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> On this page: [The price and the proof](#the-price-and-the-proof) · [Model readouts](#model-readouts) · [Documented sales](#documented-sales) · [Maserati's customer Grand Prix car became its 1957 title winner](#overview-heading) · [Technical specifications](#technical-specifications) · [Engine and transmission](#engine-and-transmission) · [Chassis and running gear](#chassis-and-running-gear) · [The people behind the car](#the-people-behind-the-car) · [Gioacchino Colombo](#gioacchino-colombo) · [Vittorio Bellentani](#vittorio-bellentani) · [Giulio Alfieri](#giulio-alfieri) · [Member instruments](#member-instruments)

![A red Maserati 250F Grand Prix car, front three-quarter view on a sepia-gold field with drifting dust](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/maserati-250f/hero-wide-2560.jpg)

# 250F

The front-engined title car

The 250F is valued chassis by chassis: works cars and Cameron Millar continuations occupy separate markets. Fangio's four-win 1957 season is central; mechanical identity and a period race file decide each car.

1954 to 1960 · ~26 built · Modena

## The price and the proof

Indicative road-car band $4M–$8M · 7 documented road sales · 7 recorded sales on file. Modeled values are not observed sales. Nothing here is investment advice.

Confidence: low. The ledger has one directly documented original-car result: chassis 2525 at $4.62M in 2014. Public transactions are too rare, and chassis histories too individual, to infer a tight current band; the range allows for accepted period identity, racing provenance and restoration quality but is not a computed market average.

Original period cars only. Cameron Millar constructions and other recreations form a separate market even when they contain original Maserati components.

Chassis 2525 set a $4.62M model auction record in 2014. No comparable recent public sale was found that would establish today's level for another period 250F.

| Record | Amount | What | Venue | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Road record | $4'620'000 | 1956 250F offset car · chassis 2525 | Gooding & Company Pebble Beach | 16 August 2014 |

Valuation method and source rules: [HICONIUM standards](https://hiconium.dev/standards). Observed auction results across the wider market: [Market terminal](https://hiconium.dev/market).

### Model readouts

7 documented anchors. model v1 · seed maserati-250f. Compound annual growth is modeled price CAGR; S&P 500 is a price index without dividends. Forecast quantiles are not investment advice.

| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1Y | +204.2% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +197.3% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | +32.5% | +13.3% | +11.8% |

| Series | Deepest drawdown | Window |
| --- | --- | --- |
| This car* | -99.6% | Aug 2014 → Dec 2018 · recovered May 2026 |
| S&P 500 | -20.3% | Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023 |
| Gold | -39.3% | Sep 2011 → Dec 2015 · recovered Jul 2020 |

| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| +6M | $4'853'350 | $5'887'715 | $7'142'528 |
| +12M | $4'692'082 | $6'127'997 | $8'003'344 |
| +24M | $4'557'666 | $6'638'380 | $9'669'004 |

### Documented sales

7 recorded. Every public sale on this file, newest first. Amounts keep the recorded currency. Source links appear only when the catalog stores a public auction-lot URL.

| Date | Chassis / label | Class | House | Venue | Amount | Currency | Basis | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-10-10 | bonhams · Knokke-Heist, Le Zoute · hammer | Road | bonhams | Knokke-Heist, Le Zoute | €25'000 | EUR | hammer | [https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/26997/lot/5/maserati-250f-childs-car-chassis-no-006/](https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/26997/lot/5/maserati-250f-childs-car-chassis-no-006/) |
| 2021-03-10 | bonhams · Paris, Rue de la Paix · hammer | Road | bonhams | Paris, Rue de la Paix | €18'000 | EUR | hammer | [https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/26926/lot/108/maserati-250f-monoposto-child-car/](https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/26926/lot/108/maserati-250f-monoposto-child-car/) |
| 2020-09-06 | bonhams · Brussels · hammer | Road | bonhams | Brussels | €17'000 | EUR | hammer | [https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/26494/lot/2/maserati-250f-monoposto-child-car/](https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/26494/lot/2/maserati-250f-monoposto-child-car/) |
| 2018-10-05 | bonhams · Knokke-Heist, Le Zoute · hammer | Road | bonhams | Knokke-Heist, Le Zoute | €15'000 | EUR | hammer | [https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/24956/lot/8/maserati-250f-junior-monoposto/](https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/24956/lot/8/maserati-250f-junior-monoposto/) |
| 2014-08-17 | 2014 | Road | Gooding Christie's | Pebble Beach 2014, Pebble Beach, USA | $4'620'000 | USD | incl. buyer's premium | [https://glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/56470/results](https://glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/56470/results) |
| 2014-08-16 | Gooding & Company · Pebble Beach · incl. buyer's premium | Road | Gooding & Company | Pebble Beach | $4'620'000 | USD | incl. buyer's premium | [https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1956-maserati-250f](https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1956-maserati-250f) |
| 2010-04-30 | bonhams · Monaco, Fairmont Hotel · hammer | Road | bonhams | Monaco, Fairmont Hotel | €280'000 | EUR | hammer | [https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/18297/lot/147/1954-56-type-25-litre-maserati-250f-tipo-1-historic-grand-prix-racing-single-seater-by-cameron-millar-chassis-no-cm4-engine-no-2505/](https://cars.bonhams.com/auction/18297/lot/147/1954-56-type-25-litre-maserati-250f-tipo-1-historic-grand-prix-racing-single-seater-by-cameron-millar-chassis-no-cm4-engine-no-2505/) |

