You don’t have a fraction of the expertise that Michael Schumacher held in his left pinky finger, however when you’ve got sufficient cash you should purchase the automotive he used to win his ultimate races. Preventing tooth-and-nail with eventual champion Fernando Alonso in 2006, Schumi used this chassis as a device to win the San Marino, European, United States, French, and German Grands Prix.
The long-lasting 2006 Ferrar 248 F1 was Schumacher’s Scuderia swansong, and this actual chassis was the one he used to surpass Ayrton Senna’s all-time pole place report. This automotive marked the top of an period when Schumacher retired from his spot as king of the Tifosi. And now you, a no person who hasn’t ever gained something, have a possibility to bid on it.
You’re not simply shopping for a automotive, you’re shopping for an necessary piece of the game’s best dynasty.
I used to be not a Ferrari fan within the mid-2000s. For one factor I lived in Spain and received to see Fernando Alonso elevate the spirits of a complete nation together with his back-to-back ’05 and ’06 championships. For an additional factor, Schumacher had been profitable in purple overalls for therefore lengthy at that time I type of assumed you have been at the least just a little boring and a perhaps a bit evil for cheering them on. That mentioned, the Scuderia below the tutelage of Jean Todt, developed perhaps the most effective profitable technique in F1 historical past. They constructed the complete crew round Schumacher, utilizing his distinctive mix of expertise and ruthlessness, mixed with Phillip Morris cash, to virtually shut everybody else out of the game.
In response to the promoting public sale home, and Ferrari’s Classiche certification, this automotive retains all of its authentic “numbers matching” elements, together with engine quantity 056F-197 and gearbox 657-11. It’s doable that Ferrari’s FXX program would get this automotive working and driving for you once more in case you requested properly and gave them a clean test. However I can’t stress sufficient that you simply’ll by no means have the ability to ship a lap time on this automotive even near what Schumacher might. You aren’t him, and also you by no means will probably be. No amount of cash can get you an F1 win. In the event you want proof of that, simply have a look at Lance Stroll.
There’s no phrase on what this automotive is estimated to promote for, and it’s a non-public “sealed” sale, so the ultimate gavel quantity won’t ever be made public, however you possibly can guess it’s within the excessive seven figures, if not eight. I don’t have any delusions that I would have the ability to extract the sort of efficiency from this automotive that it deserves, and I do know I’ll by no means be like Mike. That’s why I’m not bidding. Good luck!
