear
27-05-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Schumi's 2001 Ferrari just sold for £13.4 million
Schumi's 2001 Ferrari just sold for £13.4 million Making it the most expensive Ferrari F1 car ever Skip 24 photos in the image carousel and continue reading Turn on Javascript to see all the available pictures. 1 / 24 For the second time in its life, Michael Schumacher's F2001 has become the most expensive Ferrari F1 car ever sold at auction, after going under the hammer for £13.4m big ones (or $18.2m slightly smaller ones) in Monaco this weekend. Rewind seven-and-a-half years and this exact chassis fetched about half that – $7.5m, or closer to $10m today – when it became the most expensive F1 car in history. Advertisement - Page continues below That title now belongs to the Mercedes W196 R, of course, having shifted for a frankly obscene £42.6m earlier this year. How the other half live, eh? The 3.0-litre V10-engined F2001 was the car with which Schumi clinched his second world championship for Ferrari (and fourth overall). He won nine grands prix that season, including Monaco, and so dominant was he that victory in Hungary sealed the deal… in August. With four races to spare. Overseen by RM Sotheby's, a donation will be made to the Keep Fighting Foundation – the charity set up after the tragic skiing accident that left Michael with severe brain injuries – from the proceeds of the sale. Advertisement - Page continues below Wonder how long it'll be before this thing is rolled out to break its own record again? Top Gear Newsletter Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox. Success Your Email*
The Sun
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Sun
Michael Schumacher's 2001 Monaco -winning Ferrari breaks record as it sells for whopping £13.4MILLION at auction
LEGENDARY racing driver Michael Schumacher's Monaco-winning Ferrari has sold for a staggering £13.4million. Schumi raced the F2001 to victory twice in 2001 - including the famous Monaco Grand Prix. 3 3 3 Chassis number 211 made its final appearance at the 2001 Hungarian Grand Prix where the racing legend qualified on pole position and took top step on the podium. The icon went on to win the title that year - his fourth of seven - with a records points haul ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello. The F2001's dominance also saw Ferrari take its 11th contructors' title. The historic motor was sold by RM Sotheby's for an eye-watering £13.43million. It marks the most expensive of Schumacher's Formula One cars to be sold at auction. The Ferrari F2001 was a cornerstone of Michael Schumacher and Ferrari's record-setting, multiple Formula 1 World Championship-winning pomp at the turn of the 21st Century," the car's listing reads. "Chassis 211 holds the remarkable distinction of being the only Ferrari aboard which the German won both the Monaco Grand Prix and Drivers' title in the same season, as the Scuderia clinched the 2001 Constructors' crown. "A two-time Grand Prix winner with a brace of World Championships to its name, chassis 211 is among the most significant of modern-day race cars." MICHAEL Schumacher's life was hanging by a thread 12 years ago as medics tried desperately to keep him alive after a tragic skiing crash that left him with horrific brain injuries. The F1 legend was given the best possible treatment as he was put into a medically induced coma, had his body temperature lowered and underwent hours of tricky operations on his brain. Formula One's Highest Earners Back in 2013, the retired seven-time world champion, and his then 14-year-old son set off on the Combe de Saulire ski run in the exclusive French resort of Meribel. Footage from his helmet camera revealed he was not travelling at excessive speed when his skis struck a rock hidden beneath the snow. He catapulted forward 11.5ft and crashed into a boulder head first that split his helmet into two and left him needing to be airlifted to hospital for two life-saving operations. At one point his family were told to brace themselves for the worst case scenario as the situation was much worse than originally believed. At the time, medics said Schumacher was likely to stay in an induced coma for at least 48 hours as his body and mind recovered. But the coma ended up lasting 250 days - more than eight months. After he woke up in June 2014, he was discharged from hospital and sent to his home in Lake Geneva to get further treatment. Since then his wife Corinna and his inner circle of friends have expertly avoided almost anything leaking out about his health status. Only small amounts of information have been released including reports that Schumacher was in a wheelchair but can react to things around him. In 2019, it was said that Schumacher was set to undergo breakthrough stem cell therapy in a bid to regenerate and rebuild his nervous system. Renowned France cardiologist Dr Philippe Menasche, who had operated on him previously, was set to carry out the treatment that would see cells from his heart go to his brain. Following the treatment at the Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris, he was said to be "conscious", although few other details were given about his state.
