It’s not an April Fool’s joke: Ferrari is blue in Miami GP / Formula 1

Ferrari goes blue in Miami. No, it’s not that the Italians are skipping the Grand Prix in Florida, instead they’re using the look in the USA with an interesting color – Ferrari’s old colors Azzurro La Plata (light blue) and Azzurro Dino (dark blue. ) are being revived. This is to celebrate 70 years of Ferrari in the USA.

Azzurro La Plata goes back to the color that Ferrari star Alberto Ascari used to wear in the 1950s. And in Azzurro Dino, the racing suits of Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda were worn by Ferrari in 1974, and most of the mechanics at that time did not wear red, but blue .

How exactly the blue elements will be incorporated into the design of the Ferrari SF-24 will be revealed only a few days before the Miami GP. This special show will only be shown in Florida, not at the other US tournaments in Austin and Las Vegas.

A slightly different look for Ferrari in the USA is nothing new: at the end of 2023, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz drove in red and white, based on previous Ferrari designs.

In blue and white (ie the usual US racing colors), Ferrari competed at Watkins Glen and Mexico in 1964 with John Surtees. And so it happened.

Enzo Ferrari once again clashed with the international car club in protest, Ferrari did not appear in America in the traditional red color. It was the same shortly after at the Mexican Grand Prix. Surtees became world champion there, but not with a red Ferrari 158.

Enzo Ferrari and the party had argued over the integration of the new mid-engine Ferrari 250 LM. The founder of the company was upset that the Italian association ACI did not support him, returned his racing license and quickly announced that he would no longer compete in the red Ferrari. In fact, the dispute was later resolved and Ferraris reappeared in standard colors in 1965.

Enzo Ferrari had held a grudge since 1962. At that time he wanted the 250 GTO model to be accepted for use in GT racing. According to the Italian party, one hundred cars were to be built for the negotiations. But Ferrari was not ready. The crafty Enzo showed the number of cars to the management, then we got coffee. Meanwhile, the cars were driven to another location and presented to the officers as spare cars after the coffee break. To this day, Tifosi passionately debates whether this is myth or fact. But stories like these are part of the fascination with Ferrari.

In any case, the story goes like this: the party did not want to be taken as a fool twice and simply refused to negotiate with 250 LM. Where Enzo exploded. Officially, Ferrari was not racing the Formula 1 World Championship in the United States and Mexico in 1964, but the customer team NART (North American Racing Team), with Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti as operations manager.

China-GP, Shanghai International Circuit

01. Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing, 1:40:52,554 h
02. Lando Norris (GB), McLaren, +13.773
03. Sergio Pérez (MEX), Red Bull Racing, +19,160
04. Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari, +23,623
05. Carlos Sainz (E), Ferrari, +33,983
06. George Russell (GB), Mercedes, +38,724
07. Fernando Alonso (E), Aston Martin, +43,414
08. Oscar Piastri (AUS), McLaren, +56.198
09. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, +57,986
10. Nico Hülkenberg (D), Haas, +1:00,476 min
11. Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine, +1:02,812
12. Alex Albon (T), Williams, +1:05,506
13. Pierre Gasly (F), Alpine, +1:09,223
14. Guanyu Zhou (RCH), Sauber, +1:11,689
15. Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin, +1:22,768
16. Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas, +1:27.553
17. Logan Sargeant (USA), Williams, +1:35,110
outside
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS), Racing Bull, collision
Yuki Tsunoda (J), Racing Bulls, Collision
Valtteri Bottas (FIN), clean, engine

World Championship Position (after 5 out of 24 Grands Prix and 1 out of 6 Sprints)

the driver
01. Verstappen 110 points
02. Perez 85
03. Leclerc 76
04. Sainz 69
05. Norris 58
06. Plate 38
07. Russell 33
08. Alonso 31
09. Hamilton 19
10. Walk 9
11. Tsunoda 7
12. Oliver Bearman (GB) 6
13. Hulkenberg 4
14. Magnussen 1
15. Alboni 0
16. Okon 0
17. Zhou 0
18. Ricciardo 0
19. 0 gas
20. Bota 0
21. Sergeant 0

Builders Cup
01. Red Bull Racing 195 Punkte
02. Ferrari 151
03. McLaren 96
04. Mercedes 52
05. Aston Martin 40
06. Running Bull 7
07. Exactly 5
08. Williams 0
09. Alpine 0
10. Sauber 0