Ferrari will mark the 70th anniversary of its arrival in America with a special livery at the Miami Grand Prix.
The team will incorporate two heritage shades of blue on its cars, which have run in red, white and yellow so far this season.
The two shades are a lighter blue, Azzurro La Plata, preferred by Alberto Ascari for his overalls when he became Ferrari’s first world champion in the fifties. It was also used by later champions John Surtees and Niki Lauda, the latter doing so when he joined the team in 1974.
A deeper blue, Azzurro Dino, will also appear on the SF-24s. This was worn by Arturo Merzario and Clay Regazzoni, before the team’s drivers switched to predominantly red overalls.
Ferrari confirmed the part-blue livery “will be used only for the Miami race” and not F1’s two other American rounds later this year in Texas and Las Vegas.
The team ran F1 cars in part-blue liveries at the final two races of 1964 when its cars were run by Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team at the United States and Mexican Grand Prix. John Surtees, who clinched the title in the latter race, had pale blue wheels on his otherwise red 158 F1 during the rest of the season. Their sports car teams have also used blue in their livery on occasions in the past.
Ferrari’s road car division will launch a new model during the Miami race weekend. Other festivities for the team’s American fans are also planned including a parade of car’s along Miami Beach’s Ocean Drive.
The team previously used a special livery at the last round of the world championship which took place in America, the Las Vegas Grand Prix in October.
Ferrari’s past blue liveries and overalls
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