A new book about Ferrari will please every fan

We have repeatedly talked about books about motorsport and its heroes, which are published by Evro Publishing, and at the end of 2022 the British company again pleased us with an interesting novelty.

The book by the French author Willian Huon is devoted to Ferrari’s racing heritage, more specifically the glorious period from 1960 to 1965, which remains one of the most successful in the history of the legendary brand to this day. It was then that Enzo Ferrari finally heeded his engineers’ arguments and Maranello switched from a front engine to a rear engine. front, nicknamed Sharknose (“shark nose”), and sports car 250 GTO.

Phill Hill, a Ferrari works driver, won the title in 1961, and John Surtees repeated that success in 1964, with the Scuderia winning the Constructors’ Championship on both occasions. From 1960 to 1965, Ferrari sports cars unconditionally dominated Le Mans – by the way, in 1961 the same Phill Hill was part of the winning squad.

Huon’s book, which can be translated as “The Blessed Years”, describes this period, and the story is accompanied by a large number of excellent photographs, the author of which was Bernard Caille, one of the world’s best masters of racing photography.

This is not Willian Huon’s first book dedicated to Ferrari, although he is not well known outside France, as his biography of Enzo Ferrari, for example, has not been translated into other languages. But his works deserve attention, if only because in his youth he personally communicated with many racers who participated in Formula 1 and endurance races, so he knows firsthand what he is writing about.

It’s clear that this sort of luxury release doesn’t come cheap: Yuon’s new book retails for £75 in the UK, and other European countries will go on sale in mid-February and are asking for nearly £73.

How to get this book in our difficult time is another question.