The SF-24 will wear a light blue livery for the 2024 Miami Grand Prix to celebrate 70 years of Ferrari in America
April 23, 2024
Lhe Chinese Grand Prix has just ended but his mind is already focused on the next event, the sixth to be precise. We’re talking about Miami Grand Prix 2024 to definitively put a point to the disappointing result in Shanghai, where the race pace of the SF-24 proved decidedly below the Maranello team’s expectations. Therefore, in Miami the first objective will be to bring peace back to the red car’s garage while waiting for the atmosphere to change completely in Imola, where the first substantial package of updates will arrive to make the car more performing also in qualifying in order to be able to compete with the world champions of Red Bull and defend themselves from the attack of McLaren. In America, however, there will be another type of novelty, namely the livery that will dress the single-seater of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
TOthe traditional red that distinguishes the Ferrari brand throughout the world, together with the Modena yellow that appears in the background of the Prancing Horse, will be added touch of blue. In precision we are talking about a La Plata bluerather light, the national color of the cars of the Argentine teams, was very similar to the shade that Alberto Ascari he chose for his shirt and helmet as good luck charms. The same color were the pilots’ suits in the sixties, like John Surtees And Lorenzo Bandini, Ludovico Scarfiotti And Chris Amon. The suit was also of that shade Niki Lauda in his first year with the Scuderia, as well as the overalls used by the workers at the Maranello headquarters. The other shade, however, isDino bluea deeper blue, chosen by Arturo Merzario And Clay Regazzonithe last to wear it in 1974. Since then, blue has given way to red and occasionally white on pilot suits.
GAlready during last season Ferrari celebrated the race of Las Vegasone of the three Grands Prix organized on American soil, with white keeping company with black and red, but the Miami event will have a also a purely commercial reason. Indeed, the Maranello car manufacturer will celebrate its seventieth anniversary in the United States of America, creating a program that will begin on April 28th with the Cavalcade internationalthe journey par excellence of the Ferrari world, which will cross the Tennessee and the Florida towards Miami. The two versions of blue will be used both for sports cars, the 296 GTS, and in the racing world to celebrate Ferrari’s tradition. This color choice was also made to resume the history of the Scuderia with the world of racing in Americawhere Rosso Corsa was initially used and was then replaced in the 1920s by white-blue in the last two races of the 1964 Formula 1 season, also used for the Maranello cars on the track North American Racing Team (NART), founded by the importer Luigi Chinetti.
THEThe program will start, as anticipated, on April 28th with the Cavalcade International, an exclusive event for customers and at the same time a real traveling show for thousands of brand lovers. There will be around 70 Ferraris from all over the world who will join together along a route through the majestic panoramas of Tennessee and Florida, where on the afternoon of May 1st Ferrari fans will be able to meet up to attend a parade on Ocean Drive. Also at the Grand Prix venue, an unmissable event will be held on May 2nd: the world premiere of a new Ferrari model, the absolute protagonist of two evenings in Miami Beach reserved for the House’s international clientele. Customers will also be able to have aExclusive preview of the Miami Capsule Collection inspired by America’s racing history and the vibrant energy of the city. During the race weekend, two 296 GTSs will take to the track and lead the Ferrari procession for a lap of honour.
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