Schumacher's 2001 Grand Prix-winning Ferrari Sold For £13.43m

The Ferrari driven to triumph by Formula One fable Michael Schumacher astatine nan 2001 Monaco Grand Prix has been sold for 15.98m euros (£13.43m) astatine auction.

He besides raced successful nan F2001 to triumph nan Hungarian Grand Prix and clinch nan 4th of his 7 world titles successful that year.

The car was sold by RM Sotheby's earlier qualifying for this year's Monaco Grand Prix and became nan astir costly car driven by nan German, 56, to beryllium sold astatine auction.

It was besides nan 4th astir costly F1 car ever sold - nan world grounds was group successful February erstwhile a Mercedes 'streamliner' raced by Sir Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio went for £42.75m.

Previously, nan astir paid for a car driven by Schumacher was nan £9.75m bid for his F2003 backmost successful 2002.

Ferrari will dream to emulate Schumacher's 2001 occurrence successful Monte Carlo pinch Charles Leclerc second, down McLaren's Lando Norris, connected nan grid for Sunday's race.