Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Afọ mbụ nke usoro 1.5-liter bụ nke otu ndị otu Ferrari kwadebere nke ọma - oge 1961 bụ oge mbụ ha mere ụgbọ ala dị n'etiti, akụkọ ifo 156 "Sharknose" - na-aga megide onye isi otu Enzo Ferrari na-enweghị mmasị na ụgbọ ala dị n'etiti na nkwenye ochie ya na ndị na-enweghị ike zuru ezu wuru ụgbọ ala dị n'etiti. Naanị Stirling Moss, n'ụgbọala Lotus ochie, nwere ike imeri ndị Ferrari n'okporo ụzọ abụọ ebe nkà ya na-eme ka uru ike Ferrari dị. Innes Ireland merikwara n'ọsọ, United States Grand Prix nke 1961, mgbe Ferrari abanyeghị n'ọsọ ahụ. Giancarlo Baghetti n'ụgbọala Ferrari nke onwe ya banyere meriri
French Grand Prix n'asọmpi mbụ ya, naanị onye ọkwọ ụgbọala mere nke ahụ ma e wezụga Nino Farina, onye meriri asọmpi mbụ nke Formula One World Championship. Baghetti merikwara naanị agbụrụ Formula One abụọ gara aga, ihe omume ndị na-abụghị asọmpi na Syracuse na Naples, mana agbụrụ French bụ naanị mmeri ya na World Championship. Asọmpi maka mmeri n'etiti ndị ọkwọ ụgbọ ala Ferrari, Phil Hill na Wolfgang von Trips, kwụsịrị na ọdachi mgbe von Trips na Jim Clark kụrụ aka na Monza, na-egbu von Trips na ndị na-ekiri 14. Hill gara n'ihu merie n'asọmpi ahụ, onye ọkwọ ụgbọala America mbụ mere nke ahụ. Indianapolis 500, agbụrụ a na-agba ọsọ n'usoro iwu dị iche kpamkpam na Grand Prix na nke nwere ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ihe ọ bụla metụtara ịgba ọsọ okporo ụzọ nke Europe, kwụsịrị n'asọmpi ahụ.