"Invincible" car by Michael Schumacher: Ferrari auctioned off for millions

Created: 08/24/2022, 14:43

By: Alexander Kaindl

Michael Schumacher (centre) won the 1998 Italian Grand Prix ahead of teammate Eddie Irvine (left) and brother Ralf Schumacher.

It was the fourth race with chassis 187 - and the fourth victory.

© Motorsport Images / Imago

A legendary Ferrari owned by Formula 1 icon Michael Schumacher was auctioned - for a steep price.

Schumi has won every race with the 187 chassis.

Monterey - The myth of Michael Schumacher lives on - even if the Formula 1 legend himself no longer appears in public.

The seven-time world champion was seriously injured in a skiing accident in winter 2013, and since then there has been little news about his health.

Only this much is known: old friends and companions like Jean Todt visit Schumi again and again, even watch Formula 1 races with him.

It is quite possible that the former Ferrari team boss and his protégé are not only following Michael's son Mick Schumacher, who is now completing his second premier class season.

Maybe the two will watch racing highlights from the past, when Schumi himself was still in the cockpit.

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The now 53-year-old shaped an era at the turn of the millennium, winning five world titles in a row in a Ferrari from 2000 to 2004.

Previously, the Scuderia didn't want to be enough for a world championship - Schumacher switched from Benetton to the Italians in 1996 as a two-time champion.

The big successes should not follow until 2000.

Before the long Ferrari streak, Schumacher was already close to the Formula 1 crown in 1998, but in the end the Kerpener had to admit defeat to Mika Häkkinen.

Nevertheless, this season was remembered because: Schumacher wrote history in his legendary F300.

Michael Schumacher in his F300 with chassis 187. © agefotostock / Imago

"Invincible" car by Michael Schumacher: Ferrari auctioned off for millions

With the chassis 187 he drove four races this season and won four times - in Canada, France, England and Italy.

This car has now been auctioned: For a whopping 6.22 million US dollars!

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As announced by RM Sotheby's, a bidder from Monterey, California won the prestigious car.

According to the auction house, it is the most successful and only undefeated Ferrari chassis in Formula 1 history to have been used in at least three races.

At the end of 1999, the previous owner bought it directly from Ferrari.

So now Michael Schumacher's "Invincible" car has a new owner.

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