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☆ A $443,500 Ferrari was stolen in Italy during a 1995 Grand Prix. 28 years later, police got it back.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

F1 driver Gerhard Berger's stolen Ferrari F512M was recovered after 28 years. Police believe the car was taken to Japan soon after it was stolen, and then shipped to the UK. AdvertisementA Ferrari stolen from Formula 1 legend Gerhard Berger nearly three decades ago has been recovered by British police. Berger was at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy, in April 1995 when his red Ferrari F512M, worth around $443,500, went missing. The 10-time Grand Prix winner witnessed the car being driven away and attempted to chase the thief but could not catch them, The London Evening Standard reported.

Persons: Gerhard Berger's, Ferrari F512M, —, Gerhard Berger, Berger Organizations: Police, UK's Met Police, Service, Formula, British, San Marino, San Marino Grand Prix, Evening, Business Locations: Japan, San Marino Grand, Imola, Italy

☆ Thieves Stole a Formula 1 Driver’s Ferrari. It Turned Up 28 Years Later.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As a driver on the glamorous, jet-setting Formula One circuit, naturally the Austrian Gerhard Berger drove some serious iron, even away from the track: a red Ferrari 512M Testarossa. So it was very likely with some dismay that he watched his car unexpectedly drive away with someone else behind the wheel. Berger jumped in the path of the car, according to reports at the time, but had to leap out of the way as it zoomed off. He then gamely gave chase in a friend’s Volkswagen Golf, which went about as well as you would have expected it to. The Ferrari was gone.

Persons: Austrian Gerhard Berger, Berger, gamely, Ferrari Organizations: Ferrari, San Marino, San Marino Grand Prix Locations: Austrian, San Marino Grand, Imola, Italy

☆ Verstappen goes for a record 10th win in a row
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Alan Baldwin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix from seventh on the starting grid last year with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc on pole but finishing second. Red Bull have won every race so far this season, 14 in a row including the 2022 finale in Abu Dhabi, and are again favourites at Monza's fast layout. Since Lewis Hamilton's fifth Italian GP win with Mercedes in 2018 no driver has managed a repeat victory in the former royal park outside Milan. Talk of a 'Monza jinx' may be premature but this is a season where straws are being clutched more desperately. For Gasly, who lives in Milan, it is effectively a home race and one with a special place in his heart.

Persons: Max Verstappen, Stephanie Lecocq, Max, Sergio Perez, Sebastian Vettel's, Red Bull, Verstappen, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, Austrian Gerhard Berger, Michele Alboreto, Enzo Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton's, Leclerc, Pierre Gasly, Daniel Ricciardo, Ricciardo, Fred Vasseur, Ferrari, Carlos Sainz, Aston Martin, McLaren, McLaren's Lando Norris, Frenchman, Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, Alan Baldwin, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Prix, Dutch Grand Prix REUTERS, Monza, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes, Zandvoort, Imola, Aston Martin's, Thomson Locations: Zandvoort, Netherlands, Abu Dhabi, Milan, Hamilton, Italian, Asia, Americas, Middle East, Monza, Italy, London

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