Bojan Vrbnjak
London Metropolitan Police solved an unsolved high-profile car case. The Vehicle Organized Crime Unit recently made a seizure Ferrari 512 M, which the thieves in front of 28 years with Grand Prix San Marino 1995 in Imola stolen from a Formula 1 driver To Gerhard Berger.
During the 1995 race, thieves stole both company cars of the Ferrari drivers at the time: Bergerjev 512 M in F355 teammate Jean Alessi were stolen from the hotel parking lot. According to a contemporary report by an online portal GrandPrix.com Berger is said to have arrived just as the thief drove off in his Ferrari.
The Metropolitan Police are assisting Ferrari traced the location of Berger's vehicle 512M. The automaker announced in January investigators, that he has the vehicle for inspection in the name of an American customer who bought the car from broker in the UK. The police determined that the car traveled to Japan after stealing. In late 2023 it arrived in the UK where the Metropolitan Police seized it Ferrari, to prevent the vehicle from leaving the country.
"We quickly established cooperation with partners including the National Crime Agency, Ferrari and international car dealers, and this cooperation was crucial in understanding the background of the vehicle and preventing it from leaving the country.” the chief investigator said in a statement from the Metropolitan Police about the discovery of the car Mike Pilbeam. The police investigation is still ongoing, and no arrests have been made. Alesi's F355 but unfortunately he is still missing. Even though their cars were stolen, they were Berger in Alessi successful at the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix: Alesi was second and Berger third.
Ferrari 512 M was the last further development of the famous model in 1994 Testarossa from the 1980s. The M mark meant Modified, and the engine power was 324 kW (440 HP). It was the last unlimited V12 with a mid-mounted engine and the latest Ferrari model, which had a flat engine. At the front, the car is recognizable by its rear lights transparent glass (previously these were folding headlights), and at the back two round light elements on the right and left side (for models Testarossa and 512 TR there were lights behind the black grilles of the refrigerator). He was replaced in 1996 550 Maranello with a front engine. They were only made 501 copies of the 512 M model.
