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�La Macchina del tempo � Museo Storico Alfa Romeo� is the heart of a genuine �brand center�, with a bookshop, café, Documentation Center, test drive track, events venues and a show-room with a customer delivery area: it is the perfect bond between past, present and future. In Arese, next to Milan city center and the Expo area.

Dave Nicholas has taken many shots of Ferrari's from Sebring 59-50-61-62 and some 64-65 and other major races in the North America. Latest updates ... "Results updates include complete nat'l races from Lime Rock and Marlboro 1957 to 1962. Bud Hofer donated some great shots from the Glen GP in 1961. Don Cooke gave us hundreds of shots and the first posted are a great glance at the very last Sunday race at Lime Rock in April 1959. These shots include the notorious Paul Richards trying to dry out the main straight in his Cessna ! A whole new look at Bridgehampton with shots from 1951, 1957, 1966, 1968."

Already more then 1.000.000+ images from the barchetta / anamera image archive were published, the images contain chassis numbers,

The Ferrari SF90 Stradale Assetto Fiorano has set the fastest lap recorded by a production car at the 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, lapping the circuit at an impressive 1:29.625 seconds at a maximum speed of 174.6 mph to set this time. �It was a great moment to witness, seeing how the impressive performance of the Ferrari SF90 Stradale put down this lap record on July 15,� says Mark Raffauf, Senior Director of Race Operations at International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), which oversaw the test.

The Museo Lamborghini is situated to the right of the main entrance of the factory in Sant�Agata Bolognese, which is a historic small town in the countryside, approximately mid way between Bologna and Modena. A bonus of its location right on the factory premises is that one will see cars being taken out on test, and maybe even spot the odd prototype. The factory is on the main SP 255, Via Modena, on the outskirts of the town, but within walking distance of the historic centre, and is still the site on which Ferruccio Lamborghini established the original factory in 1963.

Ferrari opens its first Tailor Made Center in the United States today in New York City. The only space of its kind in the Americas, this new Center continues the long-standing tradition of car customization and personalization that began at the factory in Maranello in the 1950s and later grew into the inception of the Tailor Made Center in 2011, followed by the Shanghai Tailor Made Center in 2014.

Hans Herrmann, one of the most successful and popular racing drivers to join the Porsche AG works team, will be celebrating his 90th birthday this year on February 23. The endurance and Monoposto specialist, born in Stuttgart in 1928, is regarded as one of the most reliable and consistent race drivers of all time. In the course of his motor sport career, Hans Herrmann won more than 80 overall and best of class victories, most of them for Porsche.

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The inaugural Motoring Literary & Art Festival was held in the �The Wing� building at the Silverstone circuit over the weekend of 02-03 December. The event was organised by Porter Press International, the renowned book publishing company, based near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire. Despite freezing and foggy weather conditions on the Saturday, making for difficult driving conditions, especially for those travelling from the north of the country, where conditions deteriorated into snowfall, the gathering was well attended.

On 18 February 2024, the new �Ferrari One of a Kind� exhibition at the Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena was officially inaugurated. The display celebrates the craftsmanship behind each unique masterpiece that emerges from the Ferrari factory gates thanks to the exclusive personalisation programme offered by the company�s three Tailor Made centres in Maranello, New York and Shanghai. Now open to the public, the exhibition reveals the exclusivity of these one-of-a-kind cars, each expressing the personality, taste and desires of individual Ferrari owners.

Honoring a shared history of vitality and competitive spirit, Ferrari celebrated its 70-year presence in the United States with a brilliant Monterey Car Week display on August 17�18, 2024. This year�s Concorso Ferrari showcased 70 classic Ferrari automobiles, representing the finest examples of the marque�s history in American road and racing cars. The event started a day earlier with the Ferrari Procession on Saturday afternoon, which spotlighted a sweeping array of Ferraris as they arrived on the First Fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links.

The fourth edition of the British Motor Show, this year with title sponsor Motors, was once again held at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre, situated on the perimeter of Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, between 15-18 August. Apart from the contents of the show, one had the rare opportunity to see private jets taking off and landing at close quarters on the adjacent runway.

