After the war, finding a job was not realistic. The economy of the country had a very bad situation, the soldiers were returning from the front and could not get a job. However, Enzo in 1918 smiled luck, and he got a place to test in a fairly large at the time the automobile company Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali. A year later, the debut of the car Ferrari in the auto racing Parma-Berceto. Special achievements in these auto racing Ferrari did not show, but on the track looked decent. Two years later, after being in CMN, young Enzo took the first step, which few people understood. He moved to the little-known and young Alfa-Romeo team. Ferrari immediately realized that the machines that Alfa-Romeo produces are much improved compared to those on which he performed at Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali. In addition, the company Alfa-Romeo understood its priority in the auto business, because sports competitions are the best advertising for the company.
The Government of Italy in the 20s well supported financially local motor racing. The reason for this was the desire to open the national automotive industry in Italy, and therefore the government generously invested money in the company Fiat. Automakers in turn, put a lot of work into the work, in order to produce as high-quality cars. And when winning motor racing, get a good advertisement for the company.
There were victories, of course, but not as often as expected. Enzo Ferrari was not an upscale racer. The usual average driver, who received wins from time to time on luck and did not lead in the championship. Yes, and Ferrari himself did not aspire to become a famous racer. He was more interested in creating a personal racing team. A good success was comprehended by the young Enzo, when he met with the Barakka family, after one of the victories. The family of Barakka at that time was glorified throughout the country. Their fame came to them thanks to the pilot Francesco. Fearless hero shot down many enemy aircraft during the war, and bravely died during one of the battles. The key point was that Francesco Barakka's airplane was a black stallion. After this meeting, Enzo Ferrari will create the famous to date, the Scuderia Ferrari logo - a black stallion against a background of yellow paint.
Italy reached the end of 20 goals in the same crisis. Particularly felt his automobile industry. The company Alfa-Romeo decided to even give up for a while from the races. Enzo's career is about to collapse. It was necessary to do something, create a team that would cooperate with Alfa-Romeo as a partner, called Scuderia Ferrari. As a result, in 1929 the team of Scuderia Ferrari opens its own doors in the Italian town of Modena.
To create his own team, Enzo needed money. He lent them, from his friends, who were themselves fans of motor racing and gladly for giving him loans. To all this, Ferrari was also helped by the company Alfa-Romeo, because "Scuderia Ferrari" at that time was like an enterprise of the company.(Alfa-Romeo supplied for Scuderia Ferrari its chassis and some other details).
On the offensive of 1993, Alfa-Romeo makes a statement to the whole world that the team of Scuderia Ferrari is now its official representative of races. By this time, the Ferrari team had a good success in the races( in the first of the seasons they won 8 races from the possible 22).In the team with great pleasure entered the best masters of racing in Italy. Why? Because the young racer Enzo Ferrari offered them a new improved payment system. At the earlier time, then all racing racers received a fixed salary, regardless of their place occupied in the race. It turned out, the racer, who came last - will get as much as the first one. In the Ferrari team, the entire salary depended on the occupied prize places. This was significantly more than the salary of the rest of the teams and this was what attracted professional pilots to the team. It is worth noting the fact that the cars themselves of the Ferrari team were more perfect than those of their competitors. Thanks to the work of Enzo, which he spent at work for 16 hours a day.
Founding of Ferrari
And so cooperating for several years, Enzo Ferrari begins to understand that the team needs independence. And in the late 1930s, the discord between Enzo and Alfa-Romeo began. In the end, the team managed to get the independence, but the production of the car was never established due to the onset of the Second World War. During the war, the Ferrari plant was moved from Modena to Maranello, where it had to make military orders. The production lasted until the army of the allies blew up the plant.
At the end of the war, at last Ferrari begins its history. The company is no longer patronized by Alfa-Romeo, and there is a well-known Komendante( director).Such a nickname was given to Enzo Ferrari from his team. In many ways, because he spent a lot of time at work, very rarely laughed and had good restraint.
