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Ferrari SF1000 Gran Premio della Toscana

This special box is a very collectible piece

773: These are the podiums obtained in F1. The first was obtained by Alberto Ascari in the1950 Monaco GP, who was second. The last podium was won by charles Leclers in the 2020 British GP, third.

84: Represents both the number of cars used by Ferrari and the number of double goals achieved. As for the cars, the first to be used was the 125 in 1950, the last is the SF1000 of 2020. For the double wins, however, the first was obtained in the 1951 Italian Grand Prix, with Alberto Ascari first and Josè Froilan Gonzalez second, the last in the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix, with Sebastian Vettel ahead of Charles Leclerc.

228: These are the pole positions conquered. The first was in the 1951 British Grand Prix with Josè Froilan Gonzalez, the last was by Charles Leclerc in the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix.

254: This is the number of fastest laps achieved. The first was in the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix with Piero Taruffi, the last in the 2019 United States Grand Prix by Charles Leclerc.

238: This is the number of times a Ferrari driver has climbed the top step of the podium. The first was in the 1951 British Grand Prix with Josè Froilan Gonzalez, the last in the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel.

AVAILABLE SUMMER 2021 – RESERVE ASAP!!

$325.00 Reserve HERE

Bidding has ended. $875.00 pledged to the Indy Family Foundation.

Our thanks to the participants and to Marshall Pruett!

To celebrate the kickoff of the 2021 Formula One season this weekend in Bahrain, we present our latest Marshall Pruett Charity Auction.

Thanks to the generosity of the McLaren F1 team, we are offering two 2020 Team Jackets (size Large) autographed by both Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz along with signed hero cards from both drivers.

All proceeds will benefit the Indy Family Foundation, managed by Heather Carpenter, the wife of Indycar Driver / Team Owner Ed Carpenter.

Bids via email only at Paul@MotorsportCollector.com until 12 Noon CDT on Thursday, March 25.

The two highest bids will each receive a signed McLaren F1 Jacket / Hero Card package.

Marshall Pruett will ship the 2020 McLaren F1 Signed Jacket / Hero Card packages to the winners anywhere in the US with his thanks and appreciation.*

Updates will be posted above.

The bidding starts now with donations of $225.00 or more for each Package.

Paul

*International shipping billed at cost.

GT Spirit has announced that they will produce a 1/18 scale Corvette C8 in the livery of the 2020 Road America Pace Car that made its debut during last year’s IMSA Weathertech Championship weekend.

Please reserve by April 5, 2021. Estimated ETA Fall 2021.

1/18 scale resin 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray by Real Art Replicas

The 2020 Corvette Stingray Pace Car is Torch Red and features the high Wing Spoiler and ground effects package. The Z51 Coupe will also wear the 104th Indy 500 livery on the doors.

Estimated Production: 600 Pieces

ETA: 4th Quarter 2021

Kyosho has announced that they will release a new model from their 1/12 scale Shelby 427 S/C tooling. The Viking Blue replica will feature opening doors, trunk and hood, a perfectly replicated, highly detailed 427 engine, fully detailed interior with all proper gauges, accurately replicated headers and exhaust system.

$599.95 – Reserve HERE

A second half 2021 eta is planned. Please reserve by April 2, 2021.

Duke Video is again offering the 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans reviews on US compatible Blu-ray.

Reserve now for late March delivery.

Lots of 1/43 and 1/18 new product announcements from Spark Model this week. We’re spotlighting the latest US National Series items here:

Check all this week’s announcements HERE.

Tecnomodel will produce 1/18 scale Limited Edition resin models of the Lotus 77, Lotus 91 and Brabham BT33.

Four versions of each type have been announced. Drivers include Mario Andretti, Sir Jack Brabham, Nigel Mansell, Ronnie Peterson, Elio de Angelis and Gunnar Nilsson.

Only 90 or 100 examples of each will be produced.

Check everything out HERE.

Reserve for March 2021 Delivery!

by Tom Kristensen with Dan Philipsen

Between 1997 and 2014, Tom Kristensen won the world’s toughest motor race, the Le Mans 24 Hours, a record nine times and finished on the podium on five more occasions. Every time his car made it to the finish, in fact, he was in the top three. It is no wonder that this great sports car driver is known as ‘Mr Le Mans’ to motorsport fans around the world. Now retired from racing, Kristensen shares in this book his deepest personal reflections and insights from inside and outside the cockpit. He looks back on more than 30 years spent striving for perfection in racing and tells of the battles and setbacks that sometimes seemed impossible to overcome, including a terrible accident in 2007. Voted ‘Sports Book of the Year’ when originally published in Kristensen’s native Denmark, this thoughtful memoir is now available in English.

– Climbing the racing ladder, from karting into Formula 3 single-seaters, including championship titles in Germany (1991) and Japan (1993), then Formula 3000 and a Formula 1 testing role with Tyrrell.

 – Winning as an underdog on his first visit to Le Mans, in 1997 driving an elderly Joest-run privateer Porsche in which he impressed all onlookers with a night-time charge to vanquish Porsche’s factory-entered favourite.

 – His second Le Mans victory came in 2000 on his maiden drive for Audi in the R8, a car that was to become all-conquering.

 – Kristensen won the next five editions of Le Mans, four times with Audi and once with Bentley (in 2003), his last victory in this sequence taking him past Jacky Ickx’s previous record at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

 – His eighth win came in one of the all-time classic contests at Le Mans, in 2008, a rollercoaster of a race in which his ageing diesel-powered Audi was never expected to beat the fancied works Peugeots.

 – One more victory with Audi in 2013 sealed his reputation as a true legend of Le Mans.

 – His story includes exploits at other racetracks all over the world, none more prolific than Sebring, home of America’s long-established classic endurance race that Kristensen won six times.

 – Personal reflections together with contributions from notable observers — including English journalists Gary Watkins and Charles Bradley — complete a truly rounded portrait of the man and his achievements.

Hardbound | 432 pages | 125 photos