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Following the collapse of Group C and GT1, a regulatory overhaul made the Ferrari 550 Maranello an ideal candidate to enter into the FIA’s GT Championship, and despite a rocky start, the short-lived Prodrive 550 became an icon in its own right. In this week’s car pictures we take a detailed look at one of the very best examples, but to read its story in full, pick up your copy of issue 286 in store or online now.
In response to the tumultuous rule changes FIA endurance racing was facing at the turn of the century, Turin-based Italtecnica developed the first Ferrari 550 racer, but with unreliability plaguing the model in its debut season, it was sent back to the drawing board to be redesigned entirely by British racing experts, Prodrive.