Ford GT40 chassis number GT40 P/1021 :
General info:
The first car was named the GT (for Grand Touring) with the 40 representing its overall height of 40 inches (1.02 m, measured at the windshield) as required by the rules. Large displacement Ford V8 engines (4.7 liter and 7 liter) were used, compared with the Ferrari V12 which displaced 3.0 liter or 4.0 liter.
After chassis GT-112 the “production” began and the subsequent cars, the MkI, MkIIs, MkIIIs, and MkIVs, numbered GT40P/1000 through GT40P/1145, were officially “GT40s”
GT40 P/1021 Race results:
04/66 : Snetterton, 18, Bond, 7th – Monza, 8, Redman/Bond, 9th – Oulton Park, 46, Bond, DNS –
05/66 : Silverstone, 23, Bond – Mallory Park, 14, Bond, 5th –
06/66 : Nuerburgring, 49, Bond/Spence, 12th –
07/66 : Crystal Palace, 61, Redman, 3rd – Silverstone, 24, Bond, 8th – Oulton Park, 131, Cussons, 2nd –
08/66 : Crystal Palace, 66, Cussons – Croft, 52, Cussons, 8th – Croft GT, 52, Cussons, 3rd – Brands Hatch, 111 –
09/66 : Zeltweg, Spence –
11/66 : Kyalami, Nelson/Crabbe, DNF – Killarney, Nelson/Crabbe, DNF –
12/66 : Lourenco Marques, Nelson/Crabbe, 5th – Pietermaritzburg, Nelson/Crabbe, 7th –
01/67 : Kyalami, Nelson, 5th – Killarney, Crabbe, 4th –
03/67 : Silverstone, 8, Crabbe, 9th –
04/67 : Snetterton GT, 137, Crabbe, 1st – Snetterton, 137, Crabbe, 1st – Silverstone, 34, Crabbe, DNF –
05/67 : Silverstone, 49, Crabbe, 8th – Nuerburgring, 67, Crabbe/Pierpoint, 8th –
06/67 : Reims, 18, Pierpoint/Crabbe, 8th –
07/67 : Norisring, Crabbe, DNF – Silverstone, 43, Crabbe, 5th – Brands Hatch, 54, Crabbe/Charlton, DNF –
08/67 : Karlskoga, 6, Crabbe, 7th – Zeltweg, 4, Neerpasch/Crabbe, DNF – Brands Hatch, 57, Crabbe, DNS
GT40 P/1021 History:
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