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1948 Ferrari 166 Spider Corsa

Chassis no. 012I
Engine no. 024MB
Coachbuilder Carrozzeria per Automobili A. Fontana
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1948
Manufacturing
May 1948
Chassis no. 012i
Manufacturer: GILCO
May 1948
Engine no. 012i
Manufacturer: FERRARI AUTOMOBILI (IT)
Note: 60° V-type
May 1948
Body
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Ansaloni
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
Note: Siluro with motorcycle fenders
From May 1948
to 22nd March 1949
Owner: FERRARI AUTOMOBILI (IT)
Famous owner: Italian car manufacturer
1948
Engine update no. 022i
Manufacturer: FERRARI AUTOMOBILI (IT)
Note: 60° V-type
11th July 1948
Event: II Coppa Internazionale delle Dolomiti
Locality: Cortina d'Ampezzo (IT)
Race number: #171
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Bruno Sterzi (IT)
Co-Driver: Enzo Monari (IT)
Results / Prizes: 9th OA / 5th CL
Time: 4:00:35.000
Route: Dist. 1 - Dist. Tot. 303.800 km - Lap Dist. 303.800 km
Laps: 1
15th August 1948
Event: Gran Premio di Pescara
Locality: Pescara (IT)
Race number: #12
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Bruno Sterzi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA
Time: 3:59:59.000
Route: Dist. 20 - Dist. Tot. 510 km - Lap Dist. 22.500 km
Laps: 20
Note: Gap +11:39,6
24th October 1948
Event: VIII Circuito del Garda - I Criterium A.S.A.I.
Locality: Salò (IT)
Race number: #18
Category / Group: Formula libre race
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
14th November 1948
Event: XVII Criterium di Roma - XV Coppa Gallenga
Locality: Rocca di Papa (IT)
Race number: #98
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
Time: 8'13''3
1949
Plate: PROVA BO-8049
Country: IT
1949
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Ansaloni
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
Note: New grille with a squared pattern, cycle fenders are more integrated into the central body
From 19th March 1949
to 20th March 1949
Event: XXXIII Targa Florio - IX Giro Automobilistico della Sicilia
Circuit: Giro di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #345
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Co-Driver: Umberto Maglioli (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
3rd April 1949
Event: G.P. di Sanremo Circuito di Ospedaletti
Locality: Ospedaletti (IT)
Race number: #12
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 6th OA
From 21st April 1949
to 5th December 1949
Plate: VC-20611
Country: IT
From 22nd April 1949
to 5th December 1949
Owner: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing driver
24th April 1949
Event: XVI Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #629
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 1.100 cm3
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Co-Driver: Umberto Maglioli (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Time: Start: 6.29'00"- Brescia-Roma: ritirati
May 1949
Record: In the factory after Mille Miglia 1949
May 1949
Record: In the factory after Mille Miglia 1949
22nd May 1949
Event: Varese - Brinzio
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
26th May 1949
Event: Como - Lieto Colle
Locality: Como (IT)
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA / 1st CL
Time: 4'39''4
19th June 1949
Event: Gran Premio di Napoli
Locality: Napoli (IT)
Race number: #4
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Route: Dist. 60 - Dist. Tot. 246 km - Lap Dist. 4.100 km
From 29th June 1949
to 7th July 1949
Event: II Giro Automobilistico dell'Umbria - Terni
Locality: Terni (IT)
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Route: Dist. 2 - Dist. Tot. 375.000 km - Lap Dist. 187.500 km
3rd July 1949
Event: Bolzano - Mendola
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA / 2nd CL
Time: 16'40''7
17th July 1949
Event: III Coppa Internazionale delle Dolomiti
Locality: Cortina d'Ampezzo (IT)
Race number: #140
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Route: Dist. 1 - Dist. Tot. 303.800 km - Lap Dist. 303.800 km
28th August 1949
Event: XI Aosta - Gran San Bernardo
Locality: Aosta, Italia (IT)
Race number: #62
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA / 1st CL
Time: 25'22''1
18th September 1949
Event: XV Pontedecimo - Giovi
Race number: #78
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA / 1st CL
Time: 6'47''
16th October 1949
Event: XIX Criterium di Roma - XVI Coppa Gallenga
Locality: Rocca di Papa (IT)
Race number: #50
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA / 2nd CL
Time: 8'03''9
From 5th December 1949
to 1953
Owner: Vittorio Emanuele Marzotto (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing driver
From 22nd December 1949
to 14th September 1987
Plate: VI-18132
Country: IT
1950
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria per Automobili A. Fontana
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
Note: Unibody, close to Touring Barchetta's design
1950
Engine update no. 022i
Manufacturer: FERRARI AUTOMOBILI (IT)
Note: 1950 Mille Miglia: chassis no. 012I is entered as a “Type 195S Barchetta Fontana,” indicating a presumed engine upgrade to 2.3 liters.
