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Forgotten Legends Ferrari “Breadvan”

5 November 20223 min read6 images

The article discusses the story of the Scuderia Serenissima's Ferrari 250 GT modified by Drogo, also known as the Breadvan, which was created to challenge the Ferrari GTO on the tracks and roads. The car's shape, characterized by a high and truncated tail.

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The famous biography of Enzo Ferrari, written by Luca dal Monte, has a title that perfectly sums up the spirit of the man from Maranello: Ferrari REX. He was always king, a dominating king who, at certain times in his life, led to choices as strong as they were unexpected. In 1961, to be sure to behead those in the company who tried to reduce their power, he fired his entire group of the first level. Among these personalities such as Giotto Bizzarrini and Carlo Chiti who were at the top of the technical direction. Things on the track, as in sales, were going so well that they won the Formula 1 World Title and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. But this did not bother him.

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Scuderia Serenissima's weapon for the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans: the Ferrari 250 GT modified by Drogo that proved to be faster than the 250 GTO but fragile retiring after 4 hours of racing

Among other things, the highly anticipated GTO for Gran Turismo races was completed in Maranello and many orders had already arrived, including that of Count Volpi di Misurata, Venetian creator of the Scuderia Serenissima who also used Ferrari cars in international races.

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