Jody Scheckter’s F1-winning Ferrari up for auction
Jody Scheckter has amassed a range of fine racing machines over the years and 12 are set for auction by RM Sotheby’s in May.
The racer holds the record of being the only South African to win a Grand Prix and an F1 World Championship, and his 1979 title-winning Ferrari 312 T4 is the highlight of the collection to be auctioned at the Monaco auction on May 10-11. The full collection can be viewed online at https://shorturl.at/ajnCQ.
Some highlights include:
1979 FERRARI 312 T4
This model is Enzo Ferrari’s last Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship-winning car. Scheckter took it to three victories in 1979 — the Belgian, Monaco and Italian Grands Prix — en route to the title. It’s also Ferrari’s first full ground-effect Grand Prix car, powered by a 3.0l flat-12 engine. Scheckter bought it from Ferrari in November 1982 and it remains entirely original since leaving Maranello, and driven only by him.
Expected price: €5.25m
€6.5m
1973 MCLAREN M23
This is one of McLaren’s storied Formula 1 designs, achieving the marque’s first Constructors’ Championship in 1973. The same model scored Drivers’ Championships for Emerson Fittipaldi in 1974 and James Hunt in 1976.
Scheckter raced the car in two Grands Prix and it is eligible for historic racing events around the world including the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique.
€1.75m-€2.25m
1977 TYRRELL P34
Probably the most fascinating Formula 1 design of all time is the six-wheeler Tyrrell. Built when regulations were relaxed, the car used four specially manufactured 10-inch wheels at the front, with two ordinary-sized wheels at the back.
It could have influenced how the sport looks today, and though successful on its maiden season, it was uncompetitive in 1978 and F1 rules later stipulated that race cars have four wheels. This one was built using a spare chassis in 2000 and it’s eligible for historic racing events.
€450,000-€650,000
1977 WOLF WR1
Scheckter also raced for Wolf — an upstart team that gave the South African a second place in the 1977 Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship.
€450,000-€650,000