The acronym 851 are one of the most important in the history of the Italian firm, among other things because they give name to the first Ducati model that would be able to get a World Cup in SBK, in 1990, with the French pilot Raymond Roche at the controls.
Precisely that same season this specimen of 851 F90 Corsa that today stars these lines, and that it will soon be auctioned on the occasion of the Concorto d’Aliganza Villa d’E This 2025.
Ducati 851 F90 Corsa of 1990, ex-John Surtees, in detail
So Only 20 copies of 851 F90 Corsa They are the ones that throughout the 1990s Ducati would manufacture, all of them destined exclusively to the world of competition. However, this unit associated with the frame ZDM88S00798 and the engine with number 000832, was acquired at the time by Oscar Rumiowner and director of the Rumi team. Interestingly, this team would be made with the first two world titles in the category, in 1988 and 1989, thanks to Fred Merkel’s talent and the technical value of Honda’s iconic RC30.
Account legend that Rumi acquired this motorcycle to be able to “Examine both the geometry of the chassis and the configuration. As a result, the motorcycle was not used while its property”as detailed from the official Broad Arrow Auctions website, in charge of its online auction the next May 25.
Subsequently, more than two decades later, this copy of 851 F90 Corsa arrived in the private collection of John Surtees, the only pilot in history to become a world champion of Formula 1 and motorcycling.
Unfortunately, Sostaes would died in 2017 and the family decided to sell the motorcycle to its current owner. In 2020 he was exhibited in the 2020 Salon Privé contest at the Blenheim Palace, where he monopolized the eyes of all attendees. Among other things because this specimen is in a state Nos (New Old Stock), as if they had taken it out of the Burgo Panigale factory yesterday.
There is probably no other unit of this meager series in a state, not even similar, to which it shows the 851 F90 Corsa that we show you today. With a estimated price between 60 and 80 thousand euroshas become one of the biggest attractions of the famous Italian event.
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