Revealed: Ferrari are DITCHING their iconic red colour - with a surprising switch coming to Formula One in Miami next month

Ferrari will ditch their traditional red livery for 'fresh and unexpected colours' at the Miami Grand Prix next month.

The Scuderia cars will be decked in blue for the race weekend to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Ferrari's presence in North America.

The design change will be a one-off and will feature two shades of blue - Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino - in place of the traditional Rosso Corsa, the red livery synonymous with the Scuderia.

Azzurro La Plata - a lighter shade of blue, similar to that featured on Argentina's national flag - is a nod to the colour worn by the legendary Alberto Ascari.

The Italian, Ferrari's first Formula One world champion, wore a blue racing suit and a blue helmet as he stormed to the title in 1952 and 1953.

Ferrari will ditch its traditional red livery for the Miami Grand Prix next month

Carlos Sainz (left) and Charles Leclerc (right) will not wear their traditional red racing suits

Ferrari last raced in blue and white at the US and Mexican Grand Prix at the end of the 1964 season, in which John Surtees won the title

Ascari was a trailblazer for Ferrari drivers, with John Surtees, Chris Amon, Lorenzo Bandini and Ludovico Scarfiotti all wearing light blue racing suits during the 1960s.

Ferrari last ditched its traditional red back in 1964, when it was replaced by a white and blue livery for the final two rounds of the championship - the US GP at Watkins Glen and the Mexican GP in Mexico City. 

And Surtees became the only Ferrari driver to win a Formula One world title in a colour other than red, as he finished second in Mexico to pip Graham Hill to the title by a point.

The late Niki Lauda also donned the colour on his debut season with Ferrari in 1974, before switching to red the following season.

The livery was also used on other Ferrari racing cars by the North American Racing Team, which was founded in 1958 to promote the marque in the US and mostly competed in endurance racing. 

Azzurro Dino, meanwhile, is a darker shade of blue, which was most recently worn by the late Clay Regazzoni in 1974, before Ferrari drivers regularly began wearing Rosso Corsa suits.

Surtees wore a light blue, known as Azzurro La Plata, racing suit throughout his time at Ferrari

Niki Lauda wore a blue racing suit in his debut season with Ferrari in 1974

Clay Regazzoni wore a darker shade of blue, known as Azzurro Dino, in the same season

The monicker Dino is a homage to Enzo Ferrari's first son Alfredo - who was nicknamed Dino - and died aged 24.

The special livery that will adorn the SF-24 cars is to be revealed in Florida in the build-up to the Miami race, as part of a week-long celebration of Ferrari's presence in North America.

While a launch date is yet to be announced, the Scuderia have released a video of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz donning the light blue racing suits on Instagram and X, the platform previously known as Twitter.

Ferrari unveiled a one-off livery at the Las Vegas GP last season to pay homage to its old red and white colour scheme 

The Miami GP will mark the second time in as many years Ferrari have unveiled a one-off colour change for a race in the US. 

Last season, the Scuderia ran a red and white livery at the Las Vegas GP, to pay tribute to one of its iconic colour schemes of the past.