The Ferrari 330 P3 represents one of the most concentrated efforts Maranello ever applied to endurance racing. Built for the 1966 season, only three chassis — numbered 0846, 0848 and 0850 — were constructed, each campaigned exclusively by the Scuderia Ferrari SEFAC factory team. Car No. 20, entrusted to Ludovico Scarfiotti and Mike Parkes, lined up at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 1966 as part of that three-car factory assault. Top Marques now reproduces that specific entry in 1:12.
A V12 in a Pininfarina Shell
The 330 P3 carried a Tipo 218 V12 with Lucas fuel injection, mounted in a tubular spaceframe chassis with all-independent suspension. The bodywork was a closed berlinetta coupe penned by Pininfarina and constructed by Drogo, producing a wide-body fastback silhouette that remains one of the most recognisable sports prototype shapes of the 1960s. It was a direct evolution of the 330 P2, sharpened in both aerodynamics and mechanical specification for the 1966 campaign.
Le Mans 1966: The Race That Defined an Era
The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of endurance racing's defining events. Ford's GT40 Mk IIs finished first, second and third, ending Ferrari's run of dominance and marking a turning point in the history of the sport. All three Ferrari 330 P3 entries retired; car No. 20 — Scarfiotti and Parkes — went out with engine failure. Scarfiotti was an Italian aristocrat and trusted factory driver; Parkes a British engineer-racer who contributed substantially to Ferrari's development programme throughout the mid-1960s. The No. 20 carried the uncluttered Rosso Corsa of the SEFAC team, with the SEFAC shield on the bodywork and no commercial sponsorship, entirely consistent with factory Ferrari practice of that period.
Top Marques and the 1:12 Format
Top Marques produces the Ferrari 330 P3 No. 20 as a 1:12 scale model car — one of the largest formats commonly found in collector display cabinets. The 1:12 scale allows the Pininfarina-Drogo berlinetta bodywork, the period racing livery and the SEFAC shield markings to be rendered with the kind of surface area that smaller scales simply cannot accommodate.
Placing It in the Cabinet
At 1:12, the P3 berlinetta occupies a commanding shelf position; its low, wide fastback profile makes it visually distinct even among large-format models. It pairs naturally with the Ferrari 330 P4 entries from the 1967 season — the direct successor chassis — and with the Ford GT40 Mk II models from the same 1966 Le Mans grid. For collectors focused on the mid-1960s prototype era or on the Ford–Ferrari rivalry, this No. 20 entry anchors the narrative at the precise moment when that chapter reached its climax.
