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 automobile he used to win his ultimate races. Preventing tooth-and-nail with eventual champion Fernando Alonso in 2006, Schumi used this chassis as a software 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 automobile marked the top of an period when Schumacher retired from his spot as king of the Tifosi. And now you, a no one who hasn’t ever gained something, have a chance to bid on it.
You’re not simply shopping for a automobile, you’re shopping for an essential 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 bought to see Fernando Alonso raise the spirits of a complete nation together with his back-to-back ’05 and ’06 championships. For an additional factor, Schumacher had been successful in crimson overalls for therefore lengthy at that time I kind of assumed you had been no less than a little bit boring and a perhaps a bit evil for cheering them on. That stated, the Scuderia underneath the tutelage of Jean Todt, developed perhaps the perfect successful technique in F1 historical past. They constructed your entire staff 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 automobile retains all of its unique “numbers matching” parts, together with engine quantity 056F-197 and gearbox 657-11. It’s doable that Ferrari’s FXX program would get this automobile operating and driving for you once more when you requested properly and gave them a clean verify. However I can’t stress sufficient that you simply’ll by no means be capable to ship a lap time on this automobile even near what Schumacher might. You aren’t him, and also you by no means might be. No sum of money can get you an F1 win. If you happen to want proof of that, simply take a look at Lance Stroll.
There’s no phrase on what this automobile 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 may guess it’s within the excessive seven figures, if not eight. I don’t have any delusions that I would be capable to extract the form of efficiency from this automobile that it deserves, and I do know I’ll by no means be like Mike. That’s why I’m not bidding. Good luck!