1968
1968

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DE ADAMICH WINS TEMPORADA

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1969
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1947
1947FIRST VICTORY
1948Launch of 166 MM
1949TRIUMPH AT LE MANS
1950
1950A RED MILLE MIGLIA
1950DEBUT IN F1
1951FIRST F1 WIN
1952MARZOTTO'S MONACO WIN
1952VICTORY FOR ASCARI
1953SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONS
1954LAST PAN AMERICAN
1954QUEEN OF PARIS
1955THE LADY OF THE COUPÉ
1956FANGIO CHAMPION
1957LAST MILLE MIGLIA
1957CALIFORNIA DREAMING
1958ELEGANT CHAMPION
1959AMERICAN RESISTANCE
1960
1960SERIES BEGINS
1961RED MONOPOLY
1962MASTERPIECE
1963LE MANS, ITALY
1964HERO OF THE TWO WORLDS
1965VICTORY AT TARGA
1966365 P JEWEL
1967LEGENDARY FINISH
1968TRIBUTE TO THE TRIUMPH
1968ARGENTINE TANGO
1969DINO OF TASMANIA
1969MASTERS OF EUROPE
1969A NEW PARTNER
1970
1970THE 512 S MIRACLE
1971THE 365 GT4 BB
1972CLEAN SWEEP FOR 312 P
1972HOME TRACK
1973DINO 308 GT4 ARRIVES
1974FEVER AT 50
1975LAUDA CHAMPION
1975FIRST TIME
1976AUTOMATICALLY LOVELY
1977NIKI DOUBLE
1978PROPHET AT HOME
1979SCHECKTER WORLD TITLE
1980
19804 PLACES, 8TH TITLE
1981TURBO WIN IN MONACO
1982UNSTOPPABLE 308 GTB
1983OPEN AIR PLEASURE
1984MASTERPIECE OF STYLE
1984FIRST OF A KIND
1985328, LAST ACT
1986AMERICAN SURPRISE
1987ENZO’S DREAM
1988DAY OF FAREWELL
1989MANSELL’S GEARS
1990
1990100TH F1 WIN
1991EVOLUTION OF AN ICON
1992A CLASSIC GT
1993DEDICATED TO CUSTOMERS
1994EXTREME REFINEMENT
1995F1 IN A ROAD CAR
1996SCHUMY’S FIRST
1997REVOLUTIONARY GEARBOX
1998SHAPE AND SPEED
1999RETURN TO THE TOP
2000
200021 YEARS LATER
2001SECOND WORLD TITLE
2002HOMAGE TO THE FOUNDER
2003REMEMBERING AGNELLI
2004UNSTOPPABLE
2005SUPERAMERICA MAGIC
2006EXCLUSIVE XX PROGRAMME
2007KIMI FINAL MASTERPIECE
2008STILL CHAMPIONS
2009BENCHMARK CAR
2010
2010RED FUN
2011FF FOR EVERY CONDITION
2012PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN
2013EXTREME INNOVATION
2014THE ULTIMATE
2015INTO THE FUTURE
201670 YEARS OF AN ICON
2016STOCK MARKET LAUNCH
2017HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY!
2018Farewell Sergio
2019DIFFERENT FERRARI FOR DIFFERENT FERRARISTI
2020
2020AN ENORMOUSLY RESILIENT BRAND
2021A YEAR OF GREAT CHANGE
2029
1968The domain of endurance

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DE ADAMICH WINS TEMPORADA

The South American Temporada was, for years, an appendix at the end of the Formula 1 World Championship season, its four races in December held during summer in the southern hemisphere. The constructors were always very interested for the same reasons.

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Signing drivers, the prize pool, the chance to sell cars, engines, and spare parts, especially with the season over, are all highly attractive when you need capital to build new cars for the next season. The Temporada was founded when the Automobile Club of Argentina (ACC) invited European drivers to compete in a championship, held not only in Argentina but also Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. The ACA also bought cars for young local racing talent. The first of these “migrations” to the south took place at the end of the 1947 season, a time when Argentina was ruled by General Juan Domingo Peron – a racing enthusiast and generous funder. Scuderia Ferrari participated for the first time in 1948. Over the years, in line with the political toing and froing, the Temporada was suspended, only to be reborn thanks to Juan Manuel Fangio and, almost 20 years later in 1968, thanks to the national oil company. The Temporada was based on four races for Formula 2 cars, and Scuderia Ferrari competed with two Dino 166s, driven by Ernesto “Tino” Brambilla and Andrea De Adamich. The starting line-up included 25 top-level drivers, some whom had already raced in Formula 1, including Jochen Rindt, Clay Regazzoni, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Jo Siffert, Silvio Moser, and Pedro Rodriguez, driving for teams including Techno, Matra, Brabham, and Lotus. The Dino 166 F2 had already appeared in 1967 and competed in just a single race, with Jonathan Williams in Rouen. It was developed thanks to an agreement with Fiat to produce 500 engines for the Dino road car which carried the Fiat and Ferrari marque. The V6 engine had a capacity of 1,596 cc and delivered 200 hp.

In 1968 Ferrari competed in several races, and the European Championship and at the end of the season Brambilla securing two victories and a second place. He won at Hockenheim and then Vallelunga in Rome, a result dear to Enzo as his son Dino had worked on the engine. In these two races Brambilla also set both races’ fastest laps and took pole in Rome. De Adamich was second at Vallelunga while Derek Bell took third at Hockenheim and pole at Zandvoort – where he recorded the fastest lap in a dead heat with Brambilla. During the season, in races not valid for the European Championship, Jacky Ickx, Chris Amon, Brian Redman, Giancarlo Baghetti and Mario Casoni also drove the car. On the back of this strong overall performance, Maranello decided to send the two Italian drivers to the Temporada. Brambilla immediately won in Buenos Aires, also setting the fastest lap, ahead of his teammate. In subsequent outings the balance tipped in favour of De Adamich, who won two races: in Cordoba and San Juan, and pole in the former. The final victory was a battle between De Adamich and Rindt, since two withdrawals had knocked Brambilla back in the standings. In the last race, the driver from Monza seized pole and fastest lap, but victory went to Piers Courage in a Brabham.

However, De Adamich only needed fifth place to win the Temporada, while Brambilla was fourth in the final standings. With their results Ferrari won the Constructors title. The Dino 166 F2 was later converted into the Dino 246 Tasmania for the Tasman Cup, which it won with Amon in 1969.

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