In this beautifully detailed overhead image taken before the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 19, 1958, Mike Hawthorn sits in his Ferrari Dino 246F1 in the paddock behind the pits as final race preparations are carried out. Hawthorn has opted for his preferred adjustable small aero screen instead of the wrap-around perspex screen more usual for these Dino V6 2.5 liter Grand Prix cars. Ferrari must have done something impressive overnight because in practice the Dinos

Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA will host a rare and exclusive solo exhibition of world-renowned, automobile photographer Gunther Raupp. This show will include Gunther’s popular images of magnificently designed Ferrari sports cars. Gunther remains one of the most sought-after photographers in Europe and America to create campaigns, brochures and magazines for Audi, Buick, Ford, GM, Jaguar, Maserati, Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo and others. Visit our historic g

A very pleased Jean Behra, France's top driver in the 1950s, stands in the seat of his Ferrari 256F1 after winning the Aintree 200 on April 18, 1959, surrounded by his mechanics, photographers and the press. The Aintree race was an early season non-championship event and had an excellent entry with both full factory-entered and privateer F1 cars and F2 cars running together. The Aintree circuit, near Liverpool, ran around the famed Grand National steeplechase course and also

This is the French driver Maurice Trintignant taking a well deserved drink immediately after the finish of the May 22, 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, surrounded by his mechanics and other team members. He had just won this important race with his Scuderia Ferrari 625F1 in a totally unexpected outcome. The 625F1 was for all intentions the prior year's Ferrari Grand Prix car, pressed into service when Aurelio Lampredi's latest design, the Supersqualo 555, showed poor reliability and l

Eugenio Castellotti, striding along next to his Ferrari 555F1 "Supersqualo" on the way to the start of the 1955 Italian Grand Prix on September 11, was Ferrari's Italian hope for the future. There was no question that he combined talent and bravery. The man to Castellotti's right, festooned with cameras, is the famous photojournalist Bernard Cahier. Practice for the Grand Prix was a rather up and down affair. Ferrari had arrived with two types of cars and that contributed to

Edited by Luciano Greggio For almost 90 years, Pininfarina has been synonymous with Italian coachbuilding and also with some of the most iconic cars in the history of not only Italian but also worldwide motoring. As a result, Pininfarina has been recognized as the creator of true works of art. There have been many books on Pininfarina, covering many aspects in detail, especially the firm’s work with Ferrari, but now we have a new book which brings the entire stylistic and ind