Minardi Auction

If anyone is interested.......

http://www.bachellp.com/A51673K_LINK.asp

 

Whoa, Imperial83, this one is for you!



....and before you go lashing out at the Minardi team, read what they offer: Stuff from your most beloved driver!

 

Cool, thanks for the heads up! I will see what I can afford, but I doubt it will be anything

Why does Minardi have so much non-Minardi stuff? Like the Benetton headers, BAR F1 cars, Tyrell, Arrows parts, etc?

 

Good question. I read an article about the auction and it showed Stoddart's collection, which is worth being displayed in a museum. I guess he was always somewhat of a collector and also he bought up other teams leftovers (e.g. Arrows) for peanuts.

 

I wonder how much money they will make and where will it all go?

 

Into the pot that funds the Minardi 2006 season.

 

What a great collection of stuff. I'd love one of the Arrows cars. How about we pool our resources?

 

Naaah the Tyrel one

 

It felt from others trucks ?

 

Hmm, I find it odd that he would sell this much stuff from his personal collection for reasons other then future financial requirements in F1. I think it would be cool to have the 1999 BAR 555 car, but I doubt I could buy it unless there was no reserve and I was the only bidder.

What kind of stuff do you think could be had for maybe $4-600? I think a nose piece would be a cool thing to have.

 

Possibly. But then again for that amount of $$$ you can buy some authentic Ferrari F1 stuff at the gift shop opposite to the factory.

 

There are also numerous pit crew suits - I purchased one last time around and find it great for go-karting and track days.

 

Is there a place where the results of the last auction ( within the last year )can be seen ?

 

The auction is going on as I speak, but here are the results for the cars and engines. So far it's been the cars/engines for Day 1 and the rest has been clothing. Unfortunately, I wasn't awake at 5:30 EST to see how much the race suits were going for. Tomorrow, more cars will be auctioned off.

Here's the link for the car/engine lot number descriptions: http://www.bachellp.com/plantandmachinery2005A51673KMinardiProvCatDay1Vehicles.asp

Prices in USD.

5000 - $90k
5001 - $72k
5002 - $54k
5003 - $90k
5004 - $142,200 (said the engine alone was $130k)
5005 - $130,500 (said the engine was $125k)
5006 - $45k
5007 - $54,360
5008 - $72,000
5009 - $55,800
5010 - $108,000
5011 - $64,800
5012 - $35,100

Engines:

5013 - $22,500
5014 - $36,000
5015 - $27,500
5016 - $36,000
5017 - $9,900

The last lot was a show engine and was auctioned by Robert Doornbos. Paul Stoddart did the car auctioning.

 

THE BARKING AUSSIE DINGO is leaving F1!

The best thing to happen to F1 in 2005.

I do not care if the DINGO wants to auction off his soul. Good riddance.