Ferrari Will Be All Yellow At This Weekend's Monza Grand Prix

The 2022 F1 season hasn't been going well for Ferrari. After emerging as a dominant force during the first three Grands Prix of the season, things started slipping somewhat ironically at the first Italian Grand Prix.

Scuderia Ferrari has been trying its absolute best to get back on top, with little success. Carlos Sainz won the British Grand Prix, but that's just about the only highlight in a series ofhigh-profile mistakes and disappointments.

Now Ferrari is changing colors, hoping to move away from the red curse. We jest, of course. Ferrari will be racing in a red-and-yellow livery this weekend to pay tribute to the original racing color chosen by Enzo Ferrari and to pay homage to the Monza circuit, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

Enzo Ferrari started his career at the Alfa Romeo F1 team before establishing Scuderia Ferrari in 1929. The production car division only followed 18 years later and was only established to fund Ferrari's passion for racing. It's no secret that he despised the road car division and the people that purchased his cars. Racing was all that mattered.

When Enzo started his team, he needed a livery for the car. He took inspiration from the Province of Modena's flag, which is predominantly yellow and blue. The yellow did not last long, as the International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs (these days known as the FIA) decided each country needed a representative color. The earlier version of the FIA chose red for Italy, and Enzo just went with it. That's how the English ended up with British Racing Green, by the way.