Brands Hatch once again hosted the Festival Italia meeting on Sunday 11 August 2024, with bountiful sunshine and high ambient temperatures, attracting large crowds to the Kent circuit. Not only were there large crowds, but also expansive displays of Italian machinery, together with a packed practice, qualifying and race programme, plus Classic F1 & Single-Seater demonstration laps for visitors to enjoy. There were also Italian car demonstration laps at lunchtime, then again in the early evening to bring the curtain down.

The Best in Show winner � uniquely chosen by the Concours car owners themselves � was a sublime 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Convertible by Inskip. The Phantom III was the last large Rolls-Royce launched before World War II and marked the final car with significant input from Henry Royce. Out of 727 Phantom IIIs produced, only a few were made in the USA, including the victorious car, 3CP18, a unique convertible coupé designed by JS Inskip.

A fabulous 1957 Ferrari 335 S has won the coveted Best of Show award at this year�s Salon Privé Concours. Entered by American enthusiast Brian Ross, the Maranello sports-racer thrilled onlookers when it took part in the Tour Privé on Tuesday 27 August, and it proved to be just as popular with the expert judging panel when it appeared on the concours field the following day.
Chassis number 0674 was raced by Scuderia Ferrari during the 1957 season, and by a stellar driver line-up. In March that year, dashing young Englishman Peter Collins took the Ferrari to sixth place in the Sebring 12 Hours, sharing with French veteran Maurice Trintignant.

September is one of the most busy months in the classic car calendar. After the summer holidays a lot of events need to share the few weekends in the late summer to catch the last sun-rays before the autumn season with unpredictable weather makes outdoor events more and more of a risk. Rainy racing days might have their own charm and extended rallys always need to cope with some wet days but a rained out concours takes away everything a concours is about.

The aim of this Roma Spider in particular is to highlight innovative component production techniques, enabled through the use of special, refined supplies. Standing out among these is work on the fabric in the central panel of the seats with manual stitching that adopts leather from the interior and applies thread obtained from recycled tyres.

Ferrari unveiled the F80 and wrote a new chapter in the history of legendary supercars bearing the Prancing Horse badge. The F80 will be produced in a limited run of just 799 examples and joins the pantheon of icons such as the GTO, F40 and LaFerrari by showcasing the best that the Maranello-based marque has achieved in terms of technology and performance.

The Mugello International Circuit will host the next edition of the Ferrari Finali Mondiali from 21 to 26 October 2025. The Tuscan track�s selection was officially announced at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola during the awards ceremony for all the 2024 Prancing Horse series champions. This ceremony took place in the display area set up in the paddock of the Romagna circuit, which is hosting the 2024 Finali Mondiali and showcasing some valuable pieces from Maranello�s motorsport history.

Enzo Mattioli Ferrari, a direct descendant of the legendary Enzo Ferrari and grandson of Piero, is the CEO of Ferrari Family Investments and Trustee of the Piero Ferrari Trust. An entrepreneur with a strong commitment to enhancing Italian heritage and promoting "Made in Italy" products, Enzo Mattioli Ferrari is a passionate enthusiast and, above all, an expert in the vintage automotive industry.

RM Sotheby�s is delighted to announce the consignment of a significant historic Formula 1 car to its Paris auction on 4-5 February 2025. The ex-Jacques Villeneuve 1998 Williams FW40 chassis FW20-03 is poised to be among the standout competition cars in the sale, which makes a return to the Salles du Carrousel in the Louvre Palace, in the heart of Paris�s �Golden Triangle�, for a third consecutive year. It follows the sale of another significant competition car at last year�s event, a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione that topped the sales charts achieving €10,158,125

It was an inspiration at the Targa Florio Classica in Sicily in October 2024, and before that at international events the whole year through: the 100-year-old Mercedes 2-litre Targa Florio racing car. Now the star is back at the Mercedes-Benz Museum. This marks the end of the big anniversary year, the reason the red racing car was authentically restored true to the original.

