The F2003-GAthe ferrari With which Michael Schumacher won his sixth World Cup Formula 1has been bought by €14.87 million at an auction held by Sotheby’s in Switzerland. It thus becomes the most expensive single-seater in the history of modern F1.
This Scudería model is considered the most successful car in the history of the ‘Great Circus’. Ferrari introduced it in the fourth race of the 2003 season after a difficult start and became the reference single-seater. Of the 10 races that it competed with the chassis with which it has been sold (model 229), the Italians won seven of the ten grand prizes disputed (6 by Schumacher and 1 by Barrichello).
With him Michael Schumacher won that World Cup. In addition, the 2004 single-seater was also based on this model, the year in which Ferrari also took the championship with the German driver.
the car has been identified by the Ferrari brand itself as the original carwhich retains all its competition parts, which can work perfectly and has only traveled 240 more kilometers since its last official race.
The 14.87 million euros make it the most expensive modern Formula 1 in history, doubling the 7 million that Schumacher’s own Ferrari 2001 cost, but not of all time. The 1954 Mercedes W196 by Juan Manuel Fangio It is still the most expensive single-seater, as it was sold for 22.5 million euros.