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Shelby’s red-hot racer

1955 FERRARI 410 SPORT SPIDER SOLD BY RM SOTHEBY’S, £18.6M

The list of names to have piloted this Scagliettibodied car reads like a roll call of great racers from the ’50s, with everyone from Phil Hill to Richie Ginther and Juan Manuel Fangio to Masten Gregory having raced it in period. But none enjoyed more success with the car than the late, great Carroll Shelby who drove it to eight wins and 10

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