Which F1 Drivers have owned F40's

Here's some pics of Nigels car which I took during Ferrari Days at SPA in Belguim last summer!
BTW, I was told that this is the ONLY tan leatherd F40 in the world.
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Alboreto used to say that the F40 always needed to be treated with the utmost respect. Said from an F.1 driver...

Gerhard Berger drove an F40 around Fiorano faster than any road car had ever been driven before, and several seconds faster than Ferrari's own chief test driver Benuzzi! Berger's time at Fiorano was only beaten by the 360 Challenge Stradale, if I remember correctly. That was in 2004, 15 years after Berger's F40.

If you factor in the development in tire technology, brakes and traction control systems that are available to the 360CS, you could probably say that an "updated" F40 with ceramic brakes and P Zero Corsa tires could still outrun any modern car on the track... but only in the hands of an F.1 driver. What an amazing car.

 

Was it owned by the Connolly people at one point? I remember an F40 in a Car article about 11 years ago; it was a group test with an EB110 and XJ220, and the F40 had brown leather buckets.

 

Yes it was bergers 512m and alesi's f355that were stolen in monaco. I know lauda had the last 288 built.Its true alboreto had one too as did eddie cheever. Irvine had a 288 as well as a daytona(now sold).Francois delecour (world rally champ driver) wrote off his f40 and damaged his legs.Schumacher did have an f40 before he drove for ferrari while living in monaco which made way for a bugatti ss in yellow/blue. The car he won in a bet with montezemolo was a 456 for doing particularly well in a race....spain 96 i think.Thats all i know of off the top of my head.Oh wait button had a f355 while at williams before they made him get rid !Oh and heres one the 50's f1 world champ phil hill was involved in the development of the 288gto....don't know whether he owned one though.

 

Mika Salo drove an F355 before getting in the Ferrari seat, replacing the injured Schumacher. I believe he got a 550 from the factory, for letting Irvine take the win at Hockenheim (and subesquently doing mysterically bad at the following GP at Hockenheim).

 

This was for sale on Ebay : 360 Modena VIN ZFFYU51A1Y0119877 owned by JP Montoya.
Jurgen

 

i sure as hell wouldn't want to own a car owned by JPM!!!

 

Pics?

 

Stefan Johannson also owned a F40.
MS had also a F40 in his private collection - a few years ago.

 

Irvine also had a LHD boxer - it failed to reach its reserve at a Coys auction in London 5 or so years ago.

I recall a story that 273 288GTO's were built. Some time later Niki Lauda asked if he could have one - the factory went round the parts bins and built #274. Can anyone confirm this?

 

I believe Lauda's GTO was included in the total buildnumber of 273.

 

I've heard that this F40 is a part of a german collection now...

 

272 GTO were built, Lauda asked for another one and they built Nr. 273.

 

i wouldn't be suprized if Damon Hill has.... He has so many exotics that he has started this exotic rental business on the side, from his own home i think... He has the cars parked and maintained, and he always has a updated list of which cars are available based on what he'd prefer to use (i suppose for that week..?)

 

See
http://www.p1international.com/

 

exactly..

their grouping is quite strange... the CSL is in the same group as the M5, yet the Gallardo is in a different group from the 430...