
Ferrari F40 Evoluzione #1 Pirelli Agip Red with Gold Wheels 1992 Bburago 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Ferrari
- Manufacturer
- Bburago
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 3042-P2
- Year
- 1992
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Historic GT & GTE
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
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About the Ferrari F40 Evoluzione #1 Pirelli Agip Red with Gold Wheels 1992 Bburago 1:18
TL;DR: Bburago's 1:18 diecast Ferrari F40 Evoluzione #1 reproduces the Pirelli and Agip competition livery on gold wheels, representing the factory-developed racing variant built beyond the standard road-going F40. It captures Ferrari's most track-focused F40 evolution for a GT and GTE-themed collection.
Ferrari developed the F40 Evoluzione as a more extreme, track-only version of the road car, built in small numbers for customer racing programs rather than public sale. Pirelli and Agip sponsorship, both long-standing partners of Ferrari's racing efforts, mark this example's competition identity clearly.
Diecast Detailing on the Evoluzione's Racing Package
The Evoluzione pushed the F40's aerodynamics further than the road car ever went, with a larger rear wing, wider front and rear arches, and lighter body panels aimed squarely at competition use rather than public roads, and Bburago's tooling reflects that more aggressive stance rather than softening it back toward standard F40 proportions. Gold wheels replace the road car's usual finish, a nod to the gold Speedline wheels Ferrari's racing programs favored for decades, and they contrast sharply against the red bodywork under direct shelf lighting. Pirelli and Agip branding runs across the nose, doors, and rear wing in crisp tampo printing, dense enough to demand careful registration that Bburago's diecast tooling handles cleanly. Even the rear diffuser, easy to lose in a photograph but obvious in hand, keeps the sharper edges the Evoluzione's aero package demanded. The #1 numbering marks this as a lead entry rather than a supporting car.
Pirelli, Agip, and Ferrari's Racing Partnerships
Pirelli and Agip both carry decades-long associations with Ferrari's motorsport programs, supplying tires and fuel respectively across multiple racing eras, and seeing both brands on an F40 Evoluzione livery signals a genuine factory-adjacent competition effort rather than a private team's improvised sponsorship deal. The Evoluzione itself served as a development step toward the F40 LM that would later race in GT competition, making this car an important, if less famous, link in the F40's racing lineage. That lineage argument is exactly why serious F40 collectors chase multiple competition liveries rather than settling for one representative racing example. Paired with a period GT-liveried F40 from a privateer team, this Evoluzione fills out a shelf that traces the F40's full range from factory development car to customer racer.















