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He averaged 321.125 km\/h in the Bimotore for the flying kilometer, 321.428 km\/h for the flying mile, and clocked a top speed of 336.252 km\/h. The other Alfa is the little Mantuan\u2019s 8C 2300 that he drove to victory in the 1932 Grand Prix of Monaco. The Lancia is the D50 in which Juan Manuel Fangio won (with some behind-the-scenes help from Peter Collins) the 1956 Formula 1 World Championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ferraris that will make up this exhibit will include the 248 SP powered by Ferrari\u2019s first 8-cylinder engine, John Surtees\u2019s F1 world championship-winning 158, the unraced Harvey Postlethwaite-designed Formula Indy car of 1986, right through to the recent 430 Challenge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exhibition will continue until the end of April. 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