
Ferrari 312 PB #2 Scuderia Ferrari World Sportscar Championship 1972 Shell 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Ferrari
- Manufacturer
- Shell
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- Shell001
- Year
- 1972
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- Prototype Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group Racing Historic
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 5036961040033
About the Ferrari 312 PB #2 Scuderia Ferrari World Sportscar Championship 1972 Shell 1:18
TL;DR: This 1:18 diecast Ferrari 312 PB number 2 reproduces Scuderia Ferrari's 1972 World Sportscar Championship entry. The 312 PB was Ferrari's prototype weapon in a season the team dominated almost completely, and this diecast delivers the factory Scuderia livery at accessible pricing for a motorsport-focused display.
Few prototype seasons were as one-sided as Ferrari's 1972 campaign, and the 312 PB is the car that made it happen.
Ferrari's Dominant 1972 Sportscar Season
The 312 PB was Ferrari's answer to the 3-liter prototype regulations that governed the World Sportscar Championship in the early 1970s, fielded by works drivers including Jacky Ickx, Clay Regazzoni, and Mario Andretti among others. Across the 1972 season the car won nearly every round it entered, a level of dominance rarely repeated in sports car racing. That result is why the 312 PB remains a standing reference point for anyone collecting factory Ferrari prototypes, distinct from the brand's road-going GT lineage and its later Le Mans efforts.
A Mass-Market Diecast of a Factory Racer
Diecast construction suits a livery-driven subject like this: the metal body holds the open cockpit and low prototype nose cleanly, and the factory Scuderia Ferrari colors read clearly at 1:18 without requiring the sealed-resin precision a road car's panel gaps might demand. This sits at accessible pricing rather than premium collector tier, which makes it a practical way to add a genuine championship-winning prototype to a shelf without hero-piece cost. The trade-off is expected at this price: simplified cockpit detail and a paint finish that favors clean livery reproduction over deep clear coat.
Placing the 312 PB in a Racing Collection
Alongside other early-1970s prototypes, this model anchors the World Sportscar Championship era before Group C changed the category. It reads well beside Ferrari's later Le Mans prototypes, marking an earlier chapter of the same factory ambition.







