#050 Ferrari GT V12

Last update: August 21, currently 20 models in this collection

Ferrari is famous for its V12-engines. The older models such as 250 GTO and Daytona will appear later in another topic. Here we focus on the Berlinetta Boxers and Maranello models. The modern V8 and V6 turbo versions are more powerful but don’t bring the emotion that a high-revving 12 cylinder does.

Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer

1975 Sebring 12h, N.A.R.T. Ferrari 365 GT4 BB. Other than the 365 GTB Daytona that had a front mounted engine, the new generation Berlinetta Boxer had a mid-engine lay-out. Luigi Chinetti’s N.A.R.T. entered this beautiful 365 GT4 BB at Sebring. It retired in Daytona in the 1st lap and qualifying at Sebring was not without troubles either. It started 70th and last and kept on going, it finished 6th!

1977 Le Mans 24h, N.A.R.T. Ferrari 365 GT4 BB. Porsche dominated GT racing with their 935 in 1977. N.A.R.T. entered this beautiful 365 GT4 BB. It was by far not as fast as the Porsches, but thanks to its reliabilty it finished the 24 hour race.

1975 #111 Milt Minter (USA) / Eppie Wietzes (CAN) – 6th | MG MODELS S.32
1977 #75 Francois Migault (F) / Lucien Guitteny (F) – 16th / 5th GTX | TOP MODEL COLLECTION Gold Series 002

Le Mans 1979, Ferrari 512 BB LM. The Ferrari 512BB was to heavy and lacked power compared to the Porsche 935. This car was entered by Jean “Beurlys”. The team was a combined effort from British EmKa and Belgian Ecurie Francorchamps.

1980 Le Mans 24h, Ferrari 512 BB LM. This EmKa British racing green car from Pink Floyd manager Steve O’Rourke finished only 23rd after they crashed and repaired the car with bodywork from the red Bellancauto Ferrari.

#61 Nick Faure (GB) / Steve O’Rourke (GB) / Bernard de Dryver (B) / “Beurlys” (B) – 12th / 5th IMSA GTX | BRUMM EF11/15
#78 Steve O’Rourke (GB) / Richard Down (GB) / Simon Phillips (GB) – 23rd / 8th IMSA GTX | BRUMM R212

1982 Daytona 24h, N.A.R.T. Ferrari 512 BB LM. The Ferrari was no match anymore for the turbo-engined Porsche 935s that were much quicker and more reliable.

1982 Le Mans 24h, N.A.R.T. Ferrari 512 BB LM. At Le Mans, the Ferrari proved reliable and managed a fine 9th place and only just outside the IMSA GTX class podium.

#6 Bob Wollek (F) / Edgar Dören (D) / Randy Lanier (USA) – DNF | BRUMM R213B
#72 Alain Cudini (F) / John Morton (USA) / John Paul (USA) – 9th / 4th IMSA GTX | IXO FER016

1982 Le Mans 24h, Ferrari 512 BB LM. Also in 1982, this beautiful Charles Pozzi Ferrari raced Le Mans but retired with a blown engine.

#71 Claude Ballot-Léna (F) / / Hervé Regout (B) / Jean-Claude Andruet (F) – DNF / engine | IXO FER006

Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello

Twenty years later, Ferrari returns to racing with a 12-cylinder GT. In the 1990’s the Italians were present with their F40, but that was an 8-cylinder turbo. The 550 GTS Maranello is front-engined just like the Ferrari’s from the past.

2002 ALMS Road America, Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. This beautiful Maranello was prepared by Italtechnica and run by Team Rafanelli. It was not as successful as the Care / Prodrive cars, but did finish at the podium at Road America.

2002 ALMS Laguna Seca, Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. Also active in the American Le Mans Series was this Maranello. It was developed by Care and run by Prodrive and competitive from the start. It came to the ALMS and beat the Corvettes on home ground in the Laguna Seca race.

#0 Mimmo Schiatarella (I) / Emanuele Naspetti (I) – 7th / 3rd GTS | AB MODELS limited edition #213 / 250 pcs
#33 Peter Kox (NL) / Tomas Enge (CZ) – 13th / 1st GTS | AB MODELS Signature Series limited #16 / 25 pcs

2002 FIA GT Donington, Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. DART entered this Red Bull sponsored Maranello in the FIA GT Championship, it was another Italtechnica car. Unfortunately it retired at Donington.

