VIN: the works / NART Ferrari 275 P / 330 P chassis 0822
History of chassis 0822
Chassis 0822 was one of four new Ferrari P cars built to contest the 1964 season.
In addition, Ferrari rebuilt their four existing cars from 1963 to the latest specification which gave the works squad and their satellite teams a pool of eight vehicles to choose from. They would contest the four-race International Prototype Trophy (IPT) in addition to a handful of subsequent events.
Five of the Ferrari P cars were taken to Sebring for the opening IPT race of the year: the Sebring 12 Hours. Three were works cars and the other pair were run by Maranello Concessionaires and NART.
Chassis 0822 was allocated to John Surtees and Lorenzo Bandini who qualified on pole as the quintet of Ferraris locked out the top five positions on the grid.
Having briefly been passed by Roger Penske’s Corvette Grand Sport and Pedro Rodriguez in the NART Ferrari, Surtees / Bandini recovered to lead the first few hours until a rear light failure and brake pedal failure dropped them to fourth. They ultimately finished third behind the sister cars of Parkes / Maglioli and Scarfiotti / Vaccarella.
0822 next appeared four weeks later for the annual Le Mans Test weekend where Surtees posted second quickest time behind team-mate Scarfiotti.
For its next outing at the Nurburgring 1000km in late May, 0822 was fitted with a smaller 3.3-litre 275 engine that better suited the tight and twisty nature of the German track. A four-litre 330 engine had been used at Sebring and the Le Mans Test.
John Surtees was once again behind the wheel of 0822, again accompanied by Lorenzo Bandini.
Surtees put 0822 on pole ahead of the Phil Hill / Bruce McLaren Ford GT40 which was making its competition debut. The other works Ferrari of Scarfiotti / Vaccarella lined up in third.
Surtees streaked away during the early stages of the race pursued by team-mate Scarfiotti and Graham Hill in the Maranello Concessionaires P car.
However, having looked comfortable at the head of the field, the two lead Ferraris went out in close succession. The Maranello Concessionaires entry ran out of fuel while Surtees (who had inherited the lead from the British Ferrari) lost a wheel at Hocheichen.
Scarfiotti / Vaccarella took the win in chassis 0820.
Chassis 0822’s final outing as a works car came in the IPT finale: the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Six P cars were wheeled out for the race at la Sarthe, four works cars and single car entries from NART and Maranello Concessionaires.
0822 (re-fitted with a 330 engine) was allocated to Surtees / Bandini and incurred damage during practice when Surtees hit a fox at high speed on the approach to White House. Nevertheless, the car was repaired in time to race and started from pole.
Having initially been outpaced by the Ford GT40s, Surtees had assumed the lead by the two hour mark. By midnight, he and Bandini led team-mates Guichet / Vaccarella by a lap. However, by noon on Sunday 0822 had dropped to third owing to a broken oil pipe and then a troublesome clutch.
Surtees / Bandini finished third behind the two Ferrari P cars of Guichet / Vaccarella and Hill / Bonnier.
During the close season, Enzo Ferrari sold chassis 0822 to his US distributor, Luigi Chinetti.
0822 went on to make two more appearances in period. NART ran it at Sebring in 1965 (for which it was painted blue with white stripes) but it retired at mid-distance with gearbox trouble. 0822 then posted a DNF as a result of wheel bearing failure at the 1966 Daytona 24 Hours (by which time the colour had been changed back to red). Afterwards, the car was retired from competition duty.
Luigi Chinetti subsequently sold 0822 to Robert Dusek of Pennsylvania in the mid 1970s. Dusek in turn passed the car on to noted Ferrari collector, Pierre Bardinon, in the early 1980s.
Notable History
Scuderia Ferrari
330 P
21/03/1964 WSC Sebring 12 Hours (J. Surtees / L. Bandini) 3rd oa, 3rd P3.0+ class (#21)
19/04/1964 IND Le Mans Test (J. Surtees) 2nd oa, 2nd P3.0+ class (#18)
Fitted with 275 P engine
31/05/1964 WSC Nurburgring 1000km (J. Surtees / L. Bandini) DNF lost wheel (#143)
Fitted with 330 P engine
22/06/1964 WSC Le Mans 24 Hours (J. Surtees / L. Bandini) 3rd oa, 3rd P3.0+ class (#19)
Sold to Luigi Chinetti, New York (North American Racing Team)
Re-painted blue with white stripes
27/03/1965 WSC Sebring 12 Hours (C. Kolb / J. Fulp) DNF (#27)
06/02/1966 WSC Daytona 24 Hours (J. Fulp / B. Rutan / B. Jennings) DNF (#31)
Mid 1970s sold to Robert Dusek, Solebury, Pennsylvania
Early 1980s sold to Pierre Bardinon, Aix-en-Provence, France
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