The victory would be Piquet’s last in F1. Used for several more races, B-191-01 was then parked for a while before being handed to Schumacher for the Spanish GP, who was in his third race for the team after having switched from Jordan following his debut.
The German would qualify fifth and impressively run in third early on, closing in on Ayrton Senna, before later suffering a spin and finishing sixth.
Though only yielding a point, it was an early performance which marked out Schumacher as a coming man in F1.
After rounding off the season with a couple of DNFs, the car was used as a museum exhibit following life after Benetton.
The car was purchased in 2016 and was fully restored, having been driven for just one hour since then.
Relatively simple compared other cars on the grid at the time, some of which featured traction control and active suspension, B-191-01 is a relatively straightforward, pliable grand prix machine, making it an attractive purchase for use at historic events.
RM Sotheby’s, which is facilitating the sale, states that price is upon request, however another chassis used by the Benetton that year went for $1,010,000 (£830,00) five years ago, meaning this car – one with arguably greater provenance – could potentially sell for significantly more.
Viewing of the lot and enquiries can be made here.