In 1946, from the company Ferrari comes the first car, designed by Enzo himself. In addition, he also founded the second firm Auto Avia Construzione Ferrari, which was supposed to produce sports cars for the sales market. And already in 1947 the company released its first car with a black stallion. Sales were staggering for two reasons: the first reason is a good reliable quality, and the second, people already knew about the brand for racing.
Since that moment, the Ferrari factories began to produce sports cars, which hit everyone with their own power and were assembled by hand. The company to this day has preserved these traditions and produces cars at a price of 100 to 500 thousand dollars.
In the twentieth century, the company Ferrari is gaining a lot of popularity among the class of cars participating in the "Formula-1".It was on this kind of racing that Enzo Ferrari decided to concentrate. In 1952-1953, the famous pilot Alberto Askari brought the Scuderia Ferrari team two championship titles in the Formula 1 races. Thanks to the fact that Ferrari are a full race track - the city of Maranello becomes the capital for motorsport fans. This was not done by one team. At the same time, the Ferrari brand becomes one of the famous brands and the real dignity of Italy.
Tragedy
However, the history of the appearance of Ferrari is not so simple as it seems at first glance. Success came along with tragedies. The pilot, who brought two championship titles to the Scuderia Ferrari team, Alberto Askari broke in 1955 on a test in the city of Monza. This death was followed by the death of Enzo's single son, Dino Ferrari. This tragedy significantly influenced the founder of Scuderia Ferrari. Working with the public, he began to appear more often in black glasses. Dino, held the position of designer in the team, and almost finished his new project car Ferrari-246.This model will be released from the assembly line in 1958, and the pilot Michael Hawthorn, after testing it, will be the winner of the World Cup. He dedicated the victory to Dino Ferrari. After the championship, new tragedies will be overtaken. Riders Phil Collins and Luigi Musso will crash on Ferrari-246 cars.
In the mid-50's ready Ferrari for one year produces 200 conventional cars for sale to the public and 250 racing. It should be noted that the company had a good reputation not only in Europe. Special orders were also supplied in the USA.The cars were of the GT class.
Transformation of the company into a joint stock company occurred in 1960.To this Enzo added that Ferrari is now a people's firm, and anyone can buy shares. A good event for the company occurred in 1969, then Gianni Agneli of Fiat bought a 50% stake in Ferrari.
Ferrari was a constant favorite of every season of the Frmula-1 race. Their struggle took place with famous brands of cars, then with McLaren, then with Williams, then with Benetton. But the first place was always occupied by Ferrari. One of the most famous and titled teams. In the 70s the famous racer Gilles Villeneuve joined the team, he immediately starts the old Enzo of his son. Enzo exerted all possible forces, so that Villeneuve won the title. He would probably have won, if he had not crashed in 1982.
In the 60s, Ferrari added new challenges. On the roads of motor racing there began to appear worthy competitors who could take away from the company a solid part of the market. Among them were: Lotus, Lamborgini, Mazeratti and a little cheaper was Porsche. However, not one of them did not achieve great success in the race, and the word "speed" was still behind the car Ferrari.
And what was it except races?
Regarding the personal life of Enzo Ferrari. He was married to only one woman( who gave birth to him Dino), but this did not stop him from constantly having a mistress Lina. After the death of his wife, he legalized relations with her. This Lina even has time to give birth to Antsu's son - Pierrot, who could not be heir and lead the company, because he could not endure hard work.
At the age of 90, in 1998 Enzo Ferrari dies. Under the will of Enzo, he left a 50% stake in Ferrari, which belonged to him at that time, the company Fiat.
Not paying attention, that Italians to this day consider the company Ferrari personal property. The founder was buried modestly, without any processions.
After the death of Enzo Ferrari, the company will be in a small crisis. Because of the fact that in the races of Formula 1 the Benetton team will start to lead( after McLaren and Williams).After a short while, Fiat will start to show problems, as a result of which it will go bankrupt( then the situation will be normalized).Ignoring the number of cars sold in races, the company will regain its leading position, thanks to the most professional in the history of the rider - Michael Schumacher. And the sale of Ferrari cars has always been and remains a luxury to this day.
