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| The Syracuse Grand Prix; Sicily, April 25, 1961 |
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| Ferrari sent a lone car for this non-Championship early race, the 1960 rear-engined prototype, now redressed in 1961 livery, for the young Italian driver Giancarlo Baghetti but entered by an independent team. Here the Ferrari team manger Romulo Tavoni (in patterned hat) with Baghetti on his right discusses things with the factory mechanics. Note the “SNAP” exhaust extractors on the car. Baghetti, relatively unknown, won easily over Dan Gurney’s factory Porsche and the competition wondered how fast the Ferrari would be in the hands of someone like Phil Hill. They would soon find out. |
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