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The only Ferrari GTO Tipo 1962 campaigned by the works team sold for $51,705,000 (c£42m) with RM Sotheby’s yesterday, 13 November 2023, in New York, becoming the most expensive Ferrari ever sold at auction.
This sale puts this Ferrari second in the all-time list of prices achieved for a car at auction, behind the one-of-two Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé that went for €135,000,000 (c£114m/$142m) on 5 May 2022, also with RM Sotheby’s.
This 1962 Ferrari 330LM/250GTO, chassis number 3765, is the only works model to be fitted from new with a 4-litre engine, in this car with dry-sump lubrication, plus special camshafts and carburettors.
It is also one of 34 GTOs built with Tipo 1962 coachwork.
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This Ferrari GTO was driven at the Nürburgring and Le Mans by Mike Parkes
This car made its race debut for Scuderia Ferrari on 27 May 1962, bearing the race number 120, at the Nürburgring 1000km.
Piloted by Mike Parkes and Willy Mairesse, this car came second overall, also claiming a first-in-class finish.
This car was then prepared to take on the Le Mans 24-hour race, its triple-carb engine swapped for one with six Weber 42 DCN carburettors, producing around 390bhp.
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Changes were made to the Ferrari’s front between its works races in Germany and France