FERRARI 156 SHARKNOSE
Anyone who thinks today’s Mercedes supremacy is tiresome won’t view Ferrari’s stranglehold on the 1961 season so fondly. The Scuderia’s performance at that year’s British Grand Prix – the last time a team locked out the podium in its entirety – was a paragon of dominance, braving tough weather conditions to clinch a 1-2-3 finish. But, like Mercedes today, its supremacy was built on the foundations of having interpreted a new set of regulations better than the rest.
The FIA was worried the speeds F1 cars could reach – although modest by today’s standards – were too fast
