Police have recovered a Ferrari that was stolen from ex-F1 driver Gerhard Berger 28 years ago.

The Testarossa F512M, worth an estimated £350,000, was taken in Apꦅril 1995 when Berger was preparing to compete at the San Marino Grand Prix held at Imola.

Berger witnessed the theft as it unfolded at the time and repoꦰrtedly made a valiant effort to st🌄op the crime, but was ultimately unsuccessful.

It was one of two Ferraris stolen 🐈from drivers during the weekend. The other,🐬 a silver grey Ferrari 355, belonged to Jean Alesi.

But while Alesi’s car has🧸 never been found, the Metropolitan Police announced on Monday that Berger’s Ferrari has been re🌳covered.

The successful operation came after officers re🎃ceived a report from Ferrari about ꩲchecks on a car being bought by a US buyer through a UK broker last year.

The Organised Vehicle Crime Unit discovered the car had been shipped to Japan shortly after it was stolen. It was🤪 brought to the UK in late 2023 and the police managed to take possession of it before it was exported.

Pc Mike Pilbeam, who led the investigation, said: "The stolen Ferrari - close to the value of £350,000 - w🦩as missing for more than 28 years before we managed to track it down in just four days.

"Our inquiries were painstaking and included c🐻ontacting authorities fro꧒m around the world.

"We worked quickly with partners including the National Crime Agency, as well as Ferrari and international car dealerships, and this collaboration wa🔴s instr🥂umental in understanding the vehicle's background and stopping it from leaving the country.”

The Met says enquiries rema🍃in ongoing and no arrests have been made.