Amelia Island Concours de Sport

March 12, 2019 by Daniel Vaughan

Since 2006, a Ferrari has been selected as the Concours de Sport at the Amelia Island Concours on six occasions. The very rare Ferrari 335 Sport has been bestowed this honor on two occasions, in 2008 and 2019. An impressive accomplishment considering that there were a total of four 335 S built.

Along with its undeniable elegance, the 335 S was considered the most technologically advanced Ferrari in 1957. It featured a longitudinal 60-degree V-12 with 24 plugs, two valves per cylinder, twin overhead camshafts per cylinder bank and it produced 360 horsepower.

This year's Concours de Sport recipient was a Scuderia Ferrari Factory team car that started life as a 290 MM, was then upgraded to a 315 S and finally a 335 S. The car has a tremendous racing history spanning three seasons. The car participated in the major races such as Sebring, LeMans, the Mille Miglia, and 1,000 km events at the Nürburgring and in Caracas.

The car was piloted by some of the great drivers of its day including Juan Manuel Fangio, Phil Hill, Olivier Gendebien, Alfonzo De Portago, W. Graf Berghe von Trips, Peter Collins, Maurice Trintignant, Mike Hawthorn, Luigi Musso, Stirling Moss and Gaston Andrey. This was in the period 1956 and 1957 when Ferrari won the World Sportscar Championship.

To further appreciate this vehicle, the car was consigned to Artcurial's 2016 Retromobile Sale where it was estimated to sell for Euro 28-32 million. As bidding came to a close, the car had been sold for the sum of €32,075,200 including buyer's premium. This is the #3 most expensive car sold at auction! It goes $48 million, $38 million...and then this car at $35.9 million (based on our data).