Coys Auction - Légende et Passion
Espace Fontvielle
Monaco
On View:
Sunday 17th May 2009 12:00 - 19:00
Monday 18th May 2009 from 10:00
Sale:
Monday 18th May 2009
Collectors' Items 11:00
Motor Cars at 13:30
Chassis Number: 131
New for the 1989 season of Grand Prix racing was the introduction of 3.5 litre, normally aspirated, engines, ending the turbocharged era of Formula One. Initially, the change was one which seemed to go down well at Ferrari, with Nigel Mansell taking victory in the all-new, John Barnard-designed 640 on his and the car’s debut race for Ferrari, the Brazilian GP and opening round of that year’s World Championship. Developing a revolutionary semi-automatic transmission, however, hampered reliability and either Mansell or team mate Gerhard Berger from mounting an effective challenge. The following season the front-running 641, upgraded after the first two races to 641/2 specification, replaced the 640, and Alain Prost joined Ferrari, whose results would overshadow thos