#32 Dieter Quester () / Luca Riccitelli (I) – DNF | AB MODELS limited edition #107 / 325 pcs

2003 Le Mans 24h, Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. The Prodrive Ferrari spoiled the 50th anniversary of Corvette at Le Mans. The Americans had a special livery to celebrate but were beaten by this plain red Italian beauty.

2003 Le Mans 24h, Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. Former worldchampion skiing Luc Alphand turned to racing with this beautiful Prodrive prepared Ferrari Maranello (the car that won Laguna Seca last year). Alphand scored a fifth place in its class.

#88 Peter Kox (NL) / Tomas Enge (CZ) / Jamie Davis (GB) – 10th / 1st GTS | RED LINE RLI 00010 limited #890 / 1000 pcs
#72 Luc Alphand (F) / Frederic Dor (F) / Jérôme Policand (F) – 21st / 5th GTS | RED LINE RLI 00005 limited #672 / 750 pcs

2004 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. In 2004 BMS Scuderia Italia enters 2 Prodrive Ferrari 550´s in the FIA GT Series. This one takes victory in the 24 hour race at Spa-Francorchamps, Cappellari and Gollin win the Series driver´s title and of course BMS takes the team title.

2005 Le Mans 24h, Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. The incredible beautiful BMS Scuderia Maranello, was less competitive than last year when it won the 24 hour race at Francorchamps. It had to retire after a crash early in the race.

2004 #2 Luca Cappellari (I) / Fabrizio Gollin (I) / Lilian Bryner (CH) / Enzo Calderari (CH) – 1st | RED LINE RLI 00034 #355 / 500 pcs
2005 #51 Luca Cappellari (I) / Fabrizio Gollin (I) / Miguel Ramos (POR) – DNF | BBR Gasoline Models 10009 limited 300 pcs

2005 Le Mans 24h, Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. One of the privately entered Maranello’s, is this from Cirtek Motorsport with top driver Bouchut, Russian paying drivers and the famous Hawaiian Tropic sponsoring.

#61 Christophe Bouchut (F) / Alex Vassiliev (RUS) / Nikolaj Fomenko (RUS) – 17th / 5th GT1 | RED LINE RLI 00053 #480 / 750 pcs

2006 Le Mans 24h, Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello. The Larbre Competition Ferrari didn’t finish the race in one of the last Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello’s appearances at Le Mans. The team would use the Prodrive built Aston Martins in 2007.

#50 Gabriele Gardel (CH) / Patrick Bornhauser (F) / Jean Luc Blanchemain (F) – DNF / clutch | RED LINE RLI 00102 #143 / 500 pcs

Ferrari 575 GTC

The history of the Ferrari 575 GTC runs parallel almost to that of the 550 GTS. The factory wanted to provide their client teams with a car that was better than the Prodrive built 550’s. The 575 GTC did win some races, but overall was beaten by the Prodrive cars.

2003 FIA GT Estoril, Ferrari 575 GTC. The beautiful 575 GTC made its debut in FIA GT at Estoril in 2003. It was a good one, the JMB Racing car won! After that the older 550 took more wins than the 575 which appeared to be not as good as expected.

#9 Fabio Babini (I) / Philipp Peter (A) – 1st | BBR Project43 PJ 318

2004 Le Mans 24h, Ferrari 575 GTC. Barron Connor Racing entered two brand new 575 GTC’s for this year’s Le Mans. The cars were barely tested and both had to retire. The team took some better results in the Le Mans Endurance Series later in the year, but got beaten by the Larbre Competition 550 GTS.

#61 John Bosch (NL) / Danny Sullivan (USA) / Thomas Biagi (I) – DNF / brakes | RED LINE RLI 00029 #388 / 1000 pcs
#62 : Mike Hezemans (NL) / Ange Barde (F) / Jean-Denis Delétraz (F) – DNF / electronics | RED LINE RLI 00030 #?/ 1000 pcs

2004 Spa-Francorchamps 24h, Ferrari 575 GTC. The beautiful 575 GTC was not as succesful as the 550 GTS Maranello developed by Prodrive. But on the fast track of Spa-Francorchamps, this beauty managed to finish 2nd in the 24-hour race of 2004, just 1 lap behind the winning 550 GTS form Scuderia BMS.