The Ferrari F2003-GA through which Michael Schumacher gained his sixth F1 driver’s title is the costliest single-seater ever after fetching an unimaginable $14,630,000 in an public sale by RM Sotheby’s.
This worth is nearly double the earlier document of $7,504,000 set again in 2017 by the Ferrari F2001 which was additionally pushed by the legendary Michael Schumacher. It’s also far past the unique estimates from RM Sotheby’s appraisers which anticipated it to promote for something between $7.5 and $9.5 million proper earlier than the November 9 public sale.
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As you’d count on from a $14,6 million car, the Ferrari F2003-GA has been maintained in pristine situation and is able to hit the monitor. The racecar was lately put by means of its paces by Mick Schumacher who was fortunate sufficient to drive one of the iconic single-seaters from his father’s illustrious profession.
The F1 single-seater with chassis quantity 229 was designed by Rory Byrne and Ross Brawn as an evolution of the F2002 which dominated the earlier season. The GA initials within the codename had been added to honor Fiat boss Gianni Agnelli who handed away that 12 months. The three.0-liter V10 engine which was rebuilt this 12 months from the Ferrari System 1 Clienti program produces as a lot as 917 hp (684 kW / 930 PS) and revs as much as 19,000 rpm.
So far as racing is anxious, whereas competitors for Schumacher was more durable than in earlier years, he managed to safe the 2003 championship within the final race of the season, ending 2 factors forward of runner-up Kimi Raikkonen. Schumacher was victorious in 5 Grand Prix races (Spain, Austria, Canada, Italy, and the US) and stepped onto the rostrum in one other two (Monaco, France).
