Ferrari unveil 2024 race suits with livery colour scheme change teased (2024)

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Ferrari unveil 2024 race suits with livery colour scheme change teased? ›

Lydia Mee | Apr 30, 2024

Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino, two historic Ferrari colors from decades past, are reintroducing themselves on the new Ferrari F1 livery for the 2024 Miami Grand Prix.

Ferrari have unveiled their special livery, featuring shades of blue, that will adorn the SF-24 at the upcoming Miami Grand Prix. The one-off design change marks the 70th anniversary of Ferrari's presence in North America and features two historic shades of blue – Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino.

Miami, 1 May 2024 – HP and Scuderia Ferrari HP are looking forward to a memorable weekend in Miami, where the cars will sport a special livery celebrating two colors from Ferrari's past, Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino.

While the change may seem an odd one, Ferrari have explained that the presence of blue on their drivers and cars this weekend marks the 70th anniversary of the brand's presence in North America. The new designs feature two distinct shades of blue.

Ferrari is an impeccable brand with sometimes impossible standards, and that is why they have pretty much run the exotic sports car game for decades. With such a larger-than-life brand comes strict protocols–including the little-known code on pink Ferrari cars: They are not allowed.

It features two historic shades of blue – Azzurro La Plata, which echoes the colour of the jersey worn by Ferrari's first world champion Alberto Ascari in both 1952 and 1953. Azzurro Dino is a deeper shade that was favoured by some of Ferrari's later drivers including Niki Lauda, and Clay Regazzoni.

In a nod to the team's legacy in the American market, the livery incorporates two shades of blue, Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino, reminiscent of Ferrari's racing history under the N.A.R.T. banner.

Ferrari the company was born to race. Early in organized motorsports, red was the color assigned to Italian entries. Per the Wikipedia entry on Rosso Corsa: Since the 1920s Italian race cars of Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Lancia, and later Ferrari and Abarth have been painted in rosso corsa ("racing red").

While Ferraris are traditionally red — and they look good in red — there is no requirement that your first Ferrari be red. That said, if you're looking for an older Ferrari around Chicago, the odds are that you'll find it in red: more than 85% of all Ferraris that were produced before the turn of the century were red.

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In the early days of motor racing, nations were unofficially given 'racing colours' -- Italian teams would race in red, with the Rosso Corsa shade becoming synonymous with Ferrari in the 20th Century, while American teams traditionally raced with blue.

A racing livery is the specific paint scheme and sticker design used in motorsport, on vehicles, in order to attract sponsorship and to advertise sponsors, as well as to identify vehicles as belonging to a specific racing team. Aircraft livery is also the term describing the paint scheme of an aircraft.

Ferrari has announced a transformative sponsorship deal with HP, set to debut at the Miami Grand Prix, leading to a significant rebranding of the historic team as Scuderia Ferrari HP.

Ferrari have unveiled a new "blue" car livery for this weekend's Miami Grand Prix, live on Sky Sports F1. Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc will look to push Red Bull for the win in the second Sprint weekend of the season and will be driving with some new colours, although the car is still predominantly red.

Rule number one: no pink Ferraris allowed. "We do reject the exterior colour pink," explains Ferrari Australasia's President and CEO Herbert Appleroth. "You can of course paint your car pink after you've bought it, but you'll never see a pink car from us because it's not in line with our brand ethos and our standards."

The pair will also wear blue overalls will celebrate two colours from its past, Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino, which are shades of blue that were part of daily life in Maranello for many years and are now coming back into play after an absence of around 50 years.

Ferrari blue unique to Miami GP

As part of this celebration Ferrari is making a splash, choosing to recolor its SF-24s, diminishing the presence of its classic red to make way for two shades of blue (Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino), which are also part of the brand's history from Maranello.

Ferrari the company was born to race. Early in organized motorsports, red was the color assigned to Italian entries. Per the Wikipedia entry on Rosso Corsa: Since the 1920s Italian race cars of Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Lancia, and later Ferrari and Abarth have been painted in rosso corsa ("racing red").

The Scuderia Ferrari colors are yellow, black, white, green, and red. The Scuderia Ferrari team colors in Hex, RGB, and CMYK can be found below. The Scuderia Ferrari is a team from Maranello, Italy.