Ferrari 330P4

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Lorenzo Bandini in the Ferrari 330P4 at the Monza 1000 km race in 1967
Ferrari 330P4 ( Berlinetta version)
Basic technical information

The Ferrari 330P4 was a racing car that Scuderia Ferrari used in the 1967 World Sports Car Championship .

Development history

The 330P4 was the consistent further development of the 330P3 from 1966. The engine technician Franco Rocci revised the V12 engine that had originally been developed for the Ferrari 312F1 and was used in this monoposto . In the Formula 1 car, the engine block served as a load-bearing element; a concept that was also adopted in the much heavier prototypes. The block was therefore reinforced and equipped with newly developed cylinder heads. For the first time, a Ferrari engine received three valves per cylinder: two inlet valves and one outlet valve. By these measures the performance of 450 hp at 8000 rpm was -1 increased.

Ferrari did without a ZF gearbox and built its own five-speed gearbox. In contrast to the P3, the track has been widened to accommodate wider rims. The disc brakes were placed on the outside of the rear wheels and cooled through wide openings in the doors. Piero Drogo , who was responsible for the body, only made a few detail improvements on it, so that the outside of the P4 was difficult to distinguish from the P3.

Racing history

The P4 was used exclusively by the works team. In the historic Ferrari triple victory at the Daytona 24-hour race , two P4s finished in the first two places in the overall standings. Chris Amon and Lorenzo Bandini won ahead of the duo Mike Parkes / Ludovico Scarfiotti . Scuderia also celebrated a double victory with the P4 in the 1000 km race in Monza and at the end of the season secured the title in the world championship with a two-point lead over Porsche .

Whereabouts

A total of only four vehicles were produced: three new 330 P4s and one Ex-P3 chassis . Since then, the fate of these four cars has drawn a lot of attention.

  • 0846 was first built in 1966 as the 330 P3 and is the only " Spyder " of the 3 copies . At the end of 1966 the vehicle was used as the basis for the new P4 and partially adapted to the "Group 4" regulations for 1967. Ferrari claims that there are no more documents as of 0846 as the Scuderia decided to scrap the chassis due to its earlier accident and fire damage at Le Mans (1967). Allegedly the original chassis number is still noted in Ferrari's books as an existing chassis, so it is still in their possession.
  • 0856 was originally built as a Berlinetta, but was converted by the factory into a Spyder for the Brands Hatch race in 1967. It has remained in this condition to this day and is currently Canadian owned.
  • 0858 was originally a Berlinetta, but in 1967 Ferrari also converted it into the Spyder version for Brands Hatch. Later that year, the vehicle was adapted to the regulations of the 350 Can-Am series . Now, equipped with a P4 Berlinetta body, the car is in German ownership.
  • 0860 was also originally a Berlinetta and was converted into a Spyder for Brands Hatch in 1967. Like 0858, this Ferrari was converted into a 350 Can-Am. The car was fitted with a P4 Spyder body by the French owner (whose family it is still in today).

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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 .
  • Antoine Prunet: Ferrari sports and racing car prototypes . Motorbuch Verlag 1987, ISBN 3-87943-930-3 .

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