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The car’s competition highlight was the 2003 Spa 24 Hours which it led overall for the first 6 hours, leading the
Prodrive 550s before retiring from the race. The car was sold in 2005 via AF Corse to Napoli-based Gentleman
driver Pierro Nappi and went on to be a dominant contender in the Italian Hillclimb Championship. The car has
had a sympathetic but extensive series of restorative works, and although not raced, chassis 2102 has been
tested and demonstrated for selected magazine articles. With all the major mechanical components rebuilt
and with very little running since, as well as extensive body and cosmetic work undertaken, the car is offered
in excellent running condition and presents a rare opportunity to acquire one of these highly coveted and
important Ferrari competition cars that represent the swansong of Ferrari’s long history of front-engined, V12
competition cars. Matching numbers and red book Ferrari Classiche certified (Estimate: €2,000,000 -
€2,500,000). |
If an iconic Touring Car from the ‘Super Touring’ golden era of the 1990s is more your thing, then there are few
cars more desirable than the 1995 Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI Chassis number SE062E-005 is an Evolution
model delivered by Alfa CORSE directly to the Italian EUROTEAM, where DTM driver, Michael Bartels,
secured a convincing victory in both races at the 7th round of the season in Diepholz. For the 1996 season,
the car passed to the semi-works team of J.A.S. Motorsport in Lombardy. Under the official name
"Jägermeister JAS Motorsport", Bartels was again highly competitive in the car, finishing 4th in the opening
race in Helsinki. This remarkable Alfa Romeo with its powerful V6 engine is presented in the most
technologically advanced specification of its era. It features the most advanced factory aerodynamic package
and boasts a sequential X-Trac 6-speed gearbox operated semi-automatically via paddle shifts. The power
unit was recently completely overhauled and has since been run on the test bench. Offered in Paris with an
extensive history file and all the necessary control units so that it can be used immediately. (Estimate:
€600,000 - €700,000). |
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Of all the small, specialist marques to emerge in post-war years, few have the mystique and dedicated fan
base as that of Abarth. Offered in Paris is a rare 1969 Abarth 2000 Sport Tipo SE010 a car made all the
more remarkable having been in one family’s ownership since 1976. Famous for producing specialist
components and with an enviable reputation in rallying, Abarth also produced highly competitive racing
prototypes. 2000 Sport Tipo SE 010 was intended for homologation in the Group 4 category using the 2000cc
four-cylinder 16-valve engine that delivered 250 horsepower at 8.700rpm. The model was instantly competitive,
peaking when three such cars filled the podium at the 1968 500 km of the Nürburgring. The car offered is
chassis SE010-0018, acquired new by the driver Alain Finkelstein in 1969. During its racing career, it was
mainly entered for various hill climb races, first by Finkel, then by Pierre Maublanc and Michel Pignard of the
MAUBLANC RACING team. In more recent years the car was regularly used for historic racing and track day
events. In 2016, an expert and highly sensitive restoration was undertaken on this very original chassis which
kept all of its original parts. Since then, it has been invited to participate in the prestigious Historic Hill Race
of Ollon-Villars in Switzerland and the 2018 “Montée des Légendes du Col de la Faucille”. Chassis
SE010-0018 represents an opportunity to acquire a car with a remarkable documented history, complete with
FFSA passport and FIA Historic Technical Passport. (Estimate: €350,000 - €400,000). |
The Paris sale will be sure to feature a mix of exotic road sports cars, and leading the charge is a 1994
Bugatti EB 110 GT, firmly established as one of the most collectable supercars of its era. The car offered is
in desirable silver with dual tone blue/light grey interior, and was supplied new by Austrian dealer, Bruno De
Cillia, in Villach, Kärnten and has been owned by a single owner since new. Displaying a meagre 25,000 kms
on the clock, this 213mph supercar is still capable of keeping up with today’s current crop of performance
cars. (Estimate: €1,000,000 - €1,200,000). |
Augustin Sabatié-Garat, European Sales Manager at RM Sotheby’s, commented: “Our annual Paris
sale is an established highlight of the auction calendar, not least because it’s a sale which always attracts a
wide variety of cars to suit all tastes but offers a broad spectrum to all budgets. Without a doubt these early
consignments demonstrate the exceptional quality we are attracting to the sale, and we’re looking forward to
a great auction in February and to return to the Rétromobile week of activities in Paris that we all enjoy, after
the enforced break this year.” |