The Ferrari pushed to victory by Method One legend Michael Schumacher on the 2001 Monaco Grand Prix has been offered for 15.98m euros (£13.43m) at public sale.
He additionally raced within the F2001 to win the Hungarian Grand Prix and clinch the fourth of his seven world titles in that yr.
The automotive was offered by RM Sotheby’s earlier than qualifying for this yr’s Monaco Grand Prix and have become the most costly automotive pushed by the German, 56, to be offered at public sale.
It was additionally the fourth most costly F1 automotive ever offered – the world report was set in February when a Mercedes ‘streamliner’ raced by Sir Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio went for £42.75m.
Beforehand, essentially the most paid for a automotive pushed by Schumacher was the £9.75m bid for his F2003 again in 2002.
Ferrari will hope to emulate Schumacher’s 2001 success in Monte Carlo with Charles Leclerc second, behind McLaren’s Lando Norris, on the grid for Sunday’s race.
