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Ford Ends Ferrari’s Le Mans Winning Streak

18–19 June 1966

Ford won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with a 1–2–3 finish, ending Ferrari’s run of six consecutive overall victories. None of Ferrari’s works prototypes reached the finish.

Auge=mit — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0

Ford GT40 Mk II in 1966 Le Mans specification, representing the programme that ended Ferrari’s six-year overall winning streak. · Auge=mit — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0

Automotive significance

Ferrari’s defeat was a genuine strategic turning point rather than simply a lost race. Ford had built a heavily resourced programme around the GT40 after the failed 1963 corporate negotiations and arrived at Le Mans with depth, speed and improving reliability. The 1966 result showed that Ferrari’s endurance supremacy could be overturned by industrial scale as well as engineering. Project Apex avoids the simplified film narrative around the staged finish and focuses on the documented sporting consequence: Ferrari’s six-year winning sequence was over.

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