In the world of Formula 1, no one will probably even ever come close to matching the legacy and stardom of Michael Schumacher. The 7x champion wrote history with the Scuderia as he achieved 5-successive world championships with Ferrari. But its not the fact that the German took Ferrari to those heights after the torrid spell the Maranello-based team endured that marks him as the greatest driver this sport has seen. It is the sheer force of man and machine in perfect sync that enunciated the dominant days of the Schumacher-Ferrari alliance.

Naturally, owing to this, any car that Schumacher drove during his heydays with the prancing horse is an exquisite piece of racing memorabilia that only a select few have the privilege of owning. And even after a decade of inactivity in the sport, you can bet that it is Michael Schumacher once again destroying the record books.

Record book to be re-written for Michael Schumacher memorabilia

On the 16th of August in Monterrey, California, Michael Schumacher’s F2001B will be sold at an auction under the auspices of RM Sotheby’s. But the facts and figures behind this iconic racecar can only be measured against the current record-holder in this regard, and it’s none other than Michael Schumacher’s F2003-GA that was sold 9 months ago!

According to MARCA.com, “Predicting a price is complicated when everything will be subject to the whims that any billionaire with ‘incontinence’ may have when it comes to bidding. But last year the Ferrari F2003GA (chassis 229) with which Schumacher won five victories and won his sixth driver’s title was auctioned for a dizzying figure: almost 15 million euros [$16,500,000 approx.].” [translated via Google]

The F2001B isn’t really the F12001 or the F2002, right? But its legacy is as rich as any of the cars Schumacher drove on his journey to becoming the undisputed GOAT of this sport.

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The history behind the F2001B

While the F2001B might not have been the car that Schumacher drove for the majority of the 2002 Formula 1 season as he equaled the great Juan Manuel Fangio’s seemingly untouchable 5x championship tally, it did have a major role to play in it as it featured in the opening races of that season.

MARCA.com reported, “For the third race of the year, in Brazil, Ferrari had already managed to correct the problems of the new F2002 and the F2001B did not race again, although it still took that appointment in case its drivers had an accident and needed it. But there was the success of having participated in two races in 2002 and having achieved a podium in both.”

Will the F2001B break the previous record set by the F2003-GA?

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