* F1 driver Gerhard Berger's stolen Ferrari F512M was recovered after 28 years.
* Police believe the car was taken to Japan soon after it was stolen, and then shipped to the UK.
* No arrests have been made, but the investigation by the UK's Met Police is ongoing.
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A Ferrari stolen from Formula 1 legend Gerhard Berger nearly three decades ago has been recovered by British police.
Berger was at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy, in April 1995 when his red Ferrari F512M, worth around $443,500, went missing.
The 10-time Grand Prix winner witnessed the car being driven away and attempted to chase the thief but could not catch them, The London Evening Standard reported.
The car was reported missing, but there was no trace of it until January of this year, when it was discovered in the UK, according to a press release issued by Britain's Metropolitan Police on Monday."
Ferrari contacted the police in January after checks on the car, purchased by a US buyer via a UK broker, showed it was stolen.
The Organised Vehicle Crime Unit took four days to investigate the car's history, tracing back 28 years to when it was stolen from Berger.
Our enquiries were painstaking and included contacting authorities from around the world," said PC Mike Pilbeam, who led the investigation.
