Ferrari 1960–1965
Ferrari 1960–1965
Ferrari 1960–1965
Ferrari 1960–1965
Ferrari 1960–1965
Ferrari 1960–1965
Ferrari 1960–1965
Ferrari 1960–1965
Ferrari 1960–1965
Ferrari 1960–1965

Ferrari 1960–1965

The Hallowed Years

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Author William Huon
ISBN: 9781910505816

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The subject of this book is Ferrari’s racing history from 1960 to 1965, a period that was one of the most successful in the marque’s history so far. In this era, which began with completion of the transition from front-engined to rear-engined configuration, Scuderia Ferrari won just about everything with a variety of iconic machinery that included the ‘shark-nose’ 156 and the fabled 250 GTO. Driving Formula 1 Ferraris, Phil Hill and John Surtees delivered two World Championship titles in the space of four years. Ferrari sports cars racked up a string of six consecutive victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours, a feat subsequently surpassed only by Porsche. This book covers this period in detail for the first time and exclusively features the work of one of the greatest racing photographers ever.
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• 1960: A year of transition in F1, struggling with the powerful front-engined Dinos while rear-engined Cooper blew away its rivals; Le Mans yielded five of the top six places with Testa Rossas placed 1–2.

• 1961: F1 supremacy with the all-conquering ‘shark-nose’ 156 — Ferrari’s design for the new 1½-litre formula — saw Phil Hill emerge as World Champion after Wolfgang von Trips’s death at Monza, and brought Ferrari’s first constructors’ title; another Testa Rossa sweep at Le Mans gave Olivier Gendebien his third Ferrari victory in this classic race and Phil Hill his second.

• 1962: After the departure of key engineering brains, F1 fortunes plummeted, with no victories all year; but Ferrari’s onward march in sports car and GT racing continued, enhanced by the arrival of the 250 GTO; Gendebien and Hill won Le Mans yet again.

• 1963: Former motorcycle champion John Surtees began the effort to restore F1 success against Lotus pre-eminence; Ferrari’s rear-engined sports cars finally bore fruit as Lorenzo Bandini and Ludovico Scarfiotti in a 250 P won Le Mans, where Ferraris now took the top six places.

• 1964: With the F1 title chase going down to the wire, John Surtees delivered another pair of drivers’ and constructors’ crowns driving the new V8-powered 158; Nino Vaccarella and Jean Guichet in their 275 P headed yet more Ferrari steamrolling success at Le Mans.

• 1965: The last year of 1½-litre F1 brought a lean Ferrari season while Lotus again dominated; sports car success continued, topped by an unexpected sixth consecutive Le Mans victory, achieved by Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory in a 250 LM.

Format: 290x240mm
Hardback
Page extent: 368pp
Illustration: 390 photos, including colour

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“What we have here is a combination of quality, both in words and photography, that even Enzo himself would have approved of… Well presented, and a joy to behold, I have no option but to present Evro Publishing with five stars. Simply superb.”

“Great books about Ferrari are few and far between – this is one of them.”

“A beautiful book… a truly golden era retold comprehensively, and not in a dense, dry way… the stunning photography of Bernard Cahier moves this onto another level.”

“Brings the era to life, with detail and vigour... illustrated lavishly by the renowned Bernard Cahier’s wonderful images.”

“A deep dive into an era other books skip over… Fascinating.”

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“The golden age of six-carburettor, V12 excess is captured perfectly and should appeal to marque fanatics and causal readers alike.”

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