Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Saboda yajin aiki na dindindin a Italiya, Ferrari zai iya samun damar shigar da motoci biyu kawai (Ferrari P3s) don 1966 24 Hours na Le Mans
maimakon shigar da shi na yau da kullum na samfurori guda uku. Rashin tabbas da rikicewa sun kewaye abubuwan da suka biyo baya da sakamakonsu, kuma an ba da bayani daban-daban a cikin shekarun da suka gabata. Labarin da Ferrari ya bayyana a lokacin ya bayyana cewa a karkashin dokokin Le Mans a shekarar 1966 kowace mota an ba ta izinin direbobi biyu ne kawai. An cire Surtees daga jerin direbobin tare da wani aikin Ferrari wanda Mike Parkes da Ludovico Scarfiotti za su tuka, ɗayan kuma Jean Guichet da Lorenzo Bandini. Lokacin da Surtees ya tambayi manajan kungiyar Ferrari Eugenio Dragoni game da dalilin da ya sa, a matsayin shugaban kungiyar Ferrari, ba za a ba shi izinin yin gasa ba, Dragoni ya gaya wa Surtees cewa ba ya jin cewa ya dace ya tuka a tseren jimiri na awa 24 saboda raunin da ya samu a ƙarshen 1965. Koyaya, Surtees da kansa ya bayyana abubuwa daban. A cikin tunaninsa, lokacin da aka sanar da nau'ikan nau'ikan ya kasance yana tuki tare da Scarfiotti. A matsayin direba mafi sauri na biyu, Surtees ya yi jayayya cewa ya kamata ya ɗauki farkon tseren kuma "yi ƙoƙarin karya" adawar Ford ta hanyar tuki "flat daga farawa". Dragoni ya ƙi buƙatar Surtees kuma ya nace cewa Scarfiotti ya fara farawa, wanda ya kamata ya faranta wa shugaban Fiat Gianni Agnelli, kawun Scarfiotti, wanda ya halarci a matsayin mai kallo. Ko ta yaya, yanke shawara da kuma rashin goyon baya daga Enzo Ferrari da kansa sun kasance masu matukar damuwa ga Surtees kuma nan da nan ya bar kungiyar. Wannan shawarar mai yiwuwa ta kashe duka Ferrari da Surtees gasar zakarun Formula 1 a shekarar 1966. Ferrari ya gama na biyu ga Brabham-Repco a Gasar Masu Gina kuma Surtees ya gama na biyu ga Jack Brabham a Gasar Masu Tuki. Surtees ya gama kakar wasa ta tuki don ƙungiyar Cooper-Maserati, inda ya lashe tseren ƙarshe na kakar.