Voir plus didees sur le theme le mans, voiture et ferrari. The industrialized modern technology, nowadays support every little thing the human needs. I have been consulted by gt40 owners and buyers, car magazines, police forces, lawyers, the fbi. Jims book reveals that he drove the filipinetti lotus 21 and he came 3rd in class. The filipinetti team used various ferraris, thanks to its privileged relationship with the commendatore himself. Based in geneva, it took part in numerous sports car. The history of the swiss racing team first edition by heuvink, ed isbn. Advertisement the c3 race cars were equipped with a factory prepped l88 courtesy of zora arkusduntov smuggling it out the back door to get around gms ban on racing that was. If you wish to pay by credit or debit card, there are 2 options. Mr etienne henrion, wrote to us to clarify a few facts.
The scuderia filipinetti fantastic story happend in probably the best era of car racing. Overlooking lake neuchatel, this ancient fortress xixiv houses an exceptional collection of arms, armor, crossbows, models of castles and battles, as well as a historical museum with a section dedicated to the burgundy wars. A little more digging shows that the car was chassis 938, built for jo siffert to special order according to motor sport. Machine cut to oblong shape, to the edge of the blue printed area the white border is backing paper and is not part of the sticker. This book describes the story of the filipinetti team, a legendary figure of the 60s and 70s. Heuvinks hefty book illustrates the world of georges filipinetti, wealthy property dealer and ferrari importer for switzerland, who spent huge sums to equip his team with the best machinery gt40s, alfas, porsches and above all ferraris to promote young swiss drivers, of whom jo siffert was the star. Diecast car forums jim clark and scuderia filipinetti. Ferrari 512 s is the designation for 25 sports cars built in 196970, with fivelitre 12cylinder 512 engines, related to the ferrari p sports prototypes.
George filipinetti ferrari scuderia s race team head had his chief mechanic, franco sbarro, sent to michigan to aid in prepping the cars for european racing duty. The ferrari classiche red book certified, three times le mans entrant, spa francorchamps winner, imola winner and concours award recipient. Book details volume dedicated exclusively to 340 mm team, scuderia protagonist in the years 60 and 70, which disputed several championships with ferrari cars. During the early 1960s, the swiss outfit made a combined. This interesting color combination was the well known colors of the famous swiss racing team, the scuderia filipinetti.
It consists of the everyday tasks, tasks, workplace, home entertainment, and also much more. Due to this ebook scuderia filipinetti, by ed heuvink is marketed by on the internet, it will certainly ease you not to print it. The only ecurie to enter sometimes in the same eventcars from the three big rivals, ferrari, ford and porsche. Le mans winning scuderia filipinetti ferrari 275 gtb competizione. It was founded by georges filipinetti 19071973 to support swiss driver jo siffert, but employed many other drivers including jim clark, phil hill and ronnie peterson. This book not only tells the history of the car in the usrrc right up until today but it also features the cooper car company and tells the story of the creation of the king cobra. A short story about the filipinetti greder l88 corvettes. George filipinetti ferrari scuderias race team head had his chief mechanic, franco sbarro, sent to michigan to aid in prepping the cars for european racing duty.
Another 250 lm was second and this car, chassis no. Media in category scuderia filipinetti the following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total. Jo siffert made his world championship formula 1 debut in that years monaco grand prix, driving a lotus special combining a type 21 forward frame and suspension with type 24style rear end, powered by an uprightmounted. The weight does not exceed 800 kg which allows the car to reach the respectable speed of 160 kmh the vw karman.
The now legendary gt40 was represented thirteen times on the grid but only three fords finished the gruelling 24 hour race. Two years after the filipinetti 1, franco sbarro built a second car with a new body with headlights enclosed. Oct 27, 2003 this book describes the story of the filipinetti team, a legendary figure of the 60s and 70s. Georges filipinetti born in near geneva in 1907, georges filipinetti was the son of dominique rodolphe filipinetti and annette deruaz. Scuderia filipinetti 317 pages about the swiss racing team with strong ties to ferrari, by e. Volume dedicated exclusively to 340 mm team, scuderia protagonist in the years 60 and 70, which disputed several championships with ferrari cars. The 250 lms best racing years were 1964 and 1965, when the north american racing teams example, driven by masten gregory and jochen rindt, won the le mans 24 hours outright. The ferrari classiche red book certified, three times le mans entrant, spafrancorchamps winner, imola winner and concours award recipient joins. After the construction of the filipinetti 2, sbarro left the scuderia filipinetti to settle his account and create the aca in 1968.
