A daunting task to describe every F1 Ferrari, but Stuart Codling manages to make his list of every model of Grand Prix contenders (to use a term that avoids a definition conflict with the Formula 2 years) that Maranello has launched a much more readable project than you might think from the title. Only a few pages can inevitably be devoted to each model, not a lot of work, but it does get the story and context of each machine neatly wrapped up with a decent selection of photos. Bold typography helps you navigate between model years, and a simple specification table for each summarizes the metalwork.
The text is necessarily succinct but doesn’t feel cramped and indicates the origin of each device, all of its drivers, and its performance, good or bad. Ferrari policy and earthquakes in the background are not left out: At the beginning of the chapter of the 1960s, Codling says: “Enzo [inset] stopped racing after the death of his son Dino. Into this vacuum crept those who would take advantage of Enzo’s absence for their own ends, selectively filtering information back to him while he oversaw the larger operations from his Maranello office worthy of the best TV drama.
He also neatly outlines earthquake events such as the “Palace Coup” of 1961 and the Spygate affair when Ferrari drawings found their way to McLaren. Thus it serves in compressed form as the running history of Ferrari. There are a few diagrams to complement the photos, mostly on the front suspension design, as well as a list of all Ferrari results through 2020.
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