Five Wins, Three Poll Positions, Two Further Podiums: Sotheby’s to Offer the Finest Schumacher F2003-GA in Geneva Luxury Week Sale

• The most historically important Ferrari F2003-GA, and amongst the most victorious of all the Schumacher Ferrari F1 cars, chassis #229 to be offered by Sotheby’s, in partnership with RM Sotheby’s, at its Luxury Week sale in Geneva on 9 November
• Boasting an incredible competition record, the chassis is the most successful F2003-GA Grand Prix car ever built, and which played a core role in securing Michael Schumacher his sixth World Championship title
• Overhauled in 2022 by the Ferrari Formula 1 Clienti and ready to be driven
• Watch the incredible film featuring Mick Schumacher ‘here’

LONDON, ENGLAND – October 4, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – RM Sotheby’s is delighted to announce the sale of one of the most significant, ex-Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F1 cars, set to be sold at Sotheby’s Luxury Week in Geneva on 9 November.

The 2003 F2003-GA, proudly featuring the GA initials to honour the recently passed Fiat boss, Gianni Agnelli, was a revised version of the previous season’s F2002. Designed by Rory Byrne and Ross Brawn, the F2003-GA featured new developments including a longer wheelbase to improve aerodynamics. Boasting one of the final V-10s featured in Formula One, the car produces 930-bhp and a rev limit of an astonishing 19,000 rpm.

During Schumacher’s title-winning 2003 Formula One season, he secured a remarkable five victories in chassis #229, including the Grand Prix in Spain, Austria, Canada, Italy, and the United States. Furthermore, the car secured three pole positions, three fastest laps, and a further two podium finishes in Monaco and France. This astonishing race record made chassis #229 instrumental in securing the sixth World Championship for Michael Schumacher, which at that time surpassed Fangio’s 46-year record, as well as gifting Ferrari its fifth consecutive constructor’s title. 

Peter Wallman, Chairman, EMEA, says: “RM Sotheby’s has a well-earned reputation for selling some of the finest competition cars in existence and we have an unrivalled track record in bringing the most important Formula One cars to auction. It is an honour to offer what ranks as one of the most important of all of Schumacher’s cars, if not one of the most significant Formula One cars of the past 25 years. It is fitting that such a car should be offered within a Sotheby’s sale, where discerning collectors active in the worlds of luxury, sports memorabilia, automotive, motorsport, and art, can take advantage of this…