MotorsportMemorabilia 1977 Grand Prix commemorative cover signed MAURO FORGHIERI For 1977, Niki Lauda in the Ferrari 312T2 was easily the best driver, taking his second World Championship by 17 points despite not competing in the last 2 races. Jody Scheckter won 3 races in the Wolf-Cosworth WR1 to be a most creditable runner-up in the drivers' table. Lauda, assisted by Carlos Reutemann, took the constructors' title for Ferrari for the third successive season; Lotus was second with the Cosworth powered 78s driven by Mario Andretti and Gunnar Nilsson. Our 1977 artwork features Niki Lauda in his Ferrari 312T2 in the lead at Hockenheim with Jody Scheckter's Wolf-Cosworth WR2 in hot pursuit. Hans-Joachim Stuck is pictured in third place driving the distinctive Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45A in Martini livery. The second special envelope is signed by MAURO FORGHIERI who worked an extremely long time in F1 for Ferrari and made a tremendous contribution to their success. He started with the company in 1959 as an engine designer and was promoted in 1964 after Carlo Chiti had left to form ATS. His design skills helped John Surtees and Ferrari to take the 1964 titles with the 158. Ferrari kept in the top four team placings from 1965 to 1973 apart from 1969 and 1973 when they were 5th and 6th respectively. However, with the arrival of Niki Lauda in 1974, the team hit a golden period, taking the 1975 and 1977 Drivers' Championships and three consecutive constructors' titles (1975-77). Further success followed in 1979, when Jody Scheckter won the Drivers' Championship and Ferrari was champion constructor. From 1966 to 1980, Ferrari's success was with the 312 model initially with a V12 engine and then the flat F12; the 312 won no less than 40 F1 championship races. In the early 1982 Harvey Postletwaite took over as Chief Designer and Forghieri concentrated on engine design; his V6 Turbo engine helped Ferrari gain the constructors' titles in 1982 and 1983, employed in the 126 model. He left Ferrari in 1986, to work on the Lamborghini V12 engine.
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