The RM Sotheby’s rod in Paris saw the 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, who arrived from the collection of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum,
It was sold at 34,880,000 euros the Ferrari 250 lm of 1964, coming from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. Absolute protagonist of the highly anticipated Parisian auction of RM Sotheby’s At the Salles du Carrousel in the Louvre palace, this “queen” of the rampant horse motorsport remains the most important of the 32 specimens built, with engine and gearbox “Matching Numbers“And last red to win a Le Mans.
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Has exceeded all the sales expectations Ferrari 250 lm of 1964, absolute queen of the Parisian Auction of RM Sotheby’s in the Louvre building. The price of starting estimate of 25 million eurosflew to 34 million and 880,000 euros, between the applause of the public and the buyers who arrived from all over the world for the Retromobile vintage lounge salon. This is the most important of the 32 specimens built, exhibited by Luigi Chinetti at the New York Motor Show in ’67, but above all the last Red to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans of 1965 with Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt, before the new program 499 p. A car that thanks to the North American Racing Team (Nart), therefore managed to obtain the most important goal of the six consecutive wins of Ferrari in Le Mans. Original specimen with engine and the gearbox with corresponding numbers – Matching Numbers – has remained for 54 years owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum.
The 1964 Ferrari 250 LM of flakes that was sold by RM Sotheby’s is the sixth of the Ferrari 250 LM built, number of Chassis 5893. He remains in history for his victory in Le Mans in 1965 with the North American Racing Team of Luigi Chinetti, the only victory of a Ferrari a Le Mans obtained by a private team. His latest company on the track was the 24 hours of daytona of 1970 with Luigi “Coco” Chinetti, Jr. and Gregg Young, who managed to demonstrate once again the great qualities of the car, competing with the number 21. Fortyquatresimi in qualifying managed to conclude absolute seventies thanks to a memorable climb in the race, which remained in history, showing that seven years after its initial development the 250 lm managed to still give a hard time to the great -displacement prototypes, technologically more advanced. And it would have been the last race of a Ferrari 250 LM in the World Championship.
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