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2009 Brawn GP 001 is up for auction

Brawn GP is not a famous Formula 1 team, but it is an interesting one. The team was founded in 2009 by management led by Ross Brawn from the Honda Racing F1 team, after the Japanese team withdrew at the end of the 2008 season. It competed in just one season, and the car driven by Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello, the 2009 Brawn GP 001, is up for auction.

In its short history, Brawn GP has achieved a truly remarkable result. At the end of the 2009 season, Jenson Button won the championship, while the team won the constructors’ title. This is the first of just three chassis from the Formula 1 ‘Cinderella Story’ team, and after the season it was gifted to Jenson Button.

After Honda decided to leave Formula 1, Ross Brawn did not want to shut down the team, so he reached an agreement with Mercedes, who supplied the team with engines, and decided to continue competing under a new name. In its only season, the team achieved 8 wins, 15 podiums, 5 pole positions, 4 fastest laps and 172 points.

Brawn GP 001 is powered by a Mercedes-Benz FO 108W naturally aspirated 2.4-L V8 engine delivering 750 hp @ 18,000 rpm, mated to a semi-automatic sequential transmission.

The auction will take place on May 3, 2025 at the Miami International Autodrome.

Source: Bonhams

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2013 Lotus E21 is up for auction

Formula 1 cars don’t come up for auction very often, especially those driven by world champions, and one such car is up for sale. It’s a 2013 Lotus E21 driven by Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean, with an estimated value of €350,000 – €450,000.

In his 19-year Formula 1 career, Kimi Raikkonen has achieved 21 wins and 103 podiums, driving for 5 teams (Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, Alfa Romeo), but only one championship title. One of the cars he drove in the 2013 season is this Lotus E21, and what’s interesting about this car is that it didn’t achieve a single win.

The car was contested at five Grands Prix in the hands of Kimi Räikkönen, and a further seven with Romain Grosjean, achieving three 2nd places (Germany, Hungary, and United States) and three 3rd places (South Korea, Japan, and India). It is offered in static, non-running condition on behalf of BWT Alpine F1 Team, and it is not known if the original 2.4-liter V-8 Renault RS27-2013 engine with 750 hp at 18,000 rpm is still in the car.

This Lotus E21 has its original livery and will be auctioned on February 5, 2025 in Paris.

Source: RM Sotheby’s

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2006 Ferrari 248 F1 driven by Michael Schumacher is up for sale

One of the best Formula 1 drivers ever, Michael Schumacher, does not appear in public after the accident, and there is little information that reveals anything about his condition. He retired in 2006 from the sport, although he later made a brief return with Mercedes from 2010 to 2012. Now, one of the last cars he drove in his final season, the 2006 Ferrari 248 F1, is up for auction.

This 248 F1 is one of the eight cars that Ferrari produced for the 2006 season. It was used for the first time at the Imola Circuit, and with this car Schumacher won pole position and achieved his first of a total of five that season (San Marino, European, United States, French, and German Grands Prix) and three other places (Spain, Great Britain and Canada). After the Hungarian Grand Prix, the car was retired.

It is powered by a new 90-degree Type-056 2.4-liter V8 engine with around 730 hp (537 kW) mated to a seven-speed gearbox. It was the first V8 unit to power a Ferrari Grand Prix car since the Championship-winning 158 of 1964.

The car was bought from Ferrari by a private collector in December 2007 and remains in his collection to this day. It is in excellent condition and comes with a Ferrari Classiche certificate and was exhibited at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles in 2017 as part of the “Seeing Red: 70 years of Ferrari” exhibition. It was also used in several private tests on the Fiorano circuit.

This unquestionably one of the most successful Michael Schumacher-raced Ferraris of all-time, will be offered at an auction that will take place on Thursday, November 14, 2024.

Source: RM Sotheby’s

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2006 Ferrari 248 F1 driven by Michael Schumacher is up for sale