The Ferrari auctioned in the United States for more than 22 million dollars hides a more than revealing statement under its bodywork. Who signs it? An emblem of motorsports and an icon of Ford. What does it say? He slides and discovers.
Ferrari suddenly updated again the cut of the first ten most expensive car sales in history. In the framework of Monterey Car Week 2022the Italian brand was once again in the news for the millionaire sum in which a competition relic was auctioned, which led to its immediate inclusion in the top ten of the ranking.
There were 22,005,000 million the reasons why a Ferrari 410 Sport Spider model 1955 now integrates the outstanding group. Group that until May 2022 discovered a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO at the helm and that, after a private sale at the Mercedes-Benz Museum, is today led by a Seagull Wings for which 142 million dollars were paid.
With a Scaglietti body, this Ferrari 410 Sport was given the luxury of driving two exponents of international motorsport. One was the Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio, the other, Carroll Shelbywho before becoming a Ford icon was a driver for the Scuderia, where both symbolically and literally he has left his signature stamped… with a hidden message included, precisely, in the auctioned Ferrari.
Before Carroll Shelby became the executioner of Ferrari and an illustrious figure of the American manufacturer for his essential interference in the rupture of the hegemonies of Le Mans For both one brand and the other, the link between the remembered former North American pilot and the people of Modena had nothing to do with what would happen in those hot sixties.
The present indicates that Ferrari, with its new LMH hypercar, is aiming its cannons precisely at Le Mans 2023. The House of Maranello longs to once again conquer the 24 Hours, that competition in which the Italian manufacturer was lord and master between 1960 and 1966, year in which the American oval stripped him of the crown forever.
That Ford GT40, a relic of competition, was the work of Carroll Shelby, who between 1956 and 1958 had lived his happiest years as a driver, although not with Ford but with the Ferrari 410 Sport Spider. With that car and during those two seasons he obtained eight wins, ten podiums and triumphed on the track like no other.
Enzo Ferrari’s statement signed by Carroll Shelby
Enzo Ferrari told me that this was the best Ferrari that he has ever built. Carroll Shelby.
The results of that 4.9-liter V12 engine were not accidental. The secret, beyond its benefits, today continues to hide under its bodywork. Upon discovering the mechanics, this Ferrari model 1955 exhibits a revealing statement, a confession in Carroll’s own handwriting: “Enzo Ferrari told me that this was the best Ferrari that he has ever built. Carroll Shelby”.
The Ferrari 410 Sport Spider driven by Shelby turned heads at the event organized by RM Sotheby’s during August 2022 in Monterey, California as one of the cars to be auctioned in Monterey, California. It was the most expensive Ferrari competition classic that has been auctioned, although not the only one, because for another three of the firm a fortune was also paid. Did you know Enzo Ferrari’s statement?