Rainer W. Schlegelmilch. Ferrari Sports Car Racing. Art Edition No. 1–100 ‘Nürburgring, 1969’

Experience Ferrari’s glory days, when it redefined what a team could be—becoming a symbol of daring, beauty, and engineering genius. This large-format tribute traces Scuderia’s defining era, 1962 to 1973, through the lens of Rainer W. Schlegelmilch.

Schlegelmilch captured sports car racing at its rawest. A glint of scarlet bodywork in the sun, the tension of the grid, rapt faces of fans, exchanges with teammates and spouses. His famous use of the zoom was both commanding and intimate, compressing distance to heighten drama, while drawing viewers into the emotional core of the moment. 

This book celebrates the cars, the characters, and the culture that shaped Ferrari during its most iconic period, when the likes of Surtees, Bandini, Ickx, and Rodríguez roared across the tarmac in scarlet machines of mythic beauty. In image after image, Schlegelmilch transports us to the pits and the podiums, revealing all-too-human feelings as well as the sheer power of the races.

By the 70s, change was afoot. Racetracks grew safer, but more remote. Safety barriers arose, pushing photographers and spectators back, and full-face helmets replaced open visors, hiding the men behind the machines. 

Meaning this is more than a book of photographs: it’s a time capsule that captures the passion, grit, and genius that defined Ferrari’s most romantic age. An immersive invitation to a bygone world, for tifosi and design lovers alike, as experienced through the eye of its most cinematic chronicler. As F1’s Stefano Domenicali put it: “Rainer is much more than a photographer—he is a keeper of motorsport memory.”

Art Edition (No. 1–100) with the print Pedro Rodríguez, Ferrari 312 P, Brünnchen, Nürburgring 1000 kms, 1969, numbered and sigend by Rainer W. Schlegelmilch.