The ex-Patrick Tambay, 1983 San Marino Grand - Kidston

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Private Portfolio No. 008 1983 Ferrari 126C2B Formula 1 Single-Seater • May 1997 Sold at Brooks Europe Monaco auction from Ta m b a y to current owner • Ocotber 2006 For sale by private treaty by Kidston SA in Geneva Information courtesy Marcel Massini set two fastest race laps and amassed 103 World Championship points. Having been appointed to the Fe r r a r i factory team in mid-season, 1982, as a replacement for the late Gilles Villeneuve, Patrick Ta m b a y’s perseverance in the face of adversity yielded a superb rebound victory in that year’s German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring just 24 hours after teamleader – and formerly Villeneuve’s teammate – Didier Pironi had suffered careerending injuries in a qualifying accident. This disaster, following upon the heels of Villeneuve’s death, could easily have broken the resolve of a lesser team than Ferrari but Ta m b a y’s reaction was the winning drive which reduced Mr Ferrari himself to tears and completely enraptured the otherwise g r i e f -stricken Italian t i f o s i. Having thus won the German GP for Ferrari, Tambay would win again at Imola the following year. This Imola-winning car is one of only two aluminium-honeycomb hulled, interim model 126C2B machines, built new for the To p : Happy with his lot - Grand Pr i x-winning Ferrari factory team driver Patrick Tambay comfortably ensconced within his beautifully-proportioned turbocharged Ferrari 126C2B. B o t t o m : Leader of the pack - Patrick Tambay leads the cavalry charge into the final Variante at Imola during the 1983 San Marino Grand Prix in which he drove his works Ferrari 126C2B to resounding victory after leading for 27 of the total 60 race laps. 2
Private Portfolio No. 008 1983 Ferrari 126C2B Formula 1 Single-Seater 1983 season. Their design was based upon that of the 1982 Formula 1 Constructors’ World Championshipwinning ‘C2 design modified to comply with the new ‘f l a t- b o t t o m’ regulations for ’83. While Ferrari’s chief chassis engineer Dr Harvey Postlethwaite was finalizing an all-new moulded carbon-composite flat-bottomed ‘C3 design, these ‘C2Bs proved extremely competitive during the first half of that season. In fact chassis ‘065’ offered here was used at Rio (5th) and Long Beach (retired) by Patrick Ta m b a y, before being adopted by him as his regular race car for the San Marino (1st), Monaco (4th), Belgian (2nd), Detroit (Rtd at start) and Canadian (3rd) GPs. Once the team’s replacement ‘C3s became available, ‘065’ took over spare car duties in Britain, Germany, Austria and Holland. Its twin-turbocharged 120-degree quad-cam V6 engine delivered some 620bhp at 11,500rpm in race tune. Its Works career over, Tambay asked to retain chassis ‘065’ and it remained in his ownership until sold at auction by Brooks Europe in Monaco in May 1997, when it was acquired by the current owner, a well-known collector on the Côte d’Azur and a personal friend of Ta m b a y. Since then the car has been used sparingly for occasional track demonstrations and has been maintained by the owner’s own professional race team in pristine condition. This two-owner ex-Works car is an extremely rare Formula 1 Ferrari from the ‘80s in having a record of seven starts, one (very memorable) Grand Prix victory, a second place and a third. It has both the perfect provenance, and perfect history, to claim true collectability. Kidston SA 7 Avenue Pictet-de-Richemont, 1207 Genève, Switzerland Tel +41 22 740 1939 Fax +41 22 740 1945 info@kidston.com www.kidston.com 3
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