racing history and, for the new owner, a shot at a glory all their own. One of only 13 made, this 1954 Ferrari Mondial Spider Series I wasn’t one of Ferrari’s fabled V12 models but an entirely ...

The Mondial part of the model title was a reference to Ferrari’s history, referring to the mid-fifties sports racing model of ...

Franco Cortese, an Italian race car driver who helped Ferrari achieve its first racing victory, drove the Mondial at the Mille Miglia race in Italy in May 1954, according to RM Sotheby's.

BrokerSotheby's says the wrecked 1954 Ferrari Mondial Sider Series was purchased at an auction in California. But to racing fans, it's more than just a hunk of metal -- it's a piece of history.

Its original finish was in Rosso Corsa paint—Italy’s international motor racing ... the Mondial was crashed and suffered fire damage. It was then sold to Ed Niles, an avid Ferrari buyer ...

This 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Series I by Pinin Farina (0406 MD) is one of just 13 examples ever made. It’s also the second made of the group and saw period racing success. That’s why ...

When most people pick up a crumbled heap of metal to hopefully transform it back to working condition, they also don't spend two million dollars just to get it in their garage. A Ferrari 500 ...

On Sunday, the “third-string” Ferrari 499P became the third different chassis to win during Ferrari’s current streak at the ...

Curtain area is significant even at relatively low valve lifts, so it's not entirely a racing ... the Mondial's price for its added bulk and its most modest, child-sized back seats. More ...

Its racing history only adds six-figure amounts. Back in May 2021, RM Sotheby's sold another of the 13 Ferrari Mondial Spiders by Pininfarina for 3,717,500 million euros, which would be translated ...

If that name sounds familiar, that's because Franco Cortese was the driver who scored Ferrari's very first professional racing victory at the 1947 Rome Grand Prix. The Mondial Spider was the car ...