The Making of a Legend – The F1-2000 which took Schumacher to One Win and Two Pole Positions in his Inaugural World Championship Season with Ferrari

TO BE SOLD VIA SOTHEBY’S SEALED AND DISPLAYED IN HONG KONG DURING SOTHEBY’S 50th ANNIVERSARY SALE IN THE COUNTRY

• Campaigned by Ferrari legend Michael Schumacher in his first Ferrari World Championship-winning season and Ferrari’s 2000 Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship
• Driven to victory by Schumacher at the Brazilian Grand Prix and to pole positions at the Monaco and Spanish Grand Prix
• Driven to 5th overall at the Spanish Grand Prix
• This chassis was a critical contributor to Ferrari’s first Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship in 21 years
• Highly eligible example for Ferrari’s Corse Clienti program
• The car will be on display at a Sotheby’s muti-category anniversary sale at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 1-6 April
• To be sold via a Sotheby’s Sealed auction from 3 to 12 April

LONDON, ENGLAND – March 20, 2023 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – RM Sotheby’s is delighted to announce the upcoming sale of a highly significant, ex-Michael Schumacher 2000 Ferrari F1-2000 car, which will be sold through a Sotheby’s Sealed auction from 3-12 April. The car will be on display from 1 to 6 April alongside a multi-category sale in Hong Kong to celebrate 50 years of Sotheby’s in Asia.

Sotheby’s Sealed: Schumacher – The Making of a Legend

There are few achievements in Formula 1more legendary than Michael Schumacher’s six championships with Maranello; a partnership that witnessed an unprecedented period of dominance that paired the sport’s most historic team with a driver who rates as one of the greatest of all time. The dawn of the new millennium was Schumacher’s fifth season with Ferrari, but it was the season which saw the Maranello team provide the great German driver with his first Championship-winning car as a Ferrari driver—the legendary F1-2000.

Chassis 198 was initially used as the team’s spare car but was driven to great effect by Michael Schumacher on three occasions. During qualifying at Interlagos for the Brazilian Grand Prix, Schumacher damaged his racecar and switched to chassis 198. Having qualified third on the grid, the race saw Schumacher overhaul Mika Häkkinen for the lead and ultimately onto an easy victory—his second win from the start of the season. Schumacher once again found himself behind the wheel of chassis 198 at the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya. Chassis 198 was called up again at the Circuit de Catalunya for the Spanish Grand Prix on 7 May. Demonstrating…