The Mexican Grand Prix had that special that it goes down in history as the Grand Prix where the Scuderia presented itself with blue and white Ferraris and not red as was the tradition for Italian racing cars at that time.
The explanation is that it was not the Scuderia Ferrari which was officially entered but the North American Racing Team (NART) led by Luigi Chinetti, the importer of Ferrari in America. The reason was a disagreement between Ferrari and the Italian federation which, according to Enzo Ferrari, had not supported him enough when it came to homologating the Ferrari 250 LM for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Ferrari had requested that it be homologated in GT category, but the decision was made to homologate it as a Prototype. Quite disappointed, Ferrari decided to return its manufacturer's license to the Italian federation and to entrust the cars to NART, which had therefore repainted them in blue and white, the national colors of the United States in international racing.
At the end of this race, the title went to John Surtees on his white and blue Ferrari.
Another unique fact in the history of Formula 1 on that day, is that was the first and only time that a motorcycle world champion was also crowned as F1 world champion.
MEXICO GRAND PRIX 1964 FERRARI 158
VINTAGE POSTER PRINT
by SmartArt Digital Prints
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