A Piece of Motor Racing History

Girls are you looking for a Christmas gift for the man in your life that is little bit different. Well for around £2 million you could buy him a second hand car. The car in question is a Benetton B194 1994 Formula One race car.

If that does not mean very much to you let me explain: this is the actual car that Michael Schumacher was driving when he had a collision with Damon Hill and his Williams-Renault. The result was that both drivers had to retire the race and Michael Schumacher could use his one point advantage to be the 1994 F1-Driver’s Champion.

The engine was overhauled by Langford Performance Engineering / Wellingborough (UK) and there are a lot of spare parts with the car. The will also acquire boxes of brake, suspension, gear and axle parts. Also the complete starter equipment is with the car, including the pre-heat unit and the hydraulic charging unit. Even with the car are two sets of wheels (the mounted for raining condition and a set of slicks), front and rear wing and a laptop with software for configuration of the race car.

Although the sale is one the German eBay site www.eBay.de the car itself is currently in Toronto. If you want to make a bid go to
http://cgi.ebay.de/1994-Benetton-Formel-1-Rennwagen-B194W0QQitemZ150386832229QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobile?hash=item2303c0f365#ht_1410wt_1167.

It may not be the thing for doing the shopping with but it would make a great gift for someone.