Surtees races through the ‘Green Hell’ to victory, Nurburgring 1000Km, his Ferrari 250P shared with Belgian Willy Mairesse, 1963…
It was a Ferrari 1-3 with a 250GTO and 250 Testa Rossa in second and third driven by Noblet/Guichet and Abate/Maglioli respectively.
The 250P was Ferrari’s first mid-engined V12 sports prototype and the class of the year, comprehensively winning the championship for the Scuderia.
The 3 litre V12 engined cars won the Sebring 12 Hour, Nurburgring 1000Km and Le Mans 24 Hour classics and spawned the 250LM, effectively a 250P with a roof and 3.3 litre engine. The 250/275LM won Le Mans in 1965 after the GT40’s and Ferrari P2’s fell by the wayside. https://primotipo.com/2014/07/03/pete-geoghegan-ferrari-250lm-6321-bathurst-easter-68/
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(Automobile Year 11)
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