A possible indiscretion could turn into a pleasant surprise. This afternoon, on the social profiles of Disney Italia and Disney Spain images of Charles appeared Leclerc and Carlos Sainz to promote the film Lightyear, in theaters from June 15th. Also, Ferrari itself posted on Instagram a collaborative post with Disney Italy. The latter then informed that more news will come out tomorrow.
Even before the start of the season they were filming items on a possible special livery of the Maranello stable for the Grand Prix of Monaco and Monza. It would be the first Ferrari one off from the SF1000 used to Mugello two seasons ago on the occasion of the thousand Cavallino races in Formula 1.
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Looking at the recent history of the other teams on the grid, a special livery could lead to a good result for Ferrari, which would serve as never before after an unfortunate Spanish Grand Prix. Indeed, it was precisely in Montecarlo last year that McLaren conquered its first podium of the season with Lando Norris driving a MCL35M Gulf special edition.
A few months later, Red Bull scored a double podium in Turkey with an exceptionally painted RB16B of White and red to celebrate the Honda engine, on the weekend in which the Japanese Grand Prix should have been held.
Moving on to the other side of the coin, in 2019 Mercedes unveiled a special livery at Hockenheim to celebrate 150 years of racing. However, the result didn't go as hoped: Hamilton finished in ninth place after many vicissitudes, while Bottas was forced to retire. It got even worse for Red Bull at the 2005 Monaco GP, when both Liuzzi and Coulthard retired in a special themed livery Star Wars,
