Owner Enzo Ferrari – Ferrari Auto
Posted on June 21, 2010, under Sports Cars Articles.
Born in Emilia-Romagna, and Modena, Italy, Enzo Ferrari grew up with little formal education, but an intense desire to race cars. During World War I, he used a mule-Skinner in the Italian armed forces. His grandfather, Alfredo, who died in 1916 due to an outbreak of more Italian. Enzo became sick himself and was consequently discharged from Italian service. The return home, he discovered that the family firm had collapsed. Without the second job has sought tocould not find work at Fiat and is often redesign a smaller car company called outlets use in small cars. He ran in 1919 and the sales team, but a small success.
Sold in 1920 to work for Alfa Romeo and their race cars in local races, has had more success. In 1923, racing in Ravenna, was the Prancing Horse badge which decorated the hull of Francesco Baracca (Italy's leading champion of WWI) SPAD fighter,his mother, taken from the wreckage of the plane after his mysterious death. Wait this icon plastered on a racing vehicle. In 1924 he won the Cup Acerbo of Pescara. His success in local competitions to offer inspiration Alfa him a chance to celebrate much more competitive and has been lauded by Mussolini. Ferrari had the opportunity, and in a funk he did not race again until 1927 and even then was often racing career over. He continued to work withoutdelay for Alfa Romeo and 1929 for the launch of the Scuderia Ferrari racing team Alpha.
Ferrari managed the development of the Alfa factory, and saw a flock of over forty drivers, including Giuseppe Campari and Tazio Nuvolari. Ferrari himself continued racing until the birth of her first child in 1932 (Alfredo Ferrari, known as Dino, who died in 1956).
Support for Alfa Romeo lasted until 1933 when financial constraints made Alfa tie. Onlyreceived the intervention of Pirelli Ferrari engines. Although the level of the Scuderia drivers the company won few victories (1935 in Germany by Nuvolari was a notable exception). Office of Auto Union and Mercedes at the time.
In 1937, control of the Alfa racing again his efforts, reducing Ferrari to Director of Sports under Alfa engineering director. Ferrari soon left, but a clause in the contracts they have running or planning for four years.
He proposesAuto Avio Costruzioni, a company provides to other parts racing team. But in the Mille Miglia in 1940 the company manufactured two cars cars to compete, driven by Alberto Ascari and Lothario Rangoni. During the Second World War his company at war, and following assessment manufacturing moved from Modena to Maranello. It was only after World War II, who tried his reputation Nazi Ferrari for the merger and make cars bearing his name, founding today's Ferrari SpA in 1945.
1:open-wheeled race was in Turin in 1948 and the first victory at the end of this year in Lake Garda. Ferrari was in the Formula 1 World Championship since its introduction in 1950, but the first winner was not until the British Grand Prix in 1951. The first championship in 1952-1953, when the Formula One season was racing with Formula 2 cars. The company also sold production sports cars to fund racing efforts, not only in Grand Prix but also in events likeMille Miglia and Le Mans. We know that many of society's greatest victory came at Le Mans (fourteen victories, including six in a row from 1960 to 1965) instead of the Grand Prix, was in fact involved the company Than Formula One during 1950 and 1960 despite the successes of Juan-Manuel Fangio (1956), Mike Hawthorn (1958), Phil Hill (1961) and John Surtees (1964).
In 1960 the number of declining demand and inadequate funding to provide forced Ferrari to Fiattake a position in the company. Ford attempted to purchase the company in 1963 to U.S. $ 18,000,000, but he refused. The company has no name and Fiat has a small market share in 1965 and then in 1969 increased their participation to 50% of the company. (In 1988 shares of Fiat had risen to 90%).
Ferrari remained CEO until 1971. Despite the departure continues to have an impact on society until his death. The input of Fiat took a couple of times to take effect. It was not until 1975 withNiki Lauda, the company has a championship to Niki Lauda, talent and ability of the driver of the car as the winner of the deficiencies in the chassis and aerodynamics. But the successes and the promise of Title Scheck and Jody's association with Formula One Championship, hoping to leave stagnant. 1982 opened with a strong role in the 126C2, world-class riders, and rugged vehicle promising results, the beginning of games.
But there are clear Gilles VilleneuveThe 126C2 in May, and his team-mate Didier Pironi had his short career in a violent end to the second turn on the fog back straight at Hockenheim in August. Pironi led driver leaves the time, he would lose his head as he sat the remaining matches. The team would not have seen the glory of the championship back to life at Ferrari.
Enzo Ferrari died in Modena in 1988 at age 90 in early dominance McLaren Honda combination. The only race that McLaren havebeginning of the Italian Grand Prix – held a few weeks after the death of Enzo, and appropriate, the result was a 1-2 finish for Ferrari, with Gerhard Berger leading home Michele Alboreto. After the death of Enzo Ferrari Scuderia team even more successful, especially with Michael Schumacher 1996-2005.
A Knight of Labor in 1952, helping to meet Knight and Commander in 1920, Enzo also has a number of degrees of confidence KNIGHT part HammarskjldWork in 1962, the Columbus Prize in 1965, and De Gasperi Award in 1987. In 1994 he was posthumously induced in the World Motorsports Hall of Fame. Enzo used in his famous blue ink pen, although in this case posthumously induced is unclear.
After the death of his son, Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari, Enzo sunglasses every day just to praise him for his son.