The late, great Chris Amon was born 80 years ago today. The Kiwi didn't win a world championship F1 race, but he took plenty of notable victories elsewhere – particularly in sports cars. One such was the Daytona 24 Hours in 1967, where Ferrari learned that revenge is a dish best served cold, then upended into your rival's lap...
Why was this race so important that its name was informally given to Ferrari's next supercar and, 55 years later, now officially bequeathed upon the SP3? Revenge, pure and simple.
For the first half of the decade, Ferrari had regarded prototype sports car racing as its own domain. Then Ford had arrived with the GT40. And while Ferrari ruled supreme through 1964 and remained the dominant force in 1965, by 1966 the 7-litre Ford MkIIs had humbled Ferrari at Le Mans which, being in Europe and having won seven of the previous eight races there, was regarded as essentially a home fixture...
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