The 1992 Benetton B192 F1 automobile wherein Michael Schumacher gained his first Grand Prix victory shall be put up for public sale for the primary time.
The German F1 legend made his Grand Prix debut with the Jordan crew on the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, earlier than signing with Benetton to see him out for the rest of the marketing campaign.
Schumacher stayed with Benetton till the top of the 1995 season, successful world titles in that yr and 1994, earlier than transferring to Ferrari for the 1996 season.
Benetton Schumacher first raced within the B191, which he drove from the 1991 Italian Grand Prix to the 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix.
With this automobile, the crew achieved two podiums at the beginning of the 1992 marketing campaign earlier than introducing the B192 from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards.
Schumacher took his first win at Spa, virtually precisely a yr after his debut with Jordan on the similar venue.
That very automobile, chassis quantity B192-05, is presently up for public sale at Broad Arrows.
Designed by Rory Byrne, the Challenger was powered by a Ford engine and was the final automobile in F1 historical past to win a Grand Prix with a handbook transmission.
B192-05 carries an estimated price ticket of 8.5 million euros and has by no means been bought to the general public.
The 1992 Belgian Grand Prix was the primary of 91 F1 victories for Schumacher, maybe his biggest profession of all time.
After successful two titles with Benetton, Schumacher moved to Ferrari, the place he would finally embark on one of the dominant durations in F1 historical past.
He gained his third world title in 2000, the primary of 4 consecutive Scuderia titles.
His 91st and final F1 victory got here on the 2006 Chinese language Grand Prix, and Schumacher retired on the finish of the identical yr.
Nonetheless, he returned to F1 with Mercedes in 2010, however was not as profitable as his first stint within the collection.
He solely completed on the rostrum as soon as in his three years with the Silver Arrows, retiring for good on the finish of the 2012 marketing campaign.
Schumacher tragically suffered extreme head accidents in a snowboarding accident in late December 2013.
