Ferrari traditionally started the season with its full attention on the sports car championship rather than Formula One, a fact that had already caused John Surtees to leave in the middle of the 1966 season.
Ferrari tradicionalmente comezaba a tempada con toda a súa atención posta no campionato de coches deportivos en lugar da Fórmula 1, un feito que xa causara o abandono de John Surtees na metade da tempada de 1966.