Ferrari Racing Cars: Illustrated History Books & Guides

Ferrari - The Monopostos of 1948-52

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Ferrari is the only manufacturer to have competed in every Formula 1 season since its start. Their early Formula 1 and Formula 2 cars debuted at the 1948 Italian Grand Prix. In 1950 and 1951, these cars gained public attention by racing in the Formula 1 World Championship.

During World War II, Enzo Ferrari's Maranello factory produced grinding machines, but his dream was to lead international motor racing.
By 1947, his team built Ferrari's first sports car, and in 1948, they introduced their first single-seater F1 car.
By 1951, Ferrari's 4.5-litre F1 cars outperformed rivals like Alfa Romeo, leading to World Championship victories in 1952 and 1953.

John Starkey's book, with rare archive photos, details Ferrari's early challenges and rise to dominance in motor racing's elite.

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Author:	John Starkey
Details:	96 pages, 9.25 x 6.5 in (23.5 x 16.5 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	100 b&w and color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing (GB, 2025)
ISBN:	9781398123816

Ferrari 1960-1965 - The hallowed years

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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Author:	William Huon, Bernard Cahier
Details:	368 pages, 11.6 x 9.8 x 1.26 in (29.5 x 25 x 3.2 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	390 b&w and color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Evro Publishing (GB, 2023)
ISBN:	9781910505816

Ferrari Formula 1 - Car by Car : Every Race Car since 1950

Ferrari has been a top Formula 1 competitor since the series' inception over 70 years ago. From its first dedicated racer, the 125, through the transition to rear-engine cars to today's technological powerhouses, Ferrari has never rested on it laurels.
The longest running team in F1, Ferrari has a record 16 constructor's titles. Its cars have been driven by some of the greatest racers of all time, including Michael Schumacher, Gilles Villeneuve, Phil Hill, Niki Lauda, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, and more.
This book examines every F1 racer Ferrari has campaigned since 1950, each accompanied by exhilarating imagery and technical specifications.

Presented in chronological order, each of Ferrari's F1 cars is featured with:
- An exploration of its design and significant features
- Technical specifications
- A discussion of its racing record
- Spectacular full-page images, both historic and contemporary.

The book wraps up with a full competition record for all of the cars. It is the complete reference to all of the amazing red racers that have cemented Ferrari's reputation as the dominant manufacturer in F1 history.

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Author:	Stuart Codling
Details:	224 pages, 10 x 12.4 x 1.06 in (25.5 x 31.5 x 2.7 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	200 b&w and color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Motorbooks International (USA, 2021)
ISBN:	9780760367773

Ferrari 857S - The remarkable history of 0578M (Exceptional Cars)

Ferrari 857S chassis number 0578M personifies, if an inanimate object can personify anything, Italian road racing. During its first season the car mainly competed in its natural habitat, travelling abroad once and, while its first race was on the purpose built circuit of Monza, it is on the open roads, blasting through Sicilian villages or up spectator-lined mountains in the Valle d'Aosta region that one pictures this four-cylinder engined, evocatively shaped two seater.
Driven by some of the greatest sportscar drivers of the period including Hawthorn, Castellotti, Gendebien, Maglioli, de Portago, Trintignant and Phil Hill, 0578M was rebuilt as part of Ferrari's attempt to challenge Mercedes-Benz in 1955, competing in the Tourist Trophy and Targa Florio before racing at Buenos Aires and Sebring the following season, finishing second in Argentina.

This book:
- records a significant, yet unusual, period in which Ferrari used four-cylinder engines, not only to win the World Drivers' Championship but also in an attempt to remain competitive in sportscar racing.
- dhronicles the full racing history of 0578M including its time as a factory entry and subsequent seasons when it competed in privateer hands both 'Down Under' and in Scandinavia.
- is handsomely illustrated with evocative, period photos, plus a gallery of superb photographs of the car today, restored as it was at the 1956 12-hours of Sebring.
- includes profiles of all those who raced it, from serial Le Mans 24-hours winners to enthusiastic independents.

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Author:	Ian Wagstaff
Details:	128 pages, 9.7 x 11.2 x 0.75 in (24.5 x 28.5 x 1.9 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	110+ b&w and color photos
Language:	English
Publisher:	Porter Press International (GB, 2020)
ISBN:	9781913089085

Ferrari 1960-1965 - Le temps des sacres

1960-1965: the time of the consecrations for the Scuderia Ferrari. A period during which the Scuderia moved from the front engine to the rear (or central) engine, won two drivers' world championship titles (P. Hill in 1961 and Surtees in 1964) and reigned over endurance (notably by winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans six times in a row).

Seasoned Ferrarists and motorsport enthusiasts will be able to relive this glorious and unique period in Ferrari's history, from a particularly human angle.

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Author:	William Huon, Bernard Cahier
Details:	368 pages, 11.8 x 9.8 x 1.22 in (30 x 25 x 3.1 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	many b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2022)
ISBN:	9791028305444

Ferrari en Formule 1

Ferrari is a legend in Formula 1 and remains to this day the only team present since the beginning of the world championship in 1950.
In more than 500 pages, Peter Nygaard tells the fascinating story of Enzo Ferrari and his cars. From the first Formula 1 car at Silverstone to the 2021 championship - more than 1000 grands prix later - the Scuderia is recognizable among all.

All aspects are evoked through more than 400 photographs: the highs and lows, the relentless fight to win, the infighting and power struggles - in the factory and on the track. The portraits of all the drivers, engineers and managers who have all contributed to the Ferrari legend are present in the book.
This book is a beautiful and dramatic story that gives the reader a unique insight into the history and how a myth in motorsport was created and continues to inspire dreams on and off the track.

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Author:	Peter Nygaard
Details:	512 pages, 12.2 x 9.25 x 1.69 in (31 x 23.5 x 4.3 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	400+ b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	Glénat (F, 2021)
ISBN:	9782344050552

Formule 1 Ferrari - Toutes les monoplaces depuis 1950

Ferrari and Formula 1 have become almost synonymous. Indeed, the world-famous Maranello firm has not missed a single season since the founding of the F1 World Championship in 1950. There are dozens of legendary cars bearing the Prancing Horse badge, from the original 125 and then the shark-nosed 156 of the 1950s to the technological tour de force of the SF1000, not forgetting the fabulous red cars that brought Niki Lauda and then Michael Schumacher so many victories.

"Formule 1 Ferrari - Toutes les monoplaces depuis 1950" takes a detailed look at each car in the context of the corresponding season, illustrated with historical archives and photos from the heart of the action.

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Author:	Codling Stuart
Details:	224 pages, 9.8 x 12 in (25 x 30.5 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	200 b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	ETAI (F, 2021)
ISBN:	9791028305024

Ferrari - Debutto a Caracalla

The book recounts, after the unfortunate debut of the first Ferrari in Piacenza on 11 May 1947 (a "promising failure", as Enzo Ferrari himself commented), the victory that came two weeks later at the Rome Grand Prix, at Caracalla's thermal baths.

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Author:	Valerio Moretti
Details:	159 pages, 11.6 x 8.25 in (29.5 x 21 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	extensively illustrated
Language:	Italian
Publisher:	Libreria ASI Service (I, 2015)
ISBN:	9788898344277