Ah yes, the 1967 Le Mans. Sour grapes, food for thought, or money talks. In his book "Ford versus Ferrari" author John Starkey writes...."Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarfiotti were second at midnight, running as far as the Ferrari pit was concerned, just one lap adrift of Ford Mk1V of Dan Gurney and A J Foyt. Then the race organizers informed Franco Lini that they were actually five laps back". Starkey goes on to quote Mauro Forghieri in his book "Forghieri on Ferrari" who wrote "But the most incredible episode which cost us any hope of winning the race was linked to the official communication of the car's position after each lap. IBM systematically distributed communications that corresponded with the results obtained by our timekeepers who were highly experienced members of the Federazione Italiana Chronometristi and mistake proof. From around midnight we no longer received communications and were told the automatic timing system was momentarily out of action, Still we were sure that our Scarfiotti/Parkes P4 was only a lap behind the Gurney/Foyt Ford, which was the hare. I remember our satisfaction, and also a discussion with engineer Bussi, that we were forcing Ludovico and Mike to drive high pressure laps to keep up, despite our tire and fuel advantage. At a certain point, Scarfiotti became ill and Parkes had to do a double stint. The Englishman lost a little ground but according to our timekeepers' data, we were still just one lap down on the Ford. Yet at dawn, we were bitterly disappointed when the IBM system began functioning again, and they brought us a communication to say that Scarfiotti and Parkes were five laps down on the Ford. That was both incredible and inexplicable because there was no way our timekeepers could have made such a huge mistake. Naturally we reacted fast. Franco Lini made his protest and they assured us that they had checked their lap counter, so there was nothing we could do. Later Ludovici's health improved and he was able to pull something back from the Ford, but the P4 could only maintain second place. And all this happened while the Ford was losing bits of its bodywork due to broken fixings. It was all held on by sticky tape, and there was a real chance that the huge rear end might fly off and injure spectators. On top of this, the Le Mans regulations said the car had to cross the finish line with its body intact. Franco Lini was about to protest but, supported by Bussi we were told we had to go to the powerful boss of the ACO, the Le Mans organizers, who had always been close to Ferrari and the Commendatore himself. He listened to me and then gave me a short sharp answer. "Mauro, c'est l'argent" ( Mauro, it is the money") after which I understood everything. "It may have been coincidence, but the track was modified for the following year by having the important and complex chicane before the finishing line which, from that moment on, was called the "Ford Chicane"..." Ford won by 4 laps and the P4 Ferraris finished 2nd and 3rd. P4 Ferraris won the Manufacturers Championship that year, which included a 1-2-3 finish at Daytona. Photo of the Ford Chicane. No straightlining or kerb hopping there.