For the first time in 38 years one of the rarest and most successful Ferrari sports cars, the race-bred 1967 Ferrari 330 P4, will be available for sale when RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, lift the gavel on chassis number 0858 at the highly anticipated Ferrari Leggenda e Passione event returns to Ferrari’s home in Maranello, Italy next month (17 May 2009). Regarded as one of the greatest sports-racing prototypes ever designed by Ferrari, the fiercely competitive 330 P4 is one of only three P4s ever built. This example has a distinguished racing pedigree including a win at the 1000-kilometre Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo in Monza and a third overall finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1967.
The car has been driven by such legendary names as Lorenzo Bandini and Willy Mairesse, while Jackie Stewart and Chris Amon famously took the car to second place in the British BOAC International 500 at Brands Hatch, clinching the World Championship for Ferrari in the process. Significantly, its offering at the May 17 event marks the first time it has come to market in 38 years. “With only three original P4s ever built, to say this car is rare is an understatement,” says Max Girardo, Managing Director of RM Europe.
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