The 7-liter V12 engine was first used in the 612 Can-Am at the end of 1969; it developed 750 hp (560 kW) @ 8000 rpm.

[2][3][4][5][6] The car made its debut at the 1970 Can-Am race at Watkins Glen.

The Can-Am missions were handled by the North American Racing Team of Luigi Chinetti, who signed the French Jean-Pierre Jarier in 1972.

In 2005, the racing car was driven at the AvD-Oldtimer-Grand-Prix at the Nürburgring in historic motorsport.

The Scuderia itself only used the prototype once, in a sports car race in Imola, which Arturo Merzario won.