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Schlesser's Ferrari 250 GTO sells for record £22.8m
Jo Schlesser behind the wheel before his tragic debut crash in 1968 Sutton Images Enlarge A Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta once owned by Jo Schlesser - who was killed on his Formula One debut in 1968 - has been sold at auction for a world record £22.8 million ($38.1 million). The car was purchased by Schlesser in 1962 when he was just a young French privateer, and immediately entered into the 5,500-kilometer (3,418-mile) Tour de France Automobile that year along with French racing celebrity Henri Oreiller. However Schlesser sold the car after Oreiller crashed fatally at the pair's next race. Schlesser himself was killed in a fiery crash during his local French Grand Prix six years later...
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