The History of Ferrari in the Formula 1 to the Rhythm of Fast Lap

By Charles Sanz

DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF ENZO FERRARI AND THE MOST LEGENDARY TEAM IN FORMULA 1?

 

When Enzo Ferrari set out to create his own motorsport team, he did not give up until he succeeded and took it to absolute success. In this way, Scuderia Ferrari managed to participate in the first edition of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950, to become the only one to appear in all the editions of its history.

In the early years, it would not take long to achieve glory through Alberto Ascari and fighting with and against Fangio. In the early years of the championship, Ferrari always managed to be at the top of Formula 1 through drivers such as Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill and John Surtees, becoming a team that was always a candidate for victory.

 

Between 1964 and 1974, the rise of British brands complicated Ferrari's trajectory in a complicated period, but Niki Lauda would end up becoming the savior who would lead the Scuderia back to winning championships.

 

After a new dark period where the championships resisted despite having drivers with the talent of Nigel Mansell or Alain Prost, a hero came to the rescue of the Italian team to provide it with the best years of its history: Michael Schumacher. After the departure of the legendary German, only Kimi Räikkönen managed to extend the triumph of Scuderia Ferrari, despite having champions like Alonso or Vettel.

 

In these pages you will enjoy the history of the most legendary team in Formula 1 in the form of a simple walk through time and through the keys to its trajectory so that you can enjoy its magnificent past in a light-hearted way.

 

In this book you will find:

- Enzo Ferrari and the origin of Scuderia Ferrari.

- The creation of Scuderia Ferrari as a subdivision of Alfa Romeo and its road to independence.

- The rivalry between Alfa Romeo and Ferrari in the first seasons of the world championship.

- José Froilán González and the first victory of the Ferrari team

- The first championships of Alberto Ascari, the first Formula 1 legend

- The hard fight against Fangio's Mercedes and the subsequent incorporation of the Argentine legend

- Peter Collins, the gentleman who sacrificed a championship

- The sad personal losses of Eugenio Castelloti and Alfonso de Portago

- 1958: the most dramatic year of Formula 1 and the losses of Luigi Musso and Peter Collins in the Hawthorns Championship

- The fight against the ague of the British marques and the rear engines.

- Phil Hill's world championship title and the misfortune of his teammate Wolfgang von Trips

- John Surtees, the only world motorcycling and Formula 1 world champion

- The blue and white Ferrari as a protest to the FIA and the Italian motorsport regulatory bodies.

- The arrival of Niki Lauda after a period of uncertainty and the challenge to the death of the talented Austrian driver.

- The triumph of South African Jody Scheckter

- Gilles Villeneuve and the accident that ended his life

- Michele Alboreto, the last Italian driver to score a victory for Ferrari and his duel with Alain Prost

- The signing of Alain Prost and the continuation of his great rivalry with Ayrton Senna

- The arrival of Michael Schumacher and Ferrari's golden era with Barrichello

- Räikkönen and Ferrari's resurgence after the Schumacher era

- The signing of Alonso and the constant battles for a new championship.

- The arrival of Vettel and the fight with Mercedes in the hybrid era

- The new regulations and the near future of Ferrari with Carlos Sainz and the promise of the young Leclerc.

 

All that and much more in a book that will make you enjoy the history of this legendary team in Formula 1!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charles Sanz
• Release date: Mar 5, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224787180

Book preview

Introduction

When Enzo Ferrari set out to create his own motorsports team, he did not give up until he achieved it and led it to absolute success. After his time as a driver, he managed to lead a new sports division of the Alfa Romeo competition department. But Enzo's greatness could not be limited, and soon his Scuderia Ferrari would become independent to shine on its own.

In this way, the Scuderia Ferrari managed to participate in the first edition of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1950, to become the only one to appear in all the editions of its history. In the early years, it would not take long for him to achieve glory with José Froilán González achieving the first victory, dominating the competition through Alberto Ascari and fighting with and against Fangio.

After the first few years of the championship with dramatic personal losses such as those of Eugenio Castelloti, Alfonso de Portago, Peter Collins, Luigi Musso or Wolfgang von Trips, Ferrari always managed to be at the top of Formula 1 through drivers like Phil Hill and John Surtees, becoming a team that was always a candidate for victory.

Between 1964 and 1974, the rise of British brands complicated Ferrari's trajectory in a difficult stage, but Niki Lauda would end up becoming the savior who would lead the Scuderia to win championships again, together with the talent of South African Jody Scheckter.

La Suderia Ferrari went back to suffer a dark time where the championships resisted despite having pilots of the talent of Nigel Mansell or Alain Prost, but then a hero came to the rescue of the Italian team to provide the best years of its history: Michael Schumacher .

After the departure of the legendary German, only Kimi Räikkönen would manage to extend the victory of Scuderia Ferrari, despite having champions like Alonso or Vettel.

