Facing the camera is Richie Ginther who partnered Graham Hill in the BRM team driving the P578 cars. He qualified in eighth place on the grid, but problems with the car caused him to finish in thirteenth place.. He finished the 1962 season in eighth place in the Drivers' World Championship with two podium positions, second in the Italian Grand Prix and third in France. Richie Ginther had driven for the Ferrari team in the 1961 season, and the person he's talking to here appears to be Carlo Chiti who was involved is designing the 1961 Ferrari Dino 156 that had won the World Championship for Phil Hill that year. Carlo Chiti and several other personnel had walked out of Ferrari in October 1961 due to a disagreement with Enzo Ferrari and later formed the ATS racing team that would compete in Formula One racing in 1963.
Ferrari had been beset by strikes in Italy before this race, and the blue van in the background was the vehicle that brought the sole Ferrari to take part in the race, Phil Hill's Ferrari Dino 156, and you can see his car next to the van.
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