In 1971 as a brm team driver he scored his second formula one championship race victory at the austrian grand prix. Scuderia filipinetti ed heuvink ferrari car book ebay. Scuderia filipinetti 317 pages about the swiss racing team with strong ties to ferrari. These cars had carburetor engines instead of the factory lucas fuel injection. Scuderia filipinetti also french name ecurie filipinetti was a swiss motor racing team that competed in sports car racing and occasionally in formula one between 1962 and 1973. Scuderia filipinetti swiss racing team, by ed heuvink, 320 pages condition. No filipinetti story of ferrarilauda for 1973 is known to me. Scuderia filipinetti book ferrari porsche alfa romeo. The story of fords three litre sports cars from the sixties.
A good reference for this would be the filipinetti book of ed heuvink. A definitive update on the history of the scuderia filipinetti l88 corvettes, and a third subsequent henry greder car, is a case in point. It was also the seventh round of the world sport car championship. Ed heuvink take you with extreme details into the cars, the races and the drivers of that unique swiss racing team. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I am currently in the final stages of a much larger, much more detailed, and much more thoroughly illustrated new gt40 book. The car is directly inspired by the vw karman ghia. It was founded by georges filipinetti to support swiss driver jo siffert, but employed many other drivers including jim clark, phil hill and ronnie peterson. So he changed the name to his own and ecurie filipinetti was born, then speedily ltalianised as scuderia filipinetti. Brand new oversized hardcover boxed in original publisher shrinkwrap in this largeformat book, author ed heuvink tells the full story of the ford gt, starting with fords history in motorsport up to the gt project. The future formula 1 champion mockingly asked steinemann what he planned to do with this museum piece with chrome wire wheels, as the latter driver recounted in an anecdote told in ed heuvinks 2001 book, scuderia filipinetti which features several photographs of 09079. We accept paypal, visa, mastercard and uk sterling cheques. You are bidding on scuderia filipinetti by ed heuvink. Scuderia filipinetti the history of the swiss racing team.
Scuderia filipinetti was a swiss motor racing team that competed in sports car racing and. The history of the filipinetti group 1 mustangs base mustangs in wimbledon white with a black interior and a kcode engine were built in march 66 in san jose and shipped to carroll shelby in the first 10 pcs. Il circuito del mugello 19641970 una delle ultime grandi corse su strada coppini. Since the midsixties, switzerland has been one of the leading nations in the history of endurance racing, of which scuderia filipinetti was a. When asked if the web site could use his emails, etienne volunteered to write out the story in full narrative format. Anecdotes and evocative images revive the reader years d oro of motor sport. Factory car, it began its career at the 24 hours of daytona, then participated in the april tests of the 24 hours of le mans. After the end of his first marriage to henriette robert in 1936, he took over his fathers successful business in electronics, heating and climatisation. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ed heuvink books online.
This is regarded as the last gp victory by a genuine privateer. The author captions these as being of the scuderia filipinetti ferrari p34 whereas they are actually, and very clearly to anybody who knows anything about this era, shots of the works p4 spyder chassis no. The rear window is smaller and custodes side are different and lose thickness thicker amounts. Scuderia filipinetti was a swiss motor racing team that competed in sports car racing and in formula one between 1962 and 1973. The v12powered cars were entered in the 1970 international championship for makes by the factory scuderia ferrari and private teams. Exscuderia filipinetti ferrari classiche certified,1966. Join facebook to connect with scuderia filipinetti and others you may know. In grand prixs illustrious history, scuderia filipinetti is unlikely to yield more than a footnote.
What happened to the suppposed 25 versions of the 512s. Filipinetti one of those team names you keep seeing without knowing the background. The teams history and the parkes link would suggest it a likely thought. Based in geneva, it took part in numerous sports car championships. Scuderia filipinetti book ferrari porsche alfa romeo daytona. Filipinetti named the team as ecurie nationale suisse, but changed it after complaints from the automobile club.
Coulon did however race the march, yet mid 1973 all racing activities were brought to a halt. The ferrari p was a series of italian sports prototype racing cars produced by ferrari during the 1960s and early 1970s although enzo ferrari resisted the move even with cooper dominating f1, ferrari began producing midengined racing cars in the early 1960s with the dinov6engine formula one ferrari 246 p and the sport prototype spseries the v12 sports car racers followed in 1963. Le mans winning scuderia filipinetti ferrari 275 gtb. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The ferrari 412 p was a customer version of the famous 330 p3 race car, built for independent teams like nart 0844, scuderia filipinetti 0848, francorchamps 0850, and maranello concessionaires 0854. In 1968, siffert drove into the f1 history books by winning the 1968 british grand prix at brands hatch in rob walker racing teams lotus 49b, beating chris amons ferrari into second place after a racelong battle. The 1966 24 hours of le mans was the 34th grand prix of endurance, and took place on june 18 and 19 1966. Ed heuvink is the author of scuderia filipinetti 4.