The 2002 Car of Michael Schumacher That Took A Big Controversial Win Up For Auction

Needless to say that together with Ferrari, Michael Schumacher formed an indomitable pair in Formula 1. In the modern history of the sport, few drivers and teams were able to deliver such astounding results and with such dominant consistency as Michael Schumacher and Ferrari.

It is only now, several years since Michael Schumacher’s swansong that another team and driver have aligned forces with great results. The way Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton have been dominating the proceedings, more specifically from the onset of the turbo-powered era of F1, it’s unlikely that their superiority will be challenged (or bettered) anytime soon.

Lewis Hamilton is breaking records that the great Michael Schumacher had once set with a sense of unprecedentedness. Isn’t it? That said, do you recollect one of the most controversial wins of Michael Schumacher’s career?

The classicist; someone who was drawn to the sport (just as much as he’s today, as he was) back when race wins and car control was more in the hands of the driver and less on the car, would remember the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix.

This was a crazy race wherein hundreds of thousands hooked on to the picturesque Grand Prix venue felt that Barrichello deserved the win that he was eventually denied in Michael’s win.

The car that Michael Schumacher used to drive home a very dramatic win, it appears, is out for an auction. Here’s more on the developing story in the words of an online journal:

The Ferrari F2002 used by Schumacher in Austria that year — chassis No. 219 — also scored victories at Imola and Magny Cours and is now set to go under the hammer on Nov. 30. It will be among a number of cars up for auction at this year’s season finale in Abu Dhabi, including a 1990 Ferrari F40 signed by current Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel.

Sotheby’s, which happens to be one of the two leading auctioneers in the world, alongside Christie’s are going to take the car under the hammer. Here are more details about the impending event:

The RM Sotheby’s auction will take place in Formula One’s Paddock Club hospitality and the cars will be paraded down the start-finish straight and in the pit lane ahead of the auction.