Ferrari P 1963-1967

When you see that a book has been published by McKlein, you have a good idea of what to expect: superb motorsport images, used large and printed on high-quality stock. This one is no exception.

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Ferrari built only 22 chassis under the 'P' for Prototipo label from 1963 to '67, when a 3.0-litre limit for the FIA's Prototype class meant its 4.0-litre P4 became obsolete overnight. There would be sporadic entries in the Sports and Prototype classes during the early 1970s, with the 5.0-litre 512S and 512M in the former and the 3.0-litre 312PB in the latter, but after that it wasn't until 2023 that Ferrari again fielded works entries in the Prototype class, taking a 1-2 overall at Le Mans with its 499P.

So the 1960s was the heyday for Ferrari's sports prototypes and this slipcased doorstop of a photo album - 470 pages and 494 illustrations - tracks the individual race history of each one, following a buildup in three chapters to describe how the marque reached this point.