From 2nd April 1950
to 3rd April 1950
Event: X Giro di Sicilia - XXXIV Targa Florio
Circuit: Giro di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #455
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 2000 cc
Team: SCUDERIA MARZOTTO (IT)
Driver: Vittorio Emanuele Marzotto (IT)
Co-Driver: Marco Crosara (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
23rd April 1950
Event: Mille Miglia del 1950 - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #722
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 2000 cc
Team: SCUDERIA MARZOTTO (IT)
Driver: Vittorio Emanuele Marzotto (IT)
Co-Driver: Paolo Fontana (IT)
Results / Prizes: 9th OA / 5th CL
Time: Start: 7.22’00"- Brescia-Roma: 7.19'44"- Brescia-Roma-Brescia: 14.39'02"3/s
Note: Some sources 6th in class
14th May 1950
Event: Parma - Poggio di Berceto
Locality: Parma (IT)
Race number: #140
Class: Vetture aperte oltre 1100 cc
Team: SCUDERIA MARZOTTO (IT)
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA / 1st CL
Time: 30'06''4
1st October 1950
Event: Treponti - Castelnuovo
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Team: SCUDERIA MARZOTTO (IT)
Driver: Vittorio Emanuele Marzotto (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA / 1st CL
Time: 6'14''4
1951
Engine update no. tbd
Manufacturer: FERRARI AUTOMOBILI (IT)
Note: 60° V-type - New block or overboard previous.
1951
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria per Automobili A. Fontana
Type: Fastback coupe
Colour: Silver
Note: Added fastback hardtop, along with the requisite ‘Berlinetta’ fixed windscreen, outside door handles, and wipers
From 1st April 1951
to 2nd April 1951
Event: XI Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #439
Category / Group: Sport
Class: +2.0
Team: SCUDERIA MARZOTTO (IT)
Driver: Eugenio Castelletto (IT)
Co-Driver: Bernardo Duse Masin (IT)
Results / Prizes: 34th OA / 5th CL
5th August 1951
Event: III Giro Automobilistico delle Calabrie
Locality: Reggio Calabria (IT)
Race number: #805
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Fernando Mancini (IT)
Co-Driver: Alfredo Mancini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA / 2nd CL
Time: 8'46''12
From 1953
to 1970
Owner: Martino Severi (IT)
Famous owner: racing driver and factory test driver at Ferrari
1955
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria per Automobili A. Fontana
Type: Fastback coupe
Colour: Red
3rd April 1955
Event: XV Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #428
Driver: Francesco Matrullo (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Note: With 1900 Alfa Romeo engine, registered as "Alfa Romeo Ferrari Matrullo"
From 1970
to 1972
Owner: Corrado Cupellini (IT)
Note: Ferrari 2.0-litre F2-engine installed
1970
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria per Automobili A. Fontana
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
Note: hardtop removed
1970
Engine update no. 116ms
Manufacturer: FERRARI AUTOMOBILI (IT)
Note: Type 166 F2 engine
From 1972
to 1975
Owner: Jacques Thuysbaert (FR)
From 1975
to June 1975
Owner: WILLY FELBER'S HAUTE PERFORMANCE SA (CH)
From 1975
to 1977
Owner: Giuseppe Medici (IT)
Note: Restored by Autofficina Piero Mazzetti (IT)
From 1977
to 1978
Owner: WILLY FELBER'S HAUTE PERFORMANCE SA (CH)
From 1978
to 1999
Owner: Jean Zanchi (CH)
From 16th June 1979
to 17th June 1979
Event: Coupe de L'Age d'Or
Locality: Montlhéry (FR)
Driver: Pierre De Siebenthal (CH)
August 1979
Event: Oldtimer Nürburgring
Driver: Pierre De Siebenthal (CH)
1984
Bibliography: Rogliatti Gianni, Ferrari Tipo 166 , Libreria Dell'automobile Di Nada Giacomo & C. Snc, n.p. 1984
October 1990
Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
1997
Bibliography: Santovetti Francesco, Vermicino Rocca Di Papa - Una Corsa Castellana , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 1997
From 1999
to 12th May 2012
Owner: Bill Voss (US)
2000
