Why did Ferrari always used to have the number 27 and 28 cars?

I've noticed it seems to be a tradition that Ferrari choose to have cars number 27 and 28 regardless of their performance in the constructor's championship (with the exception when they win the driver's championship). They've chosen not have those numbers for quite some time now, but they still used to have 27/28 in the early 90s. I noticed that the Ducati MotoGP team have 27 and 28 this year too.|||As Firefox has noted it's a doffing of the cap to the late, great Gilles Villeneuve who favoured the number 27... Williams used to carry it too in 78/79...





Ferrari had those numbers from 1981 to 1989, with a break in 1990 as they carried the no. 1 for Alain Prost, and then from 91 to 95... Alesi liked the 27 due to the Villeneuve connection too...





In the 70's, Ferrari's numbers were usually 11 and 12.. I preferred it when a team chose their numbers... like Tyrrell having 3 %26amp; 4, and Williams 5 %26amp; 6... much better|||Only after 1981 Ferrari started using #27, till 1996 whenever possible. After 96 onwards the number was given in the order they finish in the last year's championship so higher numbers were no longer used.





I believe the liking for #27 was in honor of Ferrari driver Giles Villeneuve who used that number.|||Its not the fact they have chosen not to have those numbers but because it depends where they finished in the contructors championship the year before that gives them their numbers. As for the past, don't have a clue.