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| 1970 Ferrari 512S, Dix Mille Tours, Paul Ricard 2017. |
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Ferrari, Maranello, Italy. Ferrari built twenty five 512S sports cars to compete with the Porsche 917 in the 5 litre Group 5 class of the 1970 World Championship of Makes. Ferrari had had to wait for Fiat funds and was behind Porsche in development at the start of the 1970 season. The car was powered by a 5 litre Ferrari V12 engine but was heavier than Porsche's 917. On its debut at the 1970 Daytona 24 hrs, the lead car driven by Andretti, Merzario and Ickx finished third. Then at the next race at Sebring the car scored a famous win when Andretti took over the Giunti / Vaccarella car and beat the Steve McQueen Porsche 908. Unfortunately that was as good as it got. A second place at Monza and Spa and third places at Monza, Targa Florio, Nurburgring and Watkins Glen rounded the season off. By the end of the season many had been converted to 512M spec but it wasn't much more successful. In 1971 a NART 512S took runner-up spot in the Daytona 24 hours. The Ferrari 512 will go down in history as the car that made the Porsche 917 look so great. 917 drivers such as Rodriguez, Oliver and Bell also drover the 512S on occasion. John Surtees, making a return to Ferrari for the first time since 1966 also drove them with success and Amon who had left Ferrari for the March GP team also drove them.
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