Instead of the red, white-and-blue Ferrari of John Surtees

It’s really crazy and weird how intensively is some car brand associated with a certain color. For decades, children all over the world have been seeing red sports car or race car, they say first Classic Ferrari for sale. All the more surprising is the fact that it is the legendary Enzo Ferrari in the past sent his race cars to the racetrack in a completely different color. And here's the story, where and why it happened.

Red is synonymous with Ferrari's Formula 1 car, it is hard to imagine Scuderia performing in other colors - Photo: Hasan Bratić

The cover photo shows a British racer John Surtees in his Ferrari 158 on the race for US GP v Watkins Glen, which took place in a beautiful Indian summerwhen nature decorates the tree with a beautiful color palette. But he immediately stabs me in the eye unusual appearance of a Ferrari car, which was in racing colors USA, so v white and blue and under the flag NART (North American Racing Team).

But in 1964, the legendary team competed in two races (USA and Mexico) in the white-and-blue exterior of a 158 race car driven by John Surtees.

Because Enzo Ferrari quarreled with International Automobile Club and out of protest Classic Ferrari for sale in America he did not send his race cars to the track in traditional red. He did the same in the next race for GP of Mexico. He is there Surtees became world champion, but also not in red Ferrari 158.

The legendary Enzo Ferrari quarreled with the International Federation, and the Italian ACI resented him for not supporting him. Because of this, he gave up racing in the famous Ferrari red.

Enzo Ferrari in Union they quarreled over the homologation of the new one Ferrari 250 LM medium engine. The founder of the company was outraged because of the Italian federation ACI she did not support it, so he theatrically returned his racing license and announced that he would never perform in Ferrari red. Of course, the dispute was later smoothed out and Ferrari for years 1965 reappeared in its usual color.

John Surtees won the Formula 1 title in a white-and-blue Ferrari at a race in Mexico. The legendary British racer, the only two- and four-wheel world champion (pictured in his white-and-blue Ferrari 158 at the Goodwood Festival) passed away in early March 2017.

Enzo Ferrari he had nurtured his resentment for years 1962. That’s when he wanted a model 250 GTO used in races GT-Sport, but the Italian federation replied that he should for homologation to produce 100 cars. But Classic Ferrari for sale he did not have them. Twist Enzo he put a whole series of cars on display to the ombudsmen and immediately served them coffee. While the officials were drinking coffee, it was drove the cars to another area and introduced them there as further cars to obtain type-approval.

Ferrari did not perform in the USA and Mexico under the name of the Ferrari team, but NART, and they appointed the importer of sports cars in the USA as the head of the team.

Is this about truth or myth, about typhoid they are still hotly debated today. But just such stories are part of it the fascination of Ferrari. In any case, the story continues in such a way that the union officials did not let go to fluff up and are because of this tricks Enzo Ferrari refused type-approval type 250 LM. Then it is Enzo exploded. Because of this in races in USA and Mexico was not present Classic Ferrari for sale, but NART. The team leader, however, was the importer Ferrari in the USA Luigi Chinetti.      

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