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Ferraris at Le Mans

March 5, 2021 · by · in auto racing, Ferrari, KlemColl News, road racing · Leave a comment

Three Ferrari berlinettas are lined up in front of the Le Mans pits during practice for the 24 Hour race to be run on June 13-14, 1953. The first one is a Ferrari 375MM which will be driven by the friends and teammates Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi. The two other Ferraris are 340MM berlinettas […]

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Tom Cole

September 15, 2017 · by · in About KlemColl, Ferrari, Formula 1, KlemColl Events, KlemColl News, Mille Miglia · 2 Comments

This driver is the British-born American Tom Cole, who was active in racing in both America and Europe in the early 1950s. He is here seen at Silverstone during the non-Championship International Daily Express Trophy for F2 cars on May 9, 1953. The car he is driving is a two-liter Ferrari 500F2, owned by Belgian […]

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An Ugly Ferrari?

February 17, 2017 · by · in About KlemColl, Ferrari, Formula 1, KlemColl Events, KlemColl News · 2 Comments

In 1953 Ferrari had two of its 340MM 4.1 liter sports cars bodied as spiders by Touring instead of with the rounded elegant spider bodywork normally provided by Vignale or the berlinetta coachwork of Pininfarina. One of these Touring-bodied cars was sent over to England by Scuderia Ferrari for Mike Hawthorn to run in the Production Sports Car […]