Group B Ferrari

This Group B Ferrari 308 GTB is driven by dirt and disruption 21 April 2020 With Ferraris blessing Michelotto built just four of these 308 GTBs to Group B specification in the early 1980s which means that in the rarefied world of thoroughbred prancing horses this slender-hipped dirt devourer is an elusive beast indeed. Group B regulations divided the category into sub-classes based on displacement hence the 2927 cc Ferrari would have to take 120 kg worth of ballast to bring it up to minimal 960 kg class weight.

1978 Ferrari 308 Gtb Pro Motor Sport Group B Rally Car For Sale At William I Anson Ltd Ferrari Motorsport Rally Car

However even with the extra heft the GTM would have been the rally car with the best power to weight ratio in its early design period.

Group b ferrari. Sadly the banning of Group B cars on safety grounds in 1986 brought an end to the project although the work wasnt wasted a lot of the engineering was transferred into the GTO and then the Ferrari F40. But since Group B gained momentum Ferrari also explored the possibility to run its factory team in the most experimental racing series of the era. Spanish rally driver Antonio Zanini recognized that the 308 GTB can do better than Group 4 and thanks to him Ferrari was persuaded to modify the car to Group B regulations.

However as only Ferrari and Porsche with their 959 entered the series was soon abandoned leaving just the Group B Rally championship. One of only four Group B Ferrari 308s prepared by Michelotto One of only three Group B Michelotto 308s with a Quattrovalvole engine Run in period by Pro Motor Sport SRL the only team to campaign Michelotto Group B 308s Driven by Luigi Lucky Battistolli and 1979 World Champion Bjorn Waldegard. 77 rows Group B was introduced by the FIA in 1982 as a replacement for both Group 4 modified.

Ferrari 288 GTO he Ferrari GTO was built to compete in the new Group B Race series and a minimum of 200 cars were required for homologation. Michelotto was an Italian racing firm that developed its own Ferrari-official 308 GTB Group Bs and they actually helped out supplying Worswick with a short-ratio non-synchro dog-leg gearbox. By Alex Kierstein Web Editor.

A Ferrari thats not afraid to get dirty Who doesnt want to own a dirt-flinging Ferrari from the golden age of rallying. One of just two Group B Ferrari 308 constructed by Cazzola for factory blessed team Pro Motor Sport in period and subsequently campaigned in World European and Italian championship rounds with drivers including Henri Toivonen Massimo Ercolani Paola de Martini and Enrico Guggiari. With Ferraris blessing Michelotto built just four of these 308 GTBs to Group B specification in the early 1980s which means that in the rarefied world of thoroughbred prancing horses this slender-hipped dirt devourer is an elusive beast indeed Full story here at Classic Driver.

A total of 11 308 GTB Gp4 cars were built by Michelotto with an additional car assembled in Great Britain for events in the UK. Ferrari road cars are something we know all about. The Ferrari 308 GTB Group B Michelotto exists largely thanks to one man Antonio Zanini a 7-time national champion Spanish rally driver who recognized that the 308 GTB could be a Group B weapon with the correct upgrades.

Production of the Ferrari 288 GTO started in mid-1984 and having produced the required 200 units was officially homologated in Group B on June 1st 1985. Ferraris racing cars are more famous than. Subscribe for the next video.

A Ferrari 308 GTB Group B rally car. This Group B-spec 308 is headed to auction. A Ferrari 288GTO epic drifts awesome donuts and then figure of 8s round some gerbs.

As such the 288 GTO is NOT a prototype but a fully-fledged Group B car.

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