Ferrari Michael Schumacher put up for sale (11 photos)

The auction house Sotheby's put up a Formula 1 car for auction Michael Schumacher. The car that brought him his first title as Ferrari pilot. For a long career in Formula 1, the legendary driver won many races and won seven championship titles. The bulk success came during the period of performance for the Ferrari team.





The new auction lot was the Ferrari F1-2000, on which the German racer competed in 2000. Driving a car with chassis No. 198 Schumacher Sr. won the Brazilian Grand Prix, and also won pole positions at the Spanish Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix.

At the end of the season, Michael became the champion of Formula 1 for the third times, and the car remained in the factory collection of the Scuderia. A few years old car with 815-horsepower 3.0-liter naturally aspirated V10 and 7-speed sequential transmission was sold to an unnamed buyer.

Fully serviced and refurbished vehicle use as part of private track days of the Ferrari F1 factory program Clienti. The new owner of the Ferrari F1-2000 will be sought at a closed auction RM Sotheby's, which will be held from 3 to 12 April. Expected that the machine can bring the seller more than 10 million dollars.