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Completed late in 1932, chassis the first 8C 3000 was debuted by Luigi Fagioli in the Czechoslovak Grand Prix at Brno. He finished a commendable second behind Louis Chiron in a Bugatti Type 51. During the 1933 Tripoli Grand Prix, Giuseppe Campari led for most of the race in '3001' but was forced to retire with mechanical problems. It all came good at the French Grand Prix on the banked Monthlery track. Here Campari beat a swarm of Alfas in convincing fashion. It was subsequently raced by Count Baconin Borzacchini, who did not prove to be as lucky as Campari. He fatally crashed his Maserati during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The damage to the car was minimal and after being repaired, it was sold to an Italian privateer. He raced the car at a variety of events, including the 1934 Monaco Grand Prix.
At the end of the decade, it was sold to Great Britain but it eventually ended up in the hands of noted Maserati collector Cameron Millar. At one point he owned both 8C 3000s. He did not hold on to '3001' long because it was not in the best of conditions. During the 1990s it was eventually restored to full running order and campaigned at the Monterey Historics. During the 2000 Christie's Pebble Beach auction, it was sold for an impressive $1 million. In 2008, the car reappeared during the Monaco Historic Grand Prix, 74 years after its first appearance.
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