One of the great iconic names in motorsport with the power to unite an entire country and millions of fans from all over the world: the Scuderia Ferrari – the most successful team in the history of Formula 1 – turns 90 in 2019. An anniversary that the Ferrari Museum in Maranello has decided to mark with a major celebratory exhibition. Founded in Modena on 16 November 1929 by Enzo Ferrari who understood the potential of gentlemen drivers to deliver great racing performances, S

The 312 T presented here, chassis 022, is one of just five of the evolutionary “transversale” Grand Prix cars built by Ferrari for the 1975 Formula One season. The 312 T model, designed by Mauro Forghieri, features a number of design changes from its 312 B3 predecessor, including the transverse mounted gearbox that is reflected in the “T” designation in the car’s name. This new design positions the gearbox ahead of the rear axle to give a lower polar moment of inertia for imp

Report from Rex McAfee The Ferrari Racing Days at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca on May 10-12, 2019, gave fans of the Italian marque an unforgettable experience of sights, smells and glorious sounds that no other car manufacture can replicate. While the annual West coast stop is nothing new for the most prestigious single-brand racing series in the world, this year’s event provided more than just being Round 3 of the North American Ferrari Challenge. For the truly privileged

The FIA World Endurance Cup (WEC) 6 Hours of Spa took place on May 4, and “endurance” became the descriptive word – not from overcoming mechanical problems, nor driver error, nor team strategies – no it was weather. What normally would have been spring time weather in Belgium, albeit overcast as it always seems to be at Spa, the race was actually driven in perfectly awful weather. After a few laps of sunshine, it began to snow! Light snow, then heavy snow, then snow/rain mix,

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 old paddock at the Nürburgring at the time of the German Grand prix of August 5, 1956. This paddock was situated outside of the track and had a tunnel which went under the start/finish area and then giving access to the racing circuit. The natty gentleman standing in the middle of the photograph is Vittorio Bellantani, who at this time was working as an engine designer at Ferrari. Bellantani had started his career working for Ferrari's machine tool company during

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

The Targa Florio was never kind to cars, especially big fast cars. There was just too much scenery too close to the road. This is a Ferrari 330P4 which was being driven by Targa specialist and Palermo school teacher Nino Vaccarella with co-driver fellow Ferrari Italian sports car expert Ludovico Scarfiotti on May 14, 1967. However, poor Scarfiotti never got to drive in the race because Vaccarella had a rare accident in the village of Collesano on his second lap, hitting an er

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

Here is Ferrari driver Mike Hawthorn with his 246F1 turning into the La Source hairpin at the top of the long high speed Spa-Francorchamps public road circuit during the Belgian Grand Prix on June 15, 1958. At this time the start/finish line was around La Source and about half the way down the hill to Eau Rouge. The climbing right at Eau Rouge, followed by the wide open left through Raidillon can be seen in the background. Today, the start/finish line has been moved back abou

Although not Louis Klemantaski's favorite photograph, this is perhaps his most famous. Color in the mid-1950s was something pretty rare, especially action color. Color photographs were almost never run in either magazines or books because of the high printing cost. Klemantaski used to say that every color photograph he took was one that would never be published. Fortunately, time and technology would overcome that problem. This unique image was one from a single roll of color

Report from Arnaud Blanfuney Run every two years at the heart of the Principality, the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco is definitely a milestone in the historic scene. The 11th edition of this prestigious event which took place on May 11-13, 2018 did not fail its reputation, presenting over 180 Grand Prix cars selected for both their historical value and their degree of authenticity. During the three days of free practices, qualifications and races, all competitors shared the