Ferrari 412P

The Ferrari 412P was a racing car that was used in the 1967 World Sports Car Championship .

Development history

The 412P was the customer version of the 330P4 . These customer cars, which were used by the North American Racing Team , Scuderia Filipinetti and Maranello Concessionaires , differed from the works car in two essential details. While the 330P4 already had a five-speed transmission developed by Ferrari, the old, very fragile ZF transmission was still used in the 412P. The gearbox got an additional oil cooler, but it was also a frequent cause of failure in 1967. The V12 engine made with PS 410 40 PS less than the aggregate in the unit carriage.

Racing history

Pedro Rodríguez and Jean Guichet completed Ferrari's triple victory in the 1967 24-hour race in Daytona with third place in the North American Racing Team's 412P. At the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps in 1967 , a 412P, driven by Lucien Bianchi and Richard Attwood , also placed third in the overall standings behind the Mirage M1 by Jacky Ickx / Dick Thompson and the Porsche 910 by Hans Herrmann / Joseph Siffert .

Five 412Ps were built and all of them still exist today. However, one was converted into a CanAm Spyder in 1967 and ran in the North American racing series as the Ferrari 412 CanAm .

literature

Pino Casamassima: Storia della Scuderia Ferrari. Nada Editore, Vimodrome 1998, ISBN 88-7911-179-5 .
Peter Braun / Gregor Schulz: The great Ferrari manual. Heel, Königswinter 2006, ISBN 3-89880-501-8 .

Web links

Commons : Ferrari 412 P - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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