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Forgotten Legends Ferrari ‘Spazzaneve’
The article discusses the story of Ferrari's experimental design center, which played a pivotal role in the creation of the Ferrari 312 B3 'Spazzaneve,' a car that was never raced but provided a new design concept for single-seater racing cars.
As they say, exceptional situations call for exceptional measures: 1972 had once again been a bad year for Ferrari in Formula 1. The 312 B was not competitive and Enzo Ferrari chose to entrust the technical management to a new engineer, Sandro Colombo. At the same time, Ferrari created an experimental centre for innovative design proposals and entrusted it to his usual technical director, Mauro Forghieri.
It was in this centre that the 312 B3 was conceived, which went on to be known by everyone as the Ferrari 312 B3 ‘Spazzaneve’ or ‘Snowplough’.