Bibliography: Cancellieri Gianni, Polvere E Gloria: La Coppa D'oro Delle Dolomiti (1947-1956) , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2000
2001
Bibliography: Marzotto Paolo, Red Arrows Ferraris Alla Mille Miglia , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2001
2003
Bibliography: Anselmi Angelo, Mille Miglia Identikit , Le Edizioni Dell'opificio, n.p. 2003
From 21st March 2012
to 25th March 2012
Event: Techno Classica Essen
Locality: Essen (DE)
Note: displayed by Rm Sotheby auction stand
From 12th May 2012
to 19th June 2019
Owner: Leslie Wexner (US)
Famous owner: American billionaire businessman
12th May 2012
Event: RM Sotheby: Monaco
Locality: (MC)
Note: Lot n. 367; Estimate Value Euros; Estimate € 1,100,000 - € 1,800,000; Not sold high bid € 975,000 ; Sold
2012
Engine update no. 024mb
Manufacturer: FERRARI AUTOMOBILI (IT)
Note: 60° v-type
2015
Bibliography: Louche Maurice, Émotion Ferrari: Gt - Sport Et Prototypes 1949-1972 , Editions Maurice Louche, n.p. 2015
December 2018
Bibliography: Dolcini Carlo, Orizzonte Perduto Mille Miglia 1947-1956 , Ela, n.p. 2018
From 19th June 2019
to currently
Owner: Private collection
From 22nd October 2020
to 25th October 2020
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #138
Driver: Ricardo Alfonso Vega Castro (MX)
Co-Driver: Antonio Vega Castro (MX)
Results / Prizes: 249th OA
From 16th June 2021
to 19th June 2021
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #133
Driver: Ricardo Alfonso Vega Castro (MX)
Co-Driver: Xavier Juamperez Garcia (MX)
Results / Prizes: 314th OA
From 15th June 2022
to 18th June 2022
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #145
Driver: Ricardo Alfonso Vega Castro (MX)
Co-Driver: Xavier Juamperez Garcia (MX)
Results / Prizes: 314th OA
23rd September 2022
Event: Ferrari - Cavalcade Classiche
Locality: Pozza di Fassa (IT)
Race number: #3
Driver: Ricardo Alfonso Vega Castro (MX)
June 2023
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Iii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2023
From 20th September 2023
to 23rd September 2023
Event: Ferrari Cavalcade Classiche
Locality: Sassuolo (IT)
Race number: #3
Driver: Ricardo Alfonso Vega Castro (MX)
2025
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Coppa D'oro Delle Dolomiti's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2025
2025
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Targa Florio's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces S.r.l., Genova 2024
2026
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Giro Di Sicilia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2026
19th August 1951
Event: V Coppa Selva di Fasano
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Giovanni Bracco (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA / 1st CL
Time: 5'17''4
Note: Bracco on "Ferrari 2500 cc"
9th September 1951
Event: Internationales Grenzlandring Rennen
Driver: Gianfranco ''Franco'' Comotti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
19th March 1952
Event: Coppa d'Oro di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Category / Group: Vetture Sport
Driver: Gianfranco ''Franco'' Comotti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 6th CL
Time: 2.17'54''1
19th March 1955
Event: IV Coppa Dei Laghi
Locality: Rome, Italia (IT)
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale
Class: Oltre 1100 fino a 2000 cc
Driver: Francesco Matrullo (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
Time: 4'08''4/10
Note: Registered as "Alfa Romeo 2000"
8th May 1955
Event: XXV Criterium di Roma - XXII Coppa Gallenga
Locality: Frascati (IT)
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale
Class: Oltre 1100 fino a 2000 cc
Driver: Francesco Matrullo (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th CL
Time: 8'25''2
Note: Registered as "Alfa Romeo 1900"
From 17th June 1977
to 19th June 1977
Event: 1927 - 1977 50° DELLA 1000 MIGLIA
Locality: Brescia (IT)