Michael Schumacher's first Grand Prix-winning car is going up for sale and expected to fetch over $10,000,000
Published on Jan 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM (UTC+4)
by Molly Davidson
Last updated on Jan 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM (UTC+4)
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Molly Davidson
Michael Schumacher’s career is usually told in championships.
Seven titles, 91 wins, and total world domination.
But none of that exists without one earlier moment.
And it didn’t happen in a Ferrari.
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The car that turned Michael Schumacher from rookie to race winner
Before Spa in 1992, Michael Schumacher was still being sized up.
He was 23 years old, had started just 16 Grands Prix, and was sharing the grid with Ayrton Senna at full force and Nigel Mansell on his way to a title.
The speed was there, but Formula One doesn’t anoint careers on promise alone.
Spa was the weekend that changed that.
That car was the 1992 Benetton B192, chassis 05, and that win was the moment the paddock recalibrated.
Spa would become Schumacher’s circuit – six wins in total, later named his favorite – but this was the first.
The one that turned raw promise into certainty.
Chassis 05 wasn’t a one-off either.
Schumacher raced it across multiple rounds that season, including a second-place finish in Canada.
But Belgium is where it crossed the line into history.
It also marked the end of an era.
The B192 is the last Formula One race winner to use a traditional H-pattern manual gearbox.
Paddle shifts were coming and driver feel was about to be replaced by software.
This car sits right on that edge.
Now that Benetton is up for sale
For the first time ever, Schumacher’s maiden Grand Prix-winning car is being offered publicly.
The sale is being handled by Broad Arrow Auctions as part of its Global Icons: Europe online auction, running January 23-30.
The estimate sits north of €8.5 million.
That’s about $10.2 million.
And that figure isn’t about championships, it’s about origin.
This is where the Schumacher machine began – with Rory Byrne’s design, Ross Brawn’s engineering influence, and the foundation of a partnership that would later dominate Formula One at Ferrari.
The car has been fully restored to running condition, meaning it’s not a static museum piece.
It could still be fired up, demonstrated, and driven as intended.
Schumacher’s later Ferraris will always command bigger headlines, but collectors understand something simple: peak moments are impressive, beginning moments are priceless.
This Benetton isn’t the biggest chapter of Schumacher’s story, but it is the first.
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Molly Davidson is a Junior Content Writer at Supercar Blondie. Based in Melbourne, she holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Arts/Law from Swinburne University and a Master’s of Writing and Publishing from RMIT. Molly has contributed to a range of magazines and journals, developing a strong interest in lifestyle and car news content. When she’s not writing, she’s spending quality time with her rescue English staffy, Boof.
