"Serial number ZFFPA41B00101523
25,000 original kilometres
Delivered new in France
Genuine customer competition configuration
Extensive file of invoices
French title

A stylistic and mechanical evolution of the 348, the Ferrari F355 was launched in 1994. It is part of the line of rear mid-engined saloon cars introduced in the mid-1960s with the Dino 206 and then 246, and especially in the early 1970s with the 308 Vetroresina. Even if aesthetically the lines of the F355 are still as taut as ever, they are beginning to become rounder and prepare the important transition to the 360 Modena and the entry of the Maranello firm into the 21st century. Mechanically, the F355 received the 90° V8 of its predecessors which, here, was re-bored to 3.5L of displacement (as its name indicates 355) for 380 horsepower at the rear wheels which allowed the coupe to reach 300 km/h.
A year after the release of the F355, Ferrari looked at the latter to design a competition model as for its big sister 348 two years before. It was the creation of the Ferrari Challenge in 1993 by 348 owners, which took place in Europe (including Italy) and North America, that led to the first use of the word 'challenge' on the rear light grille of a car. The F355 follows this recent tradition. The challenge version is entirely based on the production model but gains a few kilos on the unladen weight scale; the mechanics are unchanged and it is the clutch and exhaust that are specific to the competition model.
Inside, the changes are more obvious with the installation of a roll bar, bucket seats, 6-point harnesses and circuit breakers, and of course the carpets, leather and superfluous parts of the dashboard and central tunnel. With only 108 examples produced, the F355 Challenge was a rarity that ran until 2000 when the 360 Challenge gradually replaced it.

The Ferrari F355 Challenge we present to you was delivered new in France on March 3, 1995 and registered a year later to Mr. J-M. Mora who raced with Mr. B. Chauvin in the newly created F355 Challenge. Chauvin in the newly created Ferrari Challenge championship. Sold in 2000, the Ferrari was seen in many races at the very beginning of its career with M.Chauvin behind the wheel until 1996 when it was M.Mora's turn to race on the most famous circuits in Western Europe: Paul Ricard, Nurburgring, Nogaro, Zandvoort (etc.). During these races, the Ferrari sported a red livery with blue and then red and yellow stripes. In 1998 Mora finished 6th in the Ferrari Europe Series Challenge. He continued to race the car until 1999. In 2000 the car was bought by Mr H. Cassenal who had a FFSA passport made the following year to run in the GT class.
Later on, we could meet this racing stallion on the circuit of Le Vigeant for the charity Operation ""500 Ferrari against cancer"" between 2006 and 2012.

This Ferrari F355 Challenge arrived in its original configuration and has only 25,000 kilometres on the clock. On the outside, the red paintwork is tightly stretched over the entire bodywork; at the rear, the mythical light grille with the French flag painted on it can be seen. The adjustable challenge spoiler as well as the aluminium wheels specific to the competition model and painted in white complete the exterior of the berlinette. The right rear quarter window houses the quick-fill fuel filler flap.
The interior of this F355 has little to do with the production model where luxurious leather is mixed with a certain refinement and comfort; here, the two seats are replaced by two red fabric buckets embroidered with ""challenge"" on the headrests, a roll bar is installed, the door panels are equipped with carbon panels and the carpets have been replaced by aluminium anti-slip plates. Only the black leather dashboard and some elements of the central tunnel remain, where the characteristic Ferrari gearbox can be found.
A lot of work has been done recently to bring the car back to its full racing potential; the clutch was replaced last year and the brakes overhauled at a cost of more than 5,000 Euros; a complete paint job, a new exhaust system and the replacement of the spark plugs were also carried out in 2020 at a cost of more than 6,000 Euros.

The upper and lower wishbones and their silent-blocks were replaced in the same year, with a geometry check, as well as the ball joints, at a cost of 5,500 euros. All this work was carried out at LDO Racing, renowned for its quality work on the cars of the Maranello firm.
It is therefore a completely revised car that we present to you, ready to take to the road as much as the circuits, the F355 Challenge is surely one of the most desirable Ferraris of the end of the 20th century."