At the end of the 1961 season, in what is called "the walk-out", car designer Carlo Chiti and team manager Romolo Tavoni left to set up their own team, ATS.
Zato je Ferrari za sezono 1959 zaposlil peterico novih dirkačev, ki so bili Tony Brooks, Jean Behra, Phil Hill, Dan Gurney in občasno še Cliff Allison.