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for which it was entered. However, the success was short lived and subsequent seasons were turbulent due to changes in rules for 2.5L engines and disputes among team members. In 1961 they won the first of their 16 Constructors’ Championship titles, with Phil Hill leading the team, and followed this with the 1964 Championship, however, they would have to wait until 1975 to win the title again. Scuderia Ferrari’s departure from world sports car racing two years previous enabled them to

focus their efforts on Formula 1 and the sacrifice paid off: for the next two years they retained the Constructors’ Championship. In fact, between 1975 and 1983 Ferrari secured six Constructors’ crowns before a barren spell was ended with the arrival of Michael Schumacher in 1999. The 1976 season has been immortalized on the silver screen as the rivalry between Ferrari’s Niki Lauda and McLaren’s James Hunt erupted both on and off the track in Ron Howard’s 2013 movie, Rush . As well as running their own team, Ferrari have regularly supplied

 ABOVE:  American Phil Hill, garlanded after his victory in the 32 nd Italian Grand

Prix, waves to admirers at the Monza circuit in September 1961.