The Ferrari Testarossa F512M stolen 30 years ago from driver Gerhard Berger, who left it in a hotel parking lot in 1955 after competing in the Imola Grand Prix, has been found in London. Since that day the Testarossa was never heard from again, until it was found in an operation involving British and Italian police. The car had been shipped to Japan soon after the theft, and remained there until the end of last year. When it was spotted in England in a workshop of the official Ferrari network: it was ready to be sold to a customer in the US, the investigation began: the dealer, checking the chassis number, realized it had been stolen and alerted in Italy. Maranello's legal department notified the Bologna Police Headquarters of the find, and officers activated their colleagues in Imola, where the report had been made in 1995. At that point collaboration with the Metropolitan Police began. Now what? One thing is for sure: Berger will not get it back, in fact the car was not his but was part of the press fleet and had been given for use to the Austrian driver. Today it is worth more than twice as much (465 thousand euros), Ferrari will get it back but does not yet know when. It will be destined for the "Classics" department and used in the Cavallino's events after mechanical and interior checks. Nothing, on the other hand, is known about the F355 entrusted to Jean Alesi that disappeared that same day at Imola in another hotel. It was taken away from a closed garage. Another yellow to be solved.
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