Niki Lauda F1 Ferrari

well, there's no racing, sooo ....

From Tom Hartley Jr:

"1975 312T chassis no. 023 boasts 6 x F1 Grand Prix Wins including Monaco, it’s the car that brought the F1 Drivers Championship back to Maranello and gave Niki Lauda his first Formula 1 Championship Title. It had wins in 1975 and 1976 (wins over two seasons in the same chassis is very rare), plus 2 further podiums and all with the great Niki Lauda.
You may recall we had chassis no. 022 last year which was also a great car and contributed to The Championship but to put in perspective, that car only had 1 x Grand Prix win, was also raced by Clay Regazzoni and that’s regarded today as one of the great cars of the era. There isn’t many Grand Prix Winning Ferrari 312’s in existence, Lauda winning cars are extremely rare and when you look at the chassis’s that won multiple races you can count on a few fingers and then there’s this car that won 6 x times and all of those wins in official Grand Prix’s.
Chassis no. 023 is regarded as ‘the daddy’ of Ferrari F1 Grand Prix cars and has been stored in a bonded warehouse for the last 30 years until now.
I’m feeling very proud! "

"The 1975 Monaco winner, the car that brought The Championship back to Maranello in 1975 and also won the first two Grand Prix's followed by a second place in that epic 1976 season before being retired due to a change in the technical regulations which meant the tall air boxes were banned. It was sold by Enzo Ferrari to his good friend Pierre Bardinon who later sold it to noted Ferrari collector Jaques Setton. Jacques stored it for the last 30 years in a warehouse in Switzerland, until recently being purchased by ourselves."

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Would anyone care to throw out a ballpark number on what he might have paid? over/under $5mil ?

 

022 sold at Gooding in August for $6 million US all-in.

 

alrighty then. Hartley's no. 023 also has Lauda and 6 wins. so more than $6 mil.

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/08/16/laudas-championship-winning-ferrari-312t-sells-at-monterey
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seems cheap compared to Steve McQueen's $14 mil 917.
https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2017/08/21/steve-mcqueens-porsche-917kk-sells

 

Far better looking than today’s mess....

 

One of the greats IMO.