F2003-GA Red

F2003-GA Red, the red of a single-seater of the 2003 season

The shade carries the name of the Ferrari F2003-GA Formula 1 car. The letters GA in the designation are a tribute to Gianni Agnelli, the long-time head of the Fiat group, who died in January 2003. The color comes from the factory red in which the car started on the circuits, and the brand therefore named it after it directly.

What that single-seater achieved

It entered the championship only in the course of it, because the previous type still ran the opening races of the season. The 2003 year was among the closest in the modern history of the series and the order was settled only at the final event. Michael Schumacher took his sixth world title with it and the stable from Maranello added the constructors' cup to that. It was the high point of the long winning run the Italian team built up in that decade. It was also the last great era in which the series ran on the tires of two competing suppliers, and the choice of rubber sometimes decided results as strongly as the car itself.

Where you will use the shade

• bodies of Formula 1 single-seaters of the first half of the 2000s
• models of Scuderia Ferrari cars in 1:20 and 1:12 scale
• repairs and repaints of factory finishes on collection pieces
• small display accessories meant to match a single-seater

Who will find it useful

It will be reached for by modelers of circuit machinery who want a shade bound to a particular car rather than a universal fire-engine red. The difference between the individual years is noticeable with the Italian racing red, and that is exactly why the brand names its shades after machines rather than after a numerical scale. It saves searching through conversion tables, because the name of the car is a brief in itself. On the single-seater the red covered practically the whole body, so on a model it will be the main tone to which all the other parts are tuned.