The top lot of the sale was the 1904 Darracq 12hp Twin-Cylinder Four-Seat Side-Entrance Tonneau, which sold for £189,750. This marvel from the early days of motoring has a prestigious ownership history, formerly part of the famous Sword Collection in the 1960s, and now finds a new owner for the first time in nearly 20 years.

RM Sotheby�s is delighted to announce that its much-anticipated London sale grossed £18,293,215, making it the most successful UK collector car auction of 2024. Held on the eve of the RM Sotheby�s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, at the all-new venue of The Peninsula London, the sale took place in the packed grand ballroom, elevating the long-established auction to new heights.

Artcurial deemed the sale on Sunday October 27, 2024 a great success, after it reached nearly 4.6 Million Euros. This event had captivated enthusiasts thanks to a superb selection of collectible vehicles, covering classic cars and motorcycles.
While close to 90% of lots did sell, the auction�s feature lot, a 1976 Lancia Stratos HF (est. €550,000-650,000) is still looking for a new owner.

The 41st annual Auto e Moto d�Epoca show was held for the second time at Bologna�s Fiere exhibition centre between 24-27 October. The massive gathering filled eleven halls, the mall and the central concourse, together with a further five outdoor display/vendor areas in the access roads between the halls, where there was also a shuttle train service, to ease the burden on tired legs. As has been the case throughout the show�s history, the range of vehicles on display is truly eclectic, ranging from microcars to leviathan trucks, with almost everything conceivable in between. As always, the show attracts not only the �home crowd�, but also a large international audience.

TThe latest edition of the Classic Car Auction Yearbook for 2023 � 2024, sponsored by UBS, was presented on the opening evening of the Auto e Moto d�Epoca Show in Bologna, by the author Adolfo Orsi, on 24 October 2024. The book covers the auction period from 01 September 2023 to 31 August 2024, featuring the results of sales by all the major auction houses worldwide, together with those of the major on-line auctions. This new edition marks the 29th edition of the book, which continues to provide its usual in-depth interesting, fascinating and informative overview of the international classic car auction scene

Ferrari bid farewell to the Sakhir circuit with a 11th place finish in the last race of the 2024 FIA WEC, secured by the 499P number 50, driven by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen. The 8 Hours of Bahrain concluded with the 14th position of car number 51, piloted by Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi, after a penalty imposed at the end of the race.

The FIA World Endurance Championship closed with another Ferrari win. Following Vista AF Corse number 54�s victory in Fuji, the sister car, number 55, driven by official Prancing Horse driver Alessio Rovera, Simon Mann and François Heriau, triumphed in Bahrain after an intense and eventful race. The other 296 LMGT3, crewed by Davide Rigon, Francesco Castellacci, and Thomas Flohr, finished seventh.

The 2024 season will go down as one of the most successful in Porsche's long-distance history: in just the second year with the Porsche 963, the sports car manufacturer from Stuttgart won seven of eight possible titles together with the works team Porsche Penske Motorsport. The basis for this result was the consistent improvement of the team structure as well as the work on the reliability and performance of the around 515 kW (700 PS) hybrid prototype.

The annual Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show occupied six halls of Birmingham�s National Exhibition Centre, between 08-10 November 2024, attracting a record 71,520 visitors over the three days. This year celebrated the 40th anniversary of the show, whilst coincidentally it was also the 40th anniversary of the formation of the title sponsor company Lancaster Insurance. As part of the show�s 40th anniversary celebrations a Hall of Fame has been introduced, recognising and honouring those,

Every two years, the Saint-Paul Car Club, a multi-brand car club based in the renowned village on the French Riviera, organizes a touristic rally along the stunning roads of the hinterlands of Nice and Grasse. On the morning of Saturday, October 12, 2024, the 4th edition of the Boucle de Saint-Paul gathered around fifty teams at the Car Museum, a luxury concierge service for classic cars in Vence.

