The Ferrari F300 car that Michael Schumacher raced in Formula 1 in 1998 was sold at an auction in California for $6.2 million.

Michael SchumacherPhoto: dpa picture alliance / Alamy / Alamy / Profimedia

The car’s pre-auction estimate on rmsothebys.com was $6 million to $8 million.

Schumacher won the Canadian Grand Prix, the French Grand Prix, the British Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix with this car.

The star of the auction was another car – a 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Spider driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Carroll Shelby. The car was sold for $22,005,000, writes News.ro.