The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, or 250 TR, was a racing sports car built by Ferrari from 1957 to 1961. It was introduced at the end of the 1957 racing season in response to rule changes that enforced a maximum engine displacement of 3 litres for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and World Sports Car Championship races. The 250 TR was closely related to earlier Ferrari sports cars, sharing many key components with other 250 models and the 500 TR.
The 250 TR achieved many racing successes winning 10 World Sports Car
Championship races including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Targa Florio. Ferrari won the World Sports Car Championship constructor's titles in 1958, 1960 and 1961 with the 250 TR.
The cam covers were painted bright red, giving the car its name "Testa Rossa" literally meaning "Red Head". This naming tradition first originated with the 500 TR.
Ferrari also named the 1984-1991
Testarossa road car as a homage to the 500
TR and 250 TR. In contrast to the front-engine V12-powered 250 TR, the 80s Testarossa is a mid-engine design using a flat-12 engine and was designed as a road-going sports car, rather than a racing car.