The Herald
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Herald
Michael Schumacher's Ferrari sets Formula One record at auction
Michael Schumacher's Ferrari Formula One car that won the 2001 Monaco and Hungarian grand prix races was sold for $18.17m (R324.24m) , according to RM Sotheby's. Selling ahead of qualifying in Monaco on Saturday, the F2001 car that the legendary German driver used en route to that year's world title became the most expensive F1 vehicle driven by Schumacher to be sold at auction. The $18.17m price tag topped the $13.2m (R235.55m) a bidder paid for Schumacher's 2003 Ferrari F2003 in 2022. It also became the fourth-most expensive F1 car ever sold. The world record sits at $52.52m (R937.22m) , which occurred earlier this year for a Mercedes W196 streamliner that was driven by Formula One legends Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss in the 1950s. Schumacher, now 56, drove the F2001 Ferrari in his fifth and final Monaco Grand Prix win, which he followed up with a victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The latter win clinched Schumacher's fourth F1 world title.
Malay Mail
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- Malay Mail
Schumacher's championship-winning Ferrari F2001 becomes one of most expensive F1 cars ever
ZURICH, May 25 — Michael Schumacher's Ferrari Formula One car that won the 2001 Monaco and Hungarian grand prix races was sold for US$18.17 million (RM76.9 million), according to RM Sotheby's. Selling ahead of qualifying in Monaco yesterday, the F2001 car that the legendary German driver used en route to that year's world title became the most expensive F1 vehicle driven by Schumacher to be sold at auction. The US$18.17 million price tag topped the US$13.2 million a bidder paid for Schumacher's 2003 Ferrari F2003 in 2022. It also became the fourth-most expensive F1 car ever sold. The world record sits at US$52.52 million, which occurred earlier this year for a Mercedes W196 streamliner that was driven by Formula One legends Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss in the 1950s. Schumacher, now 56, drove the F2001 Ferrari in his fifth and final Monaco Grand Prix win, which he followed up with a victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The latter win clinched Schumacher's fourth F1 world title. — Reuters-Field Level Media
Daily Mail
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Michael Schumacher's 2001 Monaco Grand Prix-winning Ferrari fetches £13.4MILLION at auction as it becomes his most expensive F1 car ever sold
The Ferrari driven by Michael Schumacher during his triumph in the 2001 Monaco Grand Prix has sold at auction. Sold by auction company RM Sotheby's, the F2001 fetched an eye-watering £13.43million (€15.98m) ahead of Monaco qualifying earlier this week. Schumacher drove the car during his victories at both Monaco and the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2001 en route to his fourth world championship. The sale marks the most expensive of Schumacher's Formula One cars to be sold at auction, eclipsing the £9.75m paid for his F2003 back in 2002. However, despite the hefty sale price, the sale remains just the fourth most expensive F1 car ever sold. The record was set earlier this year, when a silver Mercedes W196 R Stromlinienwagen driven by Argentine racing legend Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix sold for £42.75million. Schumacher would go on to capture a further three world championships before retiring from racing in 2012 following a brief return to the sport. His seven Formula One world championship victories stood as a record for more than a decade before it was matched by current Ferrari star Lewis Hamilton in 2020. The year after his retirement, Schumacher suffered a serious brain injury whilst skiing and was placed into a medically induced coma. Since the incident the 56-year-old has not appeared publicly and is cared for by a team of medical staff and his wife Corinna at their Lake Geneva home. Schumacher's family remain very protective of his privacy and it is understood that many of their close friends and relations are even unsure about the state of his health
