#05R for sale!

[Peloton25]

Dirk de Jager's pics are up now on Supercars.net:

http://www.supercars.net/gallery/119513/2452/1.html

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[Davidoff41]

Just a quick news.05R sells has been cancelled.

[Peloton25]

A shame for all involved that they couldn't come to an agreement. I personally think that the €1.8M bid was pretty strong money for this particular car.

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[Davidoff41]

My little finger told me that the minimum price was bettween 2.4 and 2.7 million €

[Peloton25]

Well up to this point there's certainly been no precedent for that kind of value with a GTR. Recent sales of #16R and #13R didn't come close to those amounts as far as I know. I don't see this particular one having the qualities that could command such a price either, at least not now. If there was a buyer for that car at those prices then I'm sure this effort to sell the car through Artcurial would have found them. Of course in an auction scenario you'll usually need more than one eager bidder to drive the price up.

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ER

[BMW.WilliamsF1Team]

^^What did 13R and 16R go for most recently?

[Sami Aaltonen]

Sorry off Topic; I got some inspiration from Erik's singature;
have you seen this one?! Found it F1-Forum.Fi Forum. FIA GT 100 race celebration.

[Peloton25]

Originally Posted by BMW.WilliamsF1Team

^^What did 13R and 16R go for most recently?

I don't have exact numbers, but certainly far less than the figures Davidoff41 just quoted as the desired prices for #05R.

Around the time 16R was sold the asking price was reported to be £1.6M (€1.9M/$2.4M). I was told the asking price for #13R was even less than that - around $2M (€1.5M/£1.3M).

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Sami - a better version if you didn't have it already:



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[Sami Aaltonen]

Thanks Erik of price details, good details indeed!
And thanks that FIA GT historial image!

[Le Man]

My brother watched this program Mobil 1 The Grid, on UK TV this morning, so I went looking for an online link.

Very nice segment on the LeMans Classic, small but nice clip of #05R.

http://www.grid1.tv/videos/featured/le-mans-classic

[Peloton25]

So the artist who was actually responsible for painting #05R was Filip Godet who goes by the name "FILIP O" and I've just found this pair of images hosted under that name on Panoramio.com.



I've had that first image for a very long time, but never at that resolution. Of the people in the second shot the man on the left is #05R's original owner, Jean Luc Maury-Laribiere, and the one in the middle next to the lady is Hervé Poulain. I don't recognize anyone else but assume one of the other men would be Filip. A pretty cool period photo I think.

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[cabrio92]

I love these pics "from nowhere" ! Very cool Erik !

It was in front of a theater avenue Montaigne near Champs-Elysées in Paris ! This street has probably seen at least 5 F1s pass over the years ! Including #046 in june 2005

Phil

[Peloton25]

Phil - any progress on the recording from the auction or photos from your friends?

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[cabrio92]

Hello,

in fact, I do nothing with it because the car was not sold ? I am afraid we are a few interested by this vid...

Phil

[Peloton25]

I was just hoping to see the part where they started the engine during the bidding if that story was indeed true. That would be pretty cool to see.

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