The 2014 Gooding result includes buyer's premium as published. The broader band is an editorial range anchored to that sale, not a statistically derived valuation.

## Maserati's customer Grand Prix car became its 1957 title winner

The 250F was ready by the end of 1953 for Formula 1's new 2.5-litre rules. Juan Manuel Fangio won its first race in Argentina in January 1954 and won again in Belgium before moving to Mercedes; points from both teams counted toward his 1954 title.

Maserati kept developing the car: five-speed gearboxes, revised brakes, lighter frames, offset drivetrains and an experimental V12 all appeared. Stirling Moss won Monaco and Italy in 1956. Fangio returned for 1957 and won Argentina, Monaco, France and Germany on the way to his fifth championship.

Period production is commonly given as about 26 cars, but chassis numbers were reused, frames were replaced and later Cameron Millar cars incorporated original parts and factory jigs. For valuation, the accepted identity and unbroken history of the particular chassis matter more than the headline count.

| Highlight | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| Built for works drivers and privateers | Maserati sold 250Fs to customers while continuing factory development and support. That kept the car on grids for years, but it also produced exchanged engines, revised frames and chassis-number histories that require specialist reconciliation. |
| The offset car lowered the driver | For 1956 the driveline was angled away from the cockpit, allowing a lower seating position and a smaller frontal area. Chassis 2525, the best-known offset car, won its only World Championship Grand Prix with Stirling Moss at Monza. |
| Nine record laps | At the 1957 German Grand Prix, Fangio lost 48 seconds during his planned stop, then recovered with a sequence that included nine lap records. The win delivered the decisive image of the 250F and formed part of his fifth drivers' title. |

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Period cars | ~26 · records disputed |
| Debut | 1954 Argentine GP · win |
| 1957 | Fangio · four wins · title |
| Layout | Front engine · rear drive |
| Formula | 2.5-litre Formula 1 |

## Technical specifications

### Engine and transmission

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engine | 2'493 cc inline six | twin overhead camshafts, dry sump and twin-plug ignition |
| Induction | Three twin-choke Weber carburettors | fuel injection was tested during development |
| Early output | approximately 220 to 240 hp | period specifications vary by chassis and season |
| Offset-car output | 270 hp at 7'200 rpm | Gooding's published specification for chassis 2525 |
| Gearbox | 4-speed, later 5-speed manual transaxle |  |

### Chassis and running gear

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frame | Tubular steel space frame | developed repeatedly through the works programme |
| Front suspension | Unequal-length double wishbones | coil springs and dampers |
| Rear suspension | De Dion axle | transverse leaf spring |
| Brakes | Four hydraulic drums | Dunlop discs were among later experiments |
| Body | Single-seat aluminium Grand Prix body |  |

## The people behind the car

### [Gioacchino Colombo](https://hiconium.dev/people/gioacchino-colombo)

Initial project engineer · Maserati

Set the concept for the A6GCM-derived 2.5-litre Grand Prix car before leaving Maserati ahead of its race debut.

### [Vittorio Bellentani](https://hiconium.dev/people/vittorio-bellentani)

Development engineer · Maserati

Developed the inline-six and early 250F package with the Modena engineering group.

### [Giulio Alfieri](https://hiconium.dev/people/giulio-alfieri)

Chief development engineer · Maserati

Took charge of continued chassis and mechanical development after Bellentani's departure.

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