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250 GTO
Sixty years ago, a car regarded by many as the greatest road racer of all time was launched. And this…
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The greatest, or just very good..?
Amongst all the world’s greatest classic cars there can be no doubt that, in general perception, the confined group of…
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GTO goes racing
Denis Jenkinson read the situation perfectly. In early 1962, as the dust settled following the ‘Palace Revolt’ in which a…
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Man on a wire
"I don’t know,” answers Charles Leclerc to the question of whether he is a tiger or tactician, a Villeneuve or…
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Ferrari's 24-hour renaissance
Jim Weeks The very basis of Ferrari’s reputation is competition. Indeed, Enzo Ferrari himself famously only built road-going examples of…
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Daytona SP3
The front wings curve and curl ahead of you, the monstrous V12 bellows and barks behind you. The revs keep…
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The great imitation
Whatever the 1923 Italian term was for, ‘On your bike, son,’ 25-year-old Enzo Ferrari surely uttered it as the carabiniere…
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Enzo Ferrari tribute
Anyone who lives beyond man’s natural span of “three score years and 10” has to be respected, and to live…
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Lost Ferrari rides again
While the British teams gnashed their teeth over the regulation change, Ferrari made hay with Carlo Chiti’s V6 that had…
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The debut king
On May 13, 1950 Giuseppe Farina took the chequered flag at Silverstone, and thus by definition won a world championship…
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Thorough bread winners
I have spent the last few years travelling the world and driving as many Ferrari Sports-racers as I could. At…
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Lunch with Tony Brooks
For today’s Formula 1 drivers, the glare of the media spotlight is relentless. TV cameras haunt every corner of the…
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Villeneuve vs Pironi
Forty years. Who knows where the time goes? In the midst of one of grand prix racing’s most unpredictable seasons,…
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Ferrari's V12 laboratory
There’s a distant whine of electronics, followed by a whip crack of starter motor… then all hell breaks loose. The…
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The little man in the cowboy hat
He won the Targa Florio twice, raced for Scuderia Ferrari, had his own grand prix team, created a car that…
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The Ferrari reply to the German cars
On the 16th of December last the Scuderia Ferrari celebrated its annual banquet, and talk naturally turned to the problem…
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Enzo's right-hand man
Mauro Forghieri – for 27 years the chief engineer of Ferrari’s racing operation – was on fine form. Ten days…
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Tracing the Targa Florio
I’ll give you the same tip I gave to Jacky Ickx in 1973 when he was driving the Targa for…
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