The fourteenth edition of the Milano Autoclassica show was held between 15-17 November, occupying halls 12, 16 and 20 of the Rho Fiera exhibition complex, located to the north-west of the city. Hall 12 was primarily the province of manufacturers, or their official representatives, plus feature displays, together with the Automobile Club Italia (ACI) Sport and Storico meeting room and interview stage, with display cars around its perimeter. There were also a number of classic dealer displays, with a broad selection of offerings.

RM Sotheby�s, in partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, is excited to announce the sale of some of the world�s most desirable and historically significant cars. These cars will headline premier auctions through February at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, in Paris during Rétromobile Week, and in Miami, during ModaMiami. Proceeds will benefit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum and allow the Museum to further enhance and care for its collection of Indianapolis 500 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway artifacts.

The star of the sale was undoubtedly the 1923 Mercedes Type 122 Indianapolis Racer from The Aumann Collection. One of four examples prepared by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft for the 1923 Indianapolis 500, this was the last of Paul Daimler�s masterpieces before he left the company. Boasting outstanding provenance which also includes the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup, this outstanding car achieved €3,605,000.

A meticulously restored 1967 Lamborghini Miura P400 � an icon of automotive innovation � will be offered at Bonhams� annual Scottsdale Auction on January 24, 2025. Returned to its original glory in 2016 by a team of renowned specialists, this stunning early Miura, chassis 3057, boasts a fully rebuilt original engine with updated internals, and has received multiple awards at prestigious concours events. It is estimated to achieve $2,200,000 � 2,800,000.

The eponymous Pagani Automobili S.p.A was founded by Argentine-Italian Horacio Pagani in 1992, with the first production car, the Zonda C12, being presented at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show. This formed the backbone of production, with a number of bespoke variants, through to the introduction of the Huayra model in 2011, again at the Geneva Motor Show, with the production run also containing a number of bespoke examples.

The Museo Lamborghini (Lamborghini Museum) fronts part of the Lamborghini factory on the SP255 Via Modena in Sant�Agata Bolognese, between Nonantola and San Giovanni in Persiceto, approximately a 30-minute drive from the centre of Modena. The modern glass fronted structure first opened in 2001 to present a timeline of the company�s production for enthusiasts of the marque, being updated and expanded in 2016, to provide more exhibition space as the range of cars increased through the years.

The Ferrari 296 GT3 concluded the GT World Challenge Europe � Endurance Cup season in the best possible way, amassing titles on the Jeddah circuit. A third-place finish at the end of the six-hour race secured the overall championship victory in the Endurance standings for Alessandro Pier Guidi and Alessio Rovera, with the support of Davide Rigon, who had missed the Monza round.

Tom Hartley Jnr been entrusted with the sale of the �Ecclestone Grand Prix Collection�. This collection is not just the most valuable Grand Prix and Formula 1 car collection in the world, it is regarded as the most important race car collection.
The collection has been assembled by Bernie (the godfather of Formula 1) over the last 50 years. It spans 70 years of Grand Prix and Formula 1 racing and boasts many Grand Prix and Championship winning cars within the collection.

On 23 � 25 May 2025, BMW Group Classic will host the legendary Concorso d�Eleganza Villa d�Este in cooperation with the Villa d�Este luxury hotel. Around 50 spectacular cars of their respective eras will once again do battle for the coveted prizes. Most prestigious of all is the Trofeo BMW Group, awarded by the high-calibre Jury to the overall winner of the Concorso d�Eleganza.

Whereas the majority of museums feature a constant display theme, the pair of Ferrari museums in Maranello and Modena ring the changes with themed exhibitions through the course of the year. Thus, there is always a good reason for a return visit. The Ferrari Museum in Maranello also features its regular amphitheatre-style display of Formula One cars, with the entrance walls containing trophies and images of the drivers who have won them through the years.

RM Sotheby�s is delighted to announce an exceptional list of consignments coming to its two-day Paris sale on 4-5 February 2025. RM Sotheby�s is making a return to the Salles du Carrousel in the Louvre Palace, in the heart of Paris�s �Golden Triangle�, for a third consecutive year. These highlights are just some of the exceptional automobiles coming to the Paris sale this year, including the previously announced 1964 Ferrari 250 LM by Scaglietti.