S/N 3765LM · LE MANS 1962

Of the 36 Ferrari 250 GTOs built between 1962 and 1964, only one was campaigned by the factory. Chassis 3765LM. Not sold to a privateer, not entered by a client team. Raced by Scuderia Ferrari.

3765LM was unique from birth. It left Maranello fitted with a 4-litre V12 producing close to 390 horsepower — a full litre more than the standard GTO engine. It was built for a new class introduced at the Nürburgring, Le Mans, and the Targa Florio for engines up to four litres. Ferrari designated it 330 LM, though it wore the same Scaglietti bodywork as every other GTO. The distinction was under the bonnet.

On 27 May 1962, Willy Mairesse and Mike Parkes drove 3765LM to second overall and first in class at the 1000 Kilometres of Nürburgring. Weeks later, the car was fitted with a new engine — a six-carburettor unit producing even more power — and entered at the 24 Hours of Le Mans wearing number 7 in Scuderia red. Parkes and Lorenzo Bandini qualified seventh. During the race, Parkes went off at Mulsanne Corner pursuing Graham Hill's Aston Martin. The car was recovered, repaired, and Bandini fought back through the field. But after six hours, the engine overheated and the race was over.

After 1962, Ferrari sold 3765LM to Pietro Ferraro of Trieste, who commissioned the factory to convert it back to 3-litre GTO specification. The car went on to race in Italian hill climbs under Ferdinando Latteri, winning the 1965 Sicilian Hillclimb Championship. It competed until 1969 — seven years of racing across circuits, mountains, and continents.

In November 2023, RM Sotheby's sold chassis 3765LM in New York for 51.7 million dollars — the highest price ever achieved for a Ferrari at public auction. The red livery and number 7 it wore at Le Mans in 1962 is the livery preserved in this piece.