In 2010 Michael Schumacher sensationally returned to Formula 1, after the first retirement announced at the end of 2006, as a driver of the new official Mercedes team. The seven-time German world champion found himself in the Circus alongside Nico Rosberg in a stable which then, with the advent of the hybrid era, turned out to be the absolute dominator. Schumi did not have spectacular results between 2010 and 2012, with only one podium conquered; for the first year he used one as his personal car C63 AMG station wagon awarded by Mercedes.
The car was sold on February 3 by Bonhams, as part of the Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris auction. The value assigned to the car was between 50 and 100 thousand euros, but the auction house had to settle for an officially registered sale at 27,600 euros. In short, a negative result for the seller, considering the name of the pilot who had climbed inside, albeit briefly.
The 2010 car, registered by Mercedes-Benz AG in Schlieren, Switzerland, is finished in black with a black leather interior, and with several options under its belt. If Schumacher had paid out of his own pocket, the additions fitted to the car would have cost a whopping 20,000 euros more than the list price. After its use, the car was passed on to a Swiss owner, who had driven most of the recorded kilometers between 2011 and 2015 before selling it to a Mercedes-Benz engineer in Germany. In 2018 it was sold again: from that year to today the guides have been carried out only during the summer months. The last revision passed in 2021 has formalized the share of 152 thousand kilometers traveled.
A curiosity: in the original list of car drivers, according to Bonhams reports, Michael Schumacher is registered as Schumacher, Mickael. The car was used by the German driver for a limited time, however, until July 28, 2010. Sometimes even a big name is not enough to attract buyers.
(image: Bonhams)
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