AK 23 Ferrari 156/63 G.P. de France, Reims circuit 1963.

Modification made on the Ferrari 156 Aero. Ferrari, which did not find the definitive solution since 1961, year in which it passed to motorize its cars in the rear, as Cooper had done. It started with the small and light Shark Nose, with which it achieved good results that year. 1962 was a year of transition, as the improvements made to the BRM Climax engines, which equipped Lotus and Cooper, and the superb performance of the Porsche engines, cancelled out the advantage gained by Ferrari the previous season. During 1963, he modified the bodywork for each race, looking for himself, starting with the 63 Aero, which in turn was modified for the G.P. of France at Reims.

This resin reproduction corresponds to the Ferrari 156/63 that raced in the 1963 G.P. de France at Reims, driven by John Surtees and which was the first F1 car to have air intakes to cool the engine above the driver’s helmet, a solution that was used by many constructors from the 70’s onwards. This configuration was adopted by Ferrari because the Reims circuit has a triangle shape with three long straights, which caused the engines to heat up, even Jim Clark raced without the body sides on his Lotus.

Unpainted resin kit in 1/32 scale, consisting of bodywork, driver’s helmet, safety arch, windshield glass, wheel covers and decal sheet.