All Ferraris must be red, right? For Piero Ferrari, the last surviving son of Ferrari founder Enzo, another color spoke to him with more emotion. Enter Piero’s personal limited-run Ferrari Daytona SP3 configured in white and blue to honor the first Formula 1 victory he experienced since joining the company in 1965. Piero configured his 1-of-599 Daytona SP3 in the colors of NART, the North American Racing Team owned by Luigi Chinetti, Ferrari’s North American importer with racing legend John Surtees behind the wheel.
As the story goes, Chinetti raced the Ferrari 250LM under NART’s license and the American colors instead of Ferrari’s signature red because of an issue with FIA homologation at the time.
The blue and white livery holds even more significance, though. It’s also a nod to a special 250LM created to be showcased at motor shows, finished in the same colors with a red interior. Working off archival photos of the car, Piero configured his special Daytona SP3 to resemble it as closely as possible.
The result is a striking V12 supercar built as an homage to Ferrari’s mid-engined V12 sports car prototypes. Piero even commissioned a painting of the car to remind him of the occasion it is, taking delivery even before the car.
Of course, being Ferrari royalty, Piero’s test drive in his new car was at the Ferrari Fiorano test track. As far as Ferrari ownership experiences go, that’s pretty much at the top of the list, and sure beats the Daytona SP3-owner who nearly ran over a valet.
