The official Formula 1 Safety Car will run in a red livery this weekend in recognition of Ferrari’s 1,000th world championship race.
The Mercedes-AMG GT R Safety Car is unchanged apart from the switch from its regular silver colour scheme.“The Tuscan Grand Prix will be the 1,000th F1 race for Ferrari, marking the long racing tradition of this great Italian brand,” said Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff
“We will honour this achievement with a Mercedes-AMG Safety Car in Ferrari red – our nod to a racing history that brought us some of the greatest moments in Formula 1. The men and women of Maranello have a proud history to celebrate and we’re paying respect to those celebrations this weekend.”
Mercedes has supplied the Formula 1 Safety Car for the last 25 years.
Ferrari is also running a special livery for this weekend’s race. It has repainted its SF-1000s in a deeper shade of red, matching that used by the team in the early years of the world championship.
Pictures: “Ferrari red” Safety Car
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Pironi the Provocateur (@pironitheprovocateur)
10th September 2020, 11:03
Behold, a red Mercedes. The 2020 has finally revealed its final form.
RB10 (@rb10)
10th September 2020, 12:28
SF1001 will be powered by Merc :D
Bobby (@f1bobby)
10th September 2020, 11:07
Well it’s more remarkable than Ferrari’s anniversary livery!
hunocsi (@hunocsi)
10th September 2020, 11:11
Your Vettel-Aston Martin photoshop was more convincing, but otherwise nice job again Keith.
Ahmed
10th September 2020, 11:19
that could be the only red car to lead that race
NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
10th September 2020, 11:20
:D Finally a red car will be starting from first row.
David
10th September 2020, 11:49
Was gonna reply something along the same lines lol, but you were quicker!
Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
10th September 2020, 11:37
What will trigger it to come out though? Ferrari have caused a safety car a fair few times this year for negative reasons – not in a way they can celebrate.
LB (@burden93)
10th September 2020, 11:50
So we might see a red car at the front at some point in the race ;-)
Paolo
10th September 2020, 11:54
And when Hamilton will tell the radio that “the safety car is slow”, the tribute to Ferrari will be complete.
Jockey Ewing
10th September 2020, 14:33
Hopefully there will be no safety car, because I’m quite fed up with sacefy car periods occuring around the first third of the races this season. This took away some strategy options, and put most of the drivers on the same strategy as it happened multiple times around or just before most entrants’ first stops at GPs of this season yet.
So ok SC is needed, but many would be interested how the plan A works out for most entrants instead of stirring it up a bit or more.
Jockey Ewing
10th September 2020, 14:36
On the other hand your post is funny, if someone likes black humour like me :)
Bio
10th September 2020, 11:54
Pathetic.
Qeki (@qeki)
10th September 2020, 12:01
I wouldn’t mind if they would keep that colour. It fits.
franco
11th September 2020, 7:36
Classy gesture? Only because they have absolutely nothing to fear from them in the race. If Ferrari and Mercedes were both fighting it out for wins this wouldn’t happen.
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
10th September 2020, 12:02
Is the safety car going to be “suspiciously fast” in a straight line this weekend?! 😜
Nunof (@nunof)
10th September 2020, 12:29
I’m not sure a safety car is supposed to be THAT slow
papaya
10th September 2020, 12:37
Failed! Failed! Failed! Should’ve use Ferrari Enzo as safety car.
pSynrg (@psynrg)
10th September 2020, 13:03
Allowing an actual Ferrari would have been a better move, the GT4 Lusso T has got a decent boot…
JohnH (@johnrkh)
10th September 2020, 13:32
They where going to run a Ferrari Safety Car but it would have been in 21st place.
AliceD (@aliced)
10th September 2020, 13:48
Looks amazing in red.
Jere (@jerejj)
10th September 2020, 13:53
Simply unfitting. Less fitting than black on the F1 car.
Steve (@scbriml)
10th September 2020, 15:52
Wow, did someone p1ss in your cornflakes this morning?
American F1
10th September 2020, 14:25
Classy gesture on Mercedes part, and the car looks really good in Ferrari Red. Nice!
Zann (@zann)
10th September 2020, 15:35
My thoughts exactly American F1! Classy, sweet gesture, with the respect that I like to see between competitors in sport.
Steve (@scbriml)
10th September 2020, 15:53
Agreed. Very nice gesture by Mercedes.
James Neutron (@phillyspur)
10th September 2020, 14:35
For as much pace as they lack they could have used this year’s SF1000 as the safety car. Then all would be normal when everyone complains they’re going too slow.
JMDan (@danmar)
12th September 2020, 7:21
Why not use a Ferrari?
JMDan (@danmar)
12th September 2020, 7:23
One of their road cars, not one of their F1 cars.