Ferrari is history's most prolific constructor of F1 single-seaters and at the Goodwood Festival of Speed each year a plethora of slippery its red machines take to the "hill" to wind back the clock and relive past glories that are remembered by every generation of visitor. This year's edition was to be no different, and from the 312/68, which graced the world's most challenging race tracks more than 40 years ago, to last year's constructors' title winning F2008, the Maranello-born machines muscled all pretenders out of the limelight in the F1 paddock.

At Goodwood, chronologically, the line-up of F1 cars to have emerged from Maranello kicked off with the 312/68 which was built in 1968. Featuring a 3.0-litre V12 with 48 valves and 410 bhp it was fast but unreliable, and in the hands of Chris Amon it collected four pole positions but wasn't able to muscle its way into the winners' circle. Other notable drivers to have been behind the wheel of this machine include Derek Bell. It was entered by Jean-Francois Decaux at Goodwood in Class 08: Classic Grand Prix Cars - When F1 Cars Went From Front-Engined To Rear Engined, High To Low, Narrow To Wide. Another single-seater of great note to enthusiasts of Italian racing cars be entered in this class was the famous Maserati 250 F.

Two evocative representative of the Prancing House captured memories in Class 09: Evolution Of The F1 Car - A Dramatic Display Of Two Decades Of Evolution Within F1 Racing, the 312T3 and 126C4. The 312T3 was built for the 1978 F1 season but wasn't up to the pace set by Colin Chapman's ground-breaking Lotus 79. However it still took five wins, including Gilles Villeneuve's memorable maiden win in Canada. At Goodwood it was entered by Ten Tenths Motorsports Ltd, and to huge acclaim from the passionate crowds lining the Festival's hillclimb it was driven with great aplomb by none other than former Irish Ferrari F1 star Eddie Irvine. The 126C4, meanwhile, was raced during the 1984 season and fitted with a 1.5-litre V6 turbocharged engine. The car in action at Goodwood, chassis 072, was driven by Michele Alboreto and updated mid season to Modifica 2 specification. Despite having 850-bhp it struggled against the in-form McLaren MP4/2s that year although it still wrapped up second place in the constructors' standings. At the Festival the 126C4 was entered by L Prandina and demonstrated up the "hill" by Mezario and Cantarella. Other notable F1 cars in this class included the fast-but-fragile Renault RE30B (1982) and the slow-but-fragile Beatrice-Lola THL1 (1985).

The F300 is a significant single-seater car from Ferrari's long history as it was the first of the highly successful red machine of the Ross Brawn/Rory Byrne era. Built for the 1998 F1 season it took six F1 wins in the hands of Michael Schumacher but narrowly missed out on the title at the very last round, with the championship going to McLaren's Mika Hakkinen. Entered by Pierangelo Masselli in Class 10: High Tech Grand Prix Cars - Aerodynamics, Active Suspension And Complex Computing Take Hold In F1 it took its place in the paddock alongside another long forgotten, but in this case utterly hopeless Italian F1 car, of that era, the 3.5-litre W12-engined Life B190 from 1990, as well as the Benetton-Ford B192 (1992) and the Leyton House-Judd CG901B (1990).