Book of the month
Ferrari 1960–1965, the Hallowed Years
WILLIAM HUON with photographs by BERNARD CAHIER, Evro, £75, ISBN 978 1 910505 81 6
The ‘hallowed years’ indeed. Between 1960 and 1965, Phil Hill and John Surtees delivered two World Championship titles for Ferrari, Enzo’s endurance racers scored six consecutive Le Mans victories, and the Ferrari 250 GTO became the sports car to beat. All around the world. And few managed the feat. It was – and remains – the iconic Ferrari. As a measure of what that means, let’s not forget that it took up from where its mighty predecessor – the 250 Testa Rossa – left off. Which it did by placing first and second at Le Mans in 1960 and 1961 before handing the baton on to other Maranello products.
But the period is marked by more than simply the transition from one sports car to another.
