Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will race a re-modified Ferrari livery for the team's home race, the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
The one-off designs for the Maranello squad's home race, which have become more common in recent seasons, will this time pay tribute to one of their great drivers and icons, who was a close friend and mentor to Lewis Hamilton.
2025 marks 50 years since Niki Lauda won the first of his three drivers' championship titles; he would go on to add a second, in scarlet red, in 1977 and a third, this time for McLaren, in 1984.
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And even to this day, he sits second in the all-time wins list for the Scuderia, only trailing the record-setting Michael Schumacher.
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But it is the Austrian's first championship winning campaign for which the Italian team will reach out to with their look for this weekend.
Announcing their one-of look, the team's website said:
"At the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Scuderia Ferrari HP is paying tribute to the 50th anniversary of Niki Lauda’s first World Championship title. It was 1975 when the Austrian driver, behind the wheel of the legendary Ferrari 312 T, wrote a defining chapter in the team’s and company’s history, with the crowning glory at the Autodromo Nazionale, in front of a sea of passionate fans who scrambled for every possible viewing point to witness the great moment.
"On that Sunday, September 7, with Clay Regazzoni taking victory in the other Ferrari and Lauda finishing third, the Scuderia was back on top, clinching both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles, ending an eleven-year drought and kicking-off a new era of success that would last (with only one exception) until 1979."
The team have also confirmed that the entire trackside team will sport a 'special kit inspired by the 1975 season,' as well as the drivers who will wear the 'style and colours of the era'.
They also add that Jean Alesi, who won his sole grand prix for Ferrari thirty years back, will be driving the car that took him to victory, at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix, on Sunday before the race.
The Ferrari 412 T2 car, which will hit the Monza track, was also Ferrari's last to be powered by the legendary V12 engine.
Lauda's Legacy
Having riskily funded his career, and against his family's wishes, Lauda pressed on to Formula 1 and eventually became the benchmark, winning the 1975 championship.
And despite a near-fatal crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix, the Austrian stunningly recovered to defend his championship, only to lose out by a single point to James Hunt.
His place in history was assured, but he charged on and won the 1977 championship too. However, frustrated with the political tensions inside the squad, he quit before the end of the '77 season.
He moved to Brabham and collected the odd victory in the next two years but abruptly quit the sport at the 1979 Canadian Grand Prix, famously saying that he'd grown tired of 'driving around in circles'.
But that loss of motivation had not been completely erased, as he returned to the sport in 1982 with McLaren. Two years later, he added a third title to his name, beating his younger teammate Alain Prost by half a point, the closest championship-winning margin in the sport's history.
Away from the cockpit, Lauda offered his services to Ferrari and Jaguar, but would be the cornerstone of Mercedes' V6 turbo-hybrid era success, as the squad's non-executive chairman until his passing, in 2019.
This is where his close friendship with Lewis Hamilton was born, having been instrumental in recruiting the Brit from McLaren.