FERRARI 312P

The Ferrari 312 P driven by Chris Amon and Peter Schetty at the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans. On the first lap of the race, gentleman-driver John Woolfe, driving a brand new Porsche 917 he had purchased just days before the race, lost control at over 150mph and hit the guard rail. The disintegrating 917’s burning fuel tank slid across the track directly in front of the oncoming Ferrari 312P of Chris Amon and lodged itself underneath Amon’s Ferrari, spreading lethal flames. The 312P’s on-board fire extinguisher put out the fire and Amon was uninjured, but the race was over for the Ferrari. The driver of the 917, John Woolfe, died of his injuries while en route to the hospital.  The Ferrari 312 P could not hope to compete for overall victories against the much more powerful Porsche 917s during the 1969 season, but it did have some success in the 3-litre prototype class. The 312 P was another casualty of the FIA decision to lower the minimum number of production cars needed to qualify for Group 4 (Sportscars), while imposing the 3-litre engine limit for top class Group 6 Prototypes.

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