Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ụgbọala mbụ nke Ferrari nke 1966 bụ nke nwere 3.3-liter V12 engine nke e si na Ferrari 275P2 sportscar prototypes, gbanwee ya na 3000cc, ma tinye ya na azụ nke F1 chassis. Nkọwa "312", nke a ga-eji maka ọtụtụ ụgbọ ala ndị na-esote, gosipụtara "3"-liter, "12"-cylinder engine. Injin ahụ dị arọ, na n'ihi ikike belatara, belata ike na ọkachasị torque. John Surtees gbara ụgbọala a n'enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma na Monaco ebe Lorenzo Bandini gbara Ferrari Dino 2.4-liter V6. Surtees meriri n'ọsọ nke abụọ,
1966 Belgian Grand Prix, okporo ụzọ nke kwadoro ike ya na ogologo ogologo ya, mana onye mmeri 1964 hapụrụ mgbe ya na onye njikwa Eugenio Dragoni sere okwu. Okwu a bụ maka ihe ndị ka mkpa n'ịgba ọsọ, ebe Ferrari nọ n'okpuru nrụgide nke Ford n'ịgba ọsọ ụgbọ ala egwuregwu, na mgbalị F1 bụ ihe a na-eleghara anya. Mike Parkes dochiri Surtees, onye gara Cooper nke jiri injin Maserati, iji mechaa nke abụọ na asọmpi ndị ọkwọ ụgbọala na mmeri ọzọ. Maka Ferrari, Ludovico Scarfiotti merikwara n'ọsọ, 1966 Italian Grand Prix na Monza nke nyeere Ferrari aka mechaa nke abụọ na ndị na-ewu ụlọ.