A shocking 1964 Ferrari 250 LM has been named winner of the tenth annual The Peninsula Classics Better of the Finest Award 2024.
Offered throughout an awards ceremony at The Peninsula Paris, the excellence recognises the head of traditional automotive design and engineering.
The Ferrari, chosen from a choose group of 9 autos that received awards on the previous 12 months’s main concours occasions, turned eligible for consideration after profitable the Finest in Present honour on the Cavallino Basic in January 2024.
“I’m really humbled to obtain this distinguished award,” stated proprietor Chris Cox.
Initially unveiled in Paris in November 1963, the Ferrari 250 LM (Le Mans) is a Grand Touring model of the mid-engined Ferrari 250 P.
That includes a physique designed by Pininfarina and constructed by Scaglietti, it was supposed to interchange the 250 GTO, certainly one of Ferrari’s most profitable race vehicles.
Though Ferrari was unable to acquire LM approval within the GT class, the mannequin achieved important success when a 250 LM received the 1965 Le Mans 24 Hours and the 1965 Worldwide Trophy for GT Prototypes.
One among solely 32 produced, this specific 250 LM loved an achieved racing profession from 1965 to 1967, with notable victories at Manufacturers Hatch, Snetterton, and Silverstone in 1966. The automobile later participated in two of motorsport’s most iconic endurance races – the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1966 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1968.
Acquired by its present proprietor in 2018, the 1964 Ferrari 250 LM is a celebrated piece of Ferrari historical past.
Additionally competing for the award have been eight different beautiful traditional vehicles: a 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spider, a 1957 Ferrari 335 S, a 1937/1946 Delahaye 145 Cabriolet, a 1947 Delahaye 135MS Narval Cabriolet, a 1934 Bugatti Kind 59 Sports activities, a 1937 Bugatti Kind 57S Roadster, a 1928 Bugatti Kind 35C Grand Prix, and a 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Convertible.
