Two legendary drivers of Formula 1, Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna, met at the Cyprus Car Museum!
Date Added: 27 February 2023, 08:31


If you were asked who the most memorable pilot is in Formula 1, what would your answer be? Those who remember the recent period will undoubtedly answer Michael Schumacher. For those who remember the 1980s, the undisputed answer to this question is Brazilian Ayrton Senna. Would you like to see these two legends side by side? The two legendary pilots of Formula 1, who made the automobile brands they competed iconic in their own time, German Michael Schumacher and Brazilian Ayrton Senna met at the Cyprus Car Museum among legendary sports cars!

Schumacher and Senna, awaiting their visitors with their hyperrealist silicon sculptures made by Kazakh artist Talgat Duishebayev, which are realistic enough to make you feel wishing a live conversation when you pass by, will now accompany you as you explore the special cars in the Cyprus Car Museum.


Legends at Cyprus Car Museum!
After winning championships with Ford in 1994 and Renault in 1995, successive world championships with Ferrari between 2000 and 2004 have rightly turned Schumacher into one of Formula 1’s most memorable icons. Easy to say, 7 world championships! Senna, who won three world championships and died in 1994 as a result of an accident in a race where he was the leader, is considered by many who had the chance to watch him as the best F1 driver of all time.

Legendary pilots, as befits them, are in the gallery where the Cyprus Car Museum exhibits their legendary sports cars. In the direction Schumacher and Senna face, the 1979 Ferrari 308 GTS hung on the museum wall greets them. In addition to Jaguar, the first mass-produced car to exceed the 300 km speed limit, can be seen among many legendary sports cars such as Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster, Dodge Viper SRT10 Final Edition, FORD GT40 in the hall where the pilots take part. In the main hall of the museum, besides important examples of automobile history such as 1901 Model Crestmobile, 1903 model Wolseley and 1909 model Buick, 1918 T Ford Runabout and 1930 Willys Overland Whippet Deluxe, 1964 Dodge Dart, 1970 Ford Escort Mk1 RS 2000, many of the most flamboyant vehicles of their era meet under the same roof.

Cyprus Car Museum is open to visitors every day of the week!
The only thing to do for those who want to see more than 150 classic cars with Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna is to come to the Cyprus Car Museum, which is open to visitors every day of the week. Besides, TRNC citizens, all students studying at Near East Enterprises schools and anyone working in Enterprises’ institutions can visit the Cyprus Car Museum free of charge, as well as the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts, the Cyprus Herbarium and Natural History Museum, and the Walled City Museum. In addition, students studying in the TRNC and those under the age of 18 who are tourists in the TRNC can visit all the museums with a 50% discount.