RACE-WINNING ’50S FERRARIS JOIN CONCOURS OF ELEGANCE LINE-UP
27 June, 2019:
Two of the most beautiful race-winning Ferraris of the 1950s will be joining the Concours of Elegance 2019 line-up of the world’s most sought-after cars. Not only exceedingly rare, but with impeccable history, the 1955 Ferrari 500 Mondial and 1956 290MM – later 250TR – are the latest of more than 10 extraordinarily special Ferraris confirmed to attend Concours of Elegance.
The 1955 Ferrari 500 Mondial in attendance is one of just 19 ever built and of five bodied by Scaglietti. Its appearance at Hampton Court Palace is only the latest chapter in its impeccable history; during 1955 it won the Ethiopian Grand Prix with owner and racing driver Guido Petracchi at the wheel. Earlier that same year it had also competed in the 1955 Coppa Mare a Monti, again with Petracchi at the wheel, where it took third place overall.