Ferrari's recent past, especially in the hybrid era, is far from the glory achieved back in time. But if there is one thing that can be learned from the history of the Scuderia, it is that it has always remained competitive and in the top positions in the world championship, and that it has the potential to re-emerge and once again dominate the greatest motorsport competition in the world at any time.

In these pages you will enjoy the history of the most legendary team in Formula 1 in the form of a simple walk through time and through the keys to its trajectory so that you can enjoy its magnificent past in a light way.

Hope you enjoy.

Charles Sanz.

Enzo Ferrari and the origin of Scuderia Ferrari

La historia y leyenda de Enzo Ferrari

Ferrari is undoubtedly one of the most legendary teams in Formula 1, and has the privilege of being the only one to participate in every season of the world championship. However, he was not on the starting grid when competition began at Silverstone in 1950. The world championship had to wait until its second event, Monaco, to see the Ferrari team compete in the world's greatest motorsport competition.

But Scuderia Ferrari existed long before the FIA ​​organized the Formula 1 World Championship. Before the start of world competition, the Grand Prix had been held long before, albeit independently, until in 1950 the best of them to give rise to the first season of the World Cup.

In 1929, the Italian Enzo Ferrari created Scuderia Ferrari with the aim of bringing amateur drivers to automobile competitions. Enzo was born on February 18, 1898 in Modena, and in the pilot Felice Nazzaro he found the inspiration to become a fan of car racing and to want to become a pilot.

However, life was not easy for him. He had to participate with the Italian Army in the First World War, and in 1916 his father and his older brother died from the Italian flu. Two years later, it was Enzo himself who came down with the flu, forcing the end of his time in the military.

Despite the misfortunes of his life, Enzo Ferrari did not give up and pursued his dream of being a racing driver, becoming a test driver for the Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali company. His talent led him to be promoted and make his competitive debut in the 1919 Parma-Poggio di Berceto race, which he finished fourth in the 3-litre class with a CMN 15/20. At the end of that same year, he participated in the prestigious Targa Florio, having to retire due to a fuel leak.

In 1920, Enzo Ferrari joined the Alfa Romeo sports competition department. Three years later, he achieved his first Grand Prix victory in Ravenna. Just one year later, in 1924, he had three victories: Ravenna, Polesine and the Coppa Acerbo.

Despite his growing successes, the death of pilots close to him such as Ugo Sivocci or Antonio Ascari made him lose his excitement for racing, and with the birth of his son Dino he finally decided to retire from competition, at least as a pilot. after having participated in 41 Grand Prix and having achieved 11 victories.

After retiring as a driver, he continued to be involved in motorsport through the management and development of Alfa cars, a facet he had been involved in even before he retired.

From this new position as manager, Enzo Ferrari ended up creating a new team as a division of Alfa Romeo: Scuderia Ferrari.

Although the team was founded as a minor part of Alfa Romeo, Ferrari also had financial help from textile entrepreneurs Alfredo and Augusto Caniato, and from amateur driver Mario Tadini. This team even included 40 drivers in its squad, with Enzo Ferrari himself driving until the birth of his son.

Enzo soon showed signs that he did not want to settle for being a small part of a larger and superior structure. To seek his own identity, he adopted the emblem of the horse on its hind legs. This was because the mother of Francesco Baracca, an Italian airline pilot, gave Ferrari a necklace with a rearing horse. Baracca had been shot down in combat in Austria in 1918, and in honor of the aviator, Ferrari decided to use the emblem for his team.

The first time this logo was seen was on the Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spiders at the 24 Hours of Spa in 1932.

ZAOL - A Monarchia légierejének egyik ászpilótája volt a letenyei születésű Busa Gyula

[1]

The association between Alfa Romeo and Ferrari lasted until 1933. Due to the difficult financial situation, Alfa withdrew its factory team, and Ferrari remained as an acting team of the brand. Despite the loss of the main support of Alfa Romeo, at this time Ferrari competed hard on asphalt against established German brands such as Auto Union or Mercedes that reigned in the competition, with a magnificent and symbolic victory for Tazio Nuvolari in Germany.

In 1938, Alfa Romeo wanted to recover its factory team, for which it bought the shares of the Ferrari team and absorbed it, making it disappear to become the Alfa Corse team, directed by Enzo Ferrari. This new alliance between Alfa Romeo and Enzo lasted until 1939. After a disagreement with the manager of Alfa Corse, Enzo Ferrari left the structure.

With no team to manage, Enzo Ferrari founded the company Auto-Avio Construzioni, dedicated to manufacturing parts for other racing teams. But he never resigned himself to giving up competition from within, and was able to build two cars for the 1940 Mille Miglia, the Auto Avio Construzioni 815 model, driven by Alberto Ascari and Lotario Rangoni. The 815 is considered to be the first official car