Schumacher’s F1 Car He Raced to His First Ever Podium Finish to Be Auctioned

It was his eight race, but the young future champ was driving his first of a long line of Formula 1 successes. Qualifying third fastest of the 30 entries, he tore round to score his first ever Formula One “podium” finish. The car going on auction comes with the same specification to this historic race.

However, it was not only Schumy to race this car. In fact, according to Bonhams, the Benetton-Ford single-seater provided landmark performances in the career of three other great drivers who campaigned it in the early 1990s.

Driven by the best

“Chassis 6 is highly respected as the Benetton that took Schumacher to his first podium position. But, that’s not where the story ends, for this was also the car that took three-time Formula One World Champion Driver, Brazil’s Nelson Piquet, through his last Grand Prix on the beautiful Adelaide street and parkland circuit in the 1991 season,” James Knight, Bonhams International Head of Motoring explained. It was also driven by Formula One TV commentator and pundit Martin Brundle, with whom he finished eight in the South Africa Grand Prix of 1992.

The F1 collectable is in full working order and thus enables the new owner the opportunity to actually drive it or even race it on the track. The single-seater is to be offered as part of Bonhams Bond Street Sale, due November 30th, with a pre-sale auction estimate of £240,000-300,000 ($380,000-475,000). Feel free to take a closer look in the Photo Gallery or on the car's specs listed on the website.