A race go well with worn by the legendary Michael Schumacher on the 2000 Hungarian Grand Prix has bought for €95,650 in a web-based public sale staged by Bonhams Vehicles in partnership with The Schumacher Lounge.
The lot closed on 19 September as a part of The Schumacher Lounge On-line Public sale, which ran from 29 August by way of 19 September.
The Ferrari overalls, completed within the crew’s signature pink with interval sponsors, together with the long-lasting Marlboro brand, carry the German’s signature on the chest. And so they’re race-worn, with the public sale home confirming that they have been used for the Hungarian Grand Prix on the Hungaroring, the place Schumacher began from pole place however completed second behind the defending champion Mika Hakkinen.
This race moved Hakkinen to the highest of the drivers’ standings with simply 5 races left within the season. However Schumacher was shut behind, along with his Ferrari firmly in competition, and, by the penultimate race of the yr in Japan, he received the championship – his first with the Scuderia and the primary of 5 with the crew.
This public sale is one more instance of a powerful outcome from interval Schumacher memorabilia, with the identical public sale additionally promoting a 1995 Benetton go well with and a signed 2003 Ferrari duplicate helmet for €61,360 and €11,520, respectively. Fortuitously, a proportion of those gross sales is benefiting the Maintain Preventing Basis, established by the Schumacher household in 2017.
Picture by: Bonhams Vehicles
Wealthy Soddy, founding father of the Driver Lounge, stated the next after the occasion: “Our partnership with Bonhams got here to life superbly on the sold-out Schumacher Lounge in Monza and thru the net public sale that adopted.
“We’re delighted to see so many of those particular objects discover new properties whereas elevating funds for the Maintain Preventing Basis.
“We thank all of the bidders for his or her assist and sit up for bringing Driver Lounge again at a future Grand Prix.”
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