the race was held as an event celebrating ferrari's 1000th race in the formula one world championship and the safety car used a red livery, instead of its usual silver colour, to mark the occasion. the mugello circuit hosted a world championship formula one race for the first time. the ferrari sf1000 sported a special livery: instead of the traditional rosso corsa, the car was painted dark burgundy. both sebastian vettel and charles leclerc wore special racing overalls, and both had special helmet designs.