This 1992 Simpson-Ferrari V12 GTR will be at the Silverstone Festival Iconic Auctioneers auction.
Harry Whale, Car Specialist at Iconic Auctioneers, who sourced the car said this,
Born out of the strong relationship between UK-based Simpson Motorsport and the Ferrari factory in the 1990s/early 2000s, the car is featured in Keith Bluemel’s well-researched tome ‘Ferrari F40: a comprehensive look at one of Ferrari’s greatest and most revered cars’. We quote a couple of paragraphs taken from page 123 and some of Stefano Sebastiani’s personal recollections explaining the history of the car and how it came about.”
In the UK, a chassis tub was radically modified by Simpson Motorsport for a client, Stefano Sebastiani, in 2001. This project has an interesting history starting when Simpson Motorsport ran for Stefano Sebastiani his Ferrari 348 LM, chassis 95450, in endurance races between 1993 and 1995, including two Le Mans 24 Hours entries in 1993 and 1994. Through its racing with the 348 LM, Simpson and Sebastiani formed a strong relationship with Mr. Felisa of the Ferrari Factory and it wouldn’t be unreasonable to say that probably led to the production of the Michelotto-built 348 Competizione and 348 GTC/LM models during 1994.”
Stefano Sebastiani had a very strong racing relation with Robin Simpson Smith since the early eighties when he moved to England from Italy. Robin ran and drove for Sebastiani his Chevron B36 ex-Randaccio, his Simpson Group 6 Cosworth, his March 81/7 ex-Danny Sullivan and Teo Fabi, the 348 LM and finally the Simpson Ferrari F40 V12.
The opportunity to build up the Simpson-Ferrari V12 came to Robin and Stefano, after Sebastiani was offered an original, post crash-test, F40 chassis from Maranello.
This was financially a very costly operation, but Sebastiani managed to do it and through this amicable working relationship with Robin Smith of Simpsons, they built up a unique race car, but rather than follow the V8 twin-turbo route of the standard car, they installed a normally-aspirated type F133 V12 Ferrari 550 Maranello engine, mated to a Hewland transmission. Apart from this departure from the original design, the project featured, amongst other things, much-lightened F40 GTE-style bodywork, a full FIA roll-cage, 11in-width x 18in-diameter front wheels, 12.5in-width x 18in-diameter rear wheels, and custom-made suspension. The car was further upgraded in 2005 with the fitment of a Hewland NLT six-speed sequential transmission.
Its guide price is between £500,00 – £600,000.
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