Michael Schumacher Ferrari fetches record £13.43m at auction

Michael Schumacher drove the chassis to glory at the 2001 Monaco Grand Prix.

The Ferrari that Michael Schumacher drove to his fourth World Championship has sold for almost 16 million euros, making it the most expensive car ever driven by the German.

The chassis 211 Ferrari F2001 went under the hammer in Monaco by RM Sotheby’s and became the fourth most expensive F1 car ever sold.

Michael Schumacher Monaco-winning Ferrari nets high price

Schumacher piloted the chassis to victory at the 2001 Monaco Grand Prix and Hungarian Grand Prix but it was the win in Monte Carlo that made it the desire of car collectors.

With the previous record for a Schumacher car at £9.75m for his F2003, that figure was blown out of the water with the winner paying £13.43m (15.98m euros) this past weekend.

Despite that lofty figure, it still has some way to go to match the all-time record for an F1 car which is the £42.75m paid for a 954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen driven by Sir Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio.

Number two and three on the list are also Mercedes with the 1954 W196R selling for £19.6m in 2013 and the 2013 W04 selling for £15.1m in 2023.