We’ve featured a couple of very special cars that are coming up for auction over the last few days, but this Ferrari really is The One.
It is 1990’s Ferrari 641/2 fitted with a 685bhp, 3.5-litre V12, a seven-speed sequential gearbox and was driven by Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost. This specific car was Alain Prost’s and is the chassis he was using when Ayrton Senna took him out of the Suzuka Grand Prix to clinch the championship in typically controversial style. It was recently returned to Ferrari’s F1 Clienti team for a ‘no expense spared’ restoration, which included a new injection system, a new set of gears, a braking overhaul and dyno testing totalling 360 hours work and costing €110,000. It was given a check-over around Fiorano by Ferrari’s test drivers and ‘performed impeccably’. As RM Auctions has rightly pointed out, this car is a ‘unique piece of Grand Prix history’, driven in one of the hardest-fought championships ever as well as being involved in one of the most controversial racing incidents in the history of the sport. It’s expected to sell for €300,000 - €400,000 and it offered without a reserve. Check out the Suzuka incident here:
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