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330 P4

In 1966, Ford humiliated Ferrari at Le Mans, shattering the Italian marque’s dominance with their GT40s. Enzo Ferrari, famously proud and deeply wounded by the loss, vowed revenge. Eight months later, at the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, he got it.

With the memory of Le Mans fresh, Ferrari unleashed the 330 P4, a machine designed to reclaim their legacy. As the sun began to rise after 24 hours of grueling racing, a sight burned into motorsport history unfolded: two Ferrari 330 P4s, driven by Lorenzo Bandini and Chris Amon in the lead car, alongside Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarfiotti, crossed the finish line in perfect formation. Just behind them was the third Ferrari, a 412 P piloted by Pedro Rodríguez and Jean Guichet, completing their podium sweep.

Australian 🇦🇺 Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) soldiers taking a rest in the shade of their Land Rover Perentie Long Range Patrol Vehicle (LRPV)

The LRPV was first deployed to Kuwait in 1998 for Operation Desert Thunder, and first saw combat as part of the Australian contribution to the War in Afghanistan, Operation Slipper and later in Iraq in Operation Falconer.

The SASR’s 1 Squadron arrived in Afghanistan in November 2001, and rapidly sent LRPV-mounted patrols hundreds of kilometers from their base at Camp Rhino. In his history of the SASR’s early operations in Afghanistan, journalist Ian McPhedran wrote that the “Australian-designed LRPVs would prove ideal in the harsh Afghan environment, as they could stay on patrol for weeks on end without needing to return to base”.