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The 250 P Leads a Ferrari Sweep at Le Mans

15–16 June 1963

Lorenzo Bandini and Ludovico Scarfiotti won the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Ferrari 250 P. Ferrari occupied the first six classified positions, while the winning 250 P became the first rear-mid-engined car to take overall victory at Le Mans.

Ferrari 250 P prototype with Ferrari drivers at Monza in 1963.

Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain

The Ferrari 250 P and works drivers at Monza in 1963, the season in which the model led Ferrari’s Le Mans sweep. · Unknown photographer — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain

Automotive significance

The result captured Ferrari’s endurance-racing dominance at a moment of major architectural change. The 250 P placed its 3.0-litre V12 behind the driver, following the broader move toward mid-engined competition cars already seen in Formula 1. Bandini and Scarfiotti also formed the first all-Italian winning driver pairing at Le Mans. The victory was not merely numerical domination: it showed that Ferrari’s sports prototypes had successfully crossed from the front-engine tradition into the layout that would define top-level endurance racing.

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