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The 166 S won 1948 Mille Miglia, also driven by Biondetti, this time with Giuseppe Navone. [10] In 1949 Mille Miglia, the Ferrari 166 MM Barchettas scored 1-2 victory with Biondetti/Salani and Bonetto/Carpani respectively. [11] In 1949, the 166 MM also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the hands of Luigi Chinetti and Lord Selsdon, and so the 166 ...
The first car to be called a barchetta was a Ferrari 166 MM shown at the 1948 Turin Auto Show. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The car was designed by Federico Formenti at Carrozzeria Touring . [ 7 ] Giovanni Canestrini, editor of the Italian sporting newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport , applied the term to describe the new car's original bodystyle. [ 6 ]
The following models used the 166 name: 1948 Ferrari 166 F2 — Formula Two racer; 1948 Ferrari 166 S — racing barchetta and coupé; 1948 Ferrari 166 SC — motorcycle-fender Spyder Corsa racing roadster; 1948 Ferrari 166 MM — Mille Miglia racing barchetta and coupé; 1949 Ferrari 166 Inter — coachbuilt street coupé and cabriolet
The first Ferrari sold by Chinetti to the US was a Tipo 166 MM Touring Barchetta, chassis 0002 M, sold to Tommy Lee in Los Angeles in the first three months of 1949. [7]: 16 The second car sold, and the first sold through the dealership, was a Ferrari Tipo 166 Spyder Corsa, chassis 016-I, to Briggs Cunningham. Cunningham drove it to second ...
The Ferrari 166 Inter was Ferrari's first true grand tourer. An evolution of the 125 S and 166 S racing cars , it was a sports car for the street with coachbuilt bodies. The Inter name commemorated the victories claimed in 166 S models by Scuderia Inter . 38 units of the 166 Inter were built from 1948 through 1950. [ 1 ]
1948 Clemente Biondetti Giuseppe Navone: Ferrari 166 S Coupé Allemano: 1949 Clemente Biondetti Ettore Salani: Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta Touring: 1950 Giannino Marzotto Marco Crosara: Ferrari 195 S Berlinetta Touring: 1951 Luigi Villoresi Pasquale Cassani: Ferrari 340 America Berlinetta Vignale: 1952 Giovanni Bracco Alfonso Rolfo: Ferrari 250 S ...
English: Luigi Chinetti and co-driver Lord Nelson win Le Mans on Sat-Sun 25–26 June 1949 in the 1949 Ferrari 166 MM Touring barchetta s/n 0008M. Driver in this picture is probably Luigi Chinetti, since Lord Nelson was sick and only drove a little bit.
Le Mans in 1949. The 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 17th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 25 and 26 June 1949. Luigi Chinetti won the race for a third time in the first Ferrari barchetta by driving 22.5 hours.