Talk:1964 24 Hours of Le Mans

Ferrari 250 LM vs 275 LM

I had originally written the article up using the model name Ferrari 275LM as that is what it has been called by most of the book-literature.

• Spurring, Quentin (2010) Le Mans 1960-69 Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing ISBN 978-1-84425-584-9
• Clausager, Anders (1982) Le Mans London: Arthur Barker Ltd ISBN 0-213-16846-4
• Laban, Brian (2001) Le Mans 24 Hours London: Virgin Books ISBN 1-85227-971-0
• Moity, Christian (1974) The Le Mans 24 Hour Race 1949-1973 Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Co ISBN 0-8019-6290-0

I agree that I have seen some racing websites that refer to it as a 250LM in their results tables. The 275 was a closed-top evolution of the 1963 race-winning 250P with a bigger engine. Although Ferrari had a variety of naming nomenclature for its models, at this time for the V12 he was naming them based on the individual cylinder size: The 1963 race-winning Ferrari 250 had a 3-litre V12 (therefore 3000 ÷12 =250) whereas the 275LM had moved up to a 3.3 litre V12 (3300 ÷12 =275) hence the differentiation. The 1964 race-winner was called the 275P (a 3.3-litre engine) as was the 1965 race-winning 275LM, and 275P2 entrants. This is mentioned in the wiki-article on Ferrari: Ferrari#naming conventions. In that same race was the 330P2 named for its 4.0-litre V12 and the 365 P2 with its 4.4-litre V12. Hence I would prefer to see the edit revert to what it was previously, maintaining the model-naming consistency. Philby NZ (talk) 06:42, 29 April 2018 (UTC)