This 1954 Ferrari 750 Monza has been crowned the winner of The Peninsula Classics 2020 Best of the Best Award.
The accolade goes to a classic car that has won one of the qualifying world-class concours that year, this Ferrari taking Best of Show at the Cavallino Classic in Florida in January 2020.
It was shortlisted along with a 1929 Duesenberg Model J Town Limousine owned by The Lehrman Collection that was Best of Show at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance last March, the 1970 Le Mans-winning Porsche 917K that took top honours at the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace in September, and Salon Privé’s winner, the 1931 Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Monza Spider by Zagato, in which Tazio Nuvolari won the ’32 Coppa Principe di Piemonte for Scuderia Ferrari.
This 750 Monza made its debut with a two-litre engine at the first grand prix at Imola Autodrome in June 1954, where Umberto Maglioli took it to victory.
Then with a three-litre unit installed, it also won that year’s Monsanto Grand Prix, as well as claiming a first and a second during Nassau Race Week.
