Thread: Sportscar/GT (and Le Mans) Rumours and Repetition
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Old 13 Dec 2011, 09:31 (Ref:2999085)   #1271
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Originally Posted by Speed-King View Post
The Ferraris the MC12 raced against were mostly the Prodrive-built 550s, which were a bit of a rogue project without the official blessing of Ferrari.

There might still have been a few 'official' 575s around, but those were never really competitive, so I am not sure that that's a good example.
Wasnt the main reason the 575 were not competitive was that the MC12 was Ferrari's main focus at the time? Amongst other things.
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