Ferrari 512S In 1967, the 512 was born out of a series of bad decisions by racing’s ruling body, the CSI, that were aimed at slowing down the 7-liter monsters like the Ford Mk IVs, which were dominating sports car racing. So the prototype class had a 3-liter limit imposed on it while the sports cars could do almost anything they liked up to 5-liters, provided 50 cars had been built. This figure was later reduced to 25 examples. In…
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