
Ferrari F40 LM Pilot #34 Ferte / Thavenin / Palau 24 Hours of Le Mans 1995 Red Bburago 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Ferrari
- Manufacturer
- Bburago
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 3032-P3
- Year
- 1987
- Era
- 1980s
- 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 LM Pilot #34 Ferte / Thavenin / Palau 24 Hours of Le Mans 1995 Red Bburago 1:18
TL;DR: Bburago's 1:18 diecast Ferrari F40 LM reproduces the red #34 car that raced the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by Ferte, Thevenin, and Palau. Built on Bburago's established F40 tooling, this variant documents a genuine privateer GT entry at Le Mans rather than a fictional racing scheme.
The F40 LM was Ferrari's racing-focused variant, and independent French teams campaigned it at Le Mans through the mid-1990s. This #34 car's 1995 outing is one of those genuine competition entries, not a styling exercise.
Bburago's F40 Casting Wearing a Genuine Le Mans Livery
Unlike some of the F40 liveries built around club or exhibition branding, this #34 car documents an actual competition entry: the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Ferte, Thevenin, and Palau sharing driving duties. Bburago applies that livery to its long-running 1:18 F40 casting, the same zinc-alloy tooling that's carried the model in various forms since shortly after the car's debut. The doors and hood open on functional hinges, revealing a simplified engine bay behind the louvered rear deck the F40 is known for, and the red bodywork carries the racing number and sponsor graphics with reasonable clarity for a mass-market diecast. Panel tolerances run wider than a resin alternative would allow, and the paint doesn't chase a factory-exact shade, both honest trade-offs at this price point. What the model does deliver is a specific, documented racing history rather than an invented livery, which gives it a slightly different appeal than a purely decorative variant.
The F40 LM's Privateer Racing Life at Le Mans
Ferrari never fielded a full factory GT racing program around the F40, which left the car's competition life largely in the hands of independent teams running F40 LM-spec cars through European endurance racing in the early-to-mid 1990s. Le Mans, with its mix of works-supported prototypes and privateer GT entries, was a natural stage for cars like this #34 entry. Racing there meant twenty-four hours of sustained high-speed running on public roads closed for the event, a very different test than the F40's design brief as a road car. That a Ferrari road-car-based GT racer completed such an event at all speaks to how seriously the underlying chassis and drivetrain were engineered, even without factory backing.
This #34 car pairs naturally with other F40 competition liveries for a shelf built around the model's racing history, or stands as a single Le Mans-focused piece within a broader Ferrari collection. At Bburago's accessible diecast pricing, it's an easy way to add genuine motorsport provenance without resin-tier cost.














