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This year’s red-and-yellow colour scheme of the 499Ps fielded in the Hypercar class by the AF Corse team once again celebrates the success of the previous factory Ferrari prototype, the 312PB of 1972 and 1973.The livery incorporates a new shade of Ferrari racing red inspired by the F2007 Formula 1 car in which Kimi Raikkonen took the Italian manufacturer’s most recent world drivers’

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Wins like that don’t come around often for Ferrari. In fact, the last time it won a world sportscar race overall as a factory on home soil was back in 1973 at the Monza 1000kms, when Brian Redman and Jacky Ickx triumphed in a 312PB. The #51’s victory in front of more than 65,000 adoring

It was a win decades in the making. Prior to yesterday’s 6 Hours of Imola, the last time Ferrari won a world sports car race overall as a factory on home soil was back in 1973, at the Monza 1000 kms, when Brian Redman and Jacky Ickx triumphed in a 312PB. The No. 51 499P’s victory in front of more than 65,000 adoring fans yesterday was an occasion that will live long in the memory for the AF Corse team, made even more special when you factor in its strategic fumble in the rain during the same event 12 months ago.

Wins like that don’t come around often for Ferrari. In fact, the last time it won a world sportscar race overall as a factory on home soil was back in 1973 at the Monza 1000kms, when Brian Redman and Jacky Ickx triumphed in a 312PB. The #51’s victory in front of more than 65,000 adoring […] The post Ferrari's Hypercar Home Run first appeared on dailysportscar.com.