FREE ENZO FERRARI: A LIFE PDF Richard Williams | 352 pages | 12 May 2015 | Vintage Publishing | 9780224059862 | English | London, United Kingdom Enzo Ferrari - Car, Quotes & Death - Biography He was widely known as " il Commendatore " or " il Drake ". Enzo Ferrari was said to have been born on 18 February in ModenaItaly and that his birth was recorded on 20 February because a heavy snowstorm had prevented his father from reporting the birth at the local registry office; in reality, his birth certificate states he was born on 20 Februarywhile the birth's registration took place on 24 February and was reported by the midwife. Alfredo Senior was the son of a grocer from Carpiand started a workshop fabricating metal parts at the family home. At Enzo Ferrari: A Life age of 10 he witnessed Felice Nazzaro 's win at the Circuito di Bolognaan event that inspired him to become a racing driver. His father Alfredo, and his older brother, Alfredo Jr. Ferrari became severely sick himself in the flu pandemic and was consequently discharged from the Italian service. Following the family's carpentry business collapse, Ferrari started searching for a job in the car industry. He unsuccessfully volunteered his services to Fiat in Turin, eventually settling for a job as test-driver for C. Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionalia car manufacturer in Milan, which rebuilt used truck bodies into small passenger cars. He was later promoted to race car driver and made his competitive debut in the Parma-Poggio di Berceto hillclimb race, where he finished fourth in the three-litre category at the wheel of a 2. On 23 November of the same year, he took part in the Targa Florio but had to retire after his car's fuel tank developed a leak. InEnzo Enzo Ferrari: A Life the racing department of Alfa Romeo as a driver. Deeply shocked by the death of Ugo Sivocci in and Antonio Ascari inFerrari, by his own admissions, continued to race half-heartedly. At the same time, he developed a taste for the organizational aspects of Grand Prix racing. Following the birth of his son Alfredo Dino inFerrari decided to retire and to focus instead on the management and development of the factory Alfa race cars, eventually building up a raceteam of superstar drivers, including Giuseppe Campari and Tazio Nuvolari. This team was called Scuderia Ferrari founded by Enzo in and acted as a racing division for Alfa Romeo. The team was very successful, thanks to the excellent cars, for example the Alfa Romeo P3 and to the talented drivers, like Nuvolari. Ferrari retired from competitive driving having participated in 41 Grands Prix with a record of 11 wins. In this period the prancing horse emblem began to show up on his team's cars. The Enzo Ferrari: A Life had been created and sported by Italian fighter plane pilot Francesco Baracca. Baracca was shot down and killed by an Austrian aeroplane in Initially displayed on Alfa Romeos, the shield was first seen on a Ferrari in Alfa Romeo agreed to partner Ferrari's racing team untilwhen financial constraints forced them to withdraw their support — a decision subsequently retracted thanks to the intervention of Pirelli. Despite the quality of the Scuderia drivers, the team struggled to compete with Auto Union and Mercedes. Although the German manufacturers dominated the era, Ferrari's team achieved a notable victory in when Tazio Nuvolari beat Rudolf Caracciola and Bernd Rosemeyer on their home turf at the German Grand Prix. Alfa Romeo decided to regain full control of its racing division, retaining Ferrari as Sporting Director. After a disagreement with Alfa's managing director Ugo GobbatoFerrari left in and founded Auto-Avio Costruzionia company supplying parts to other racing teams. Although a contract clause restricted him from racing or designing cars for four years, Ferrari managed to manufacture two cars for the Mille Migliawhich were driven by Alberto Ascari and Lotario Rangoni. With the outbreak of World War II inFerrari's factory was forced to undertake war production for Mussolini's fascist government. Following Allied bombing of the factory, Ferrari relocated from Modena to Maranello. At the end of the war, Ferrari decided to start making cars bearing his name, and founded Ferrari S. Enzo decided to battle the dominating Alfa Romeos and race with his own team. The team's open-wheel debut took place in Turin in and the first win came later in the year in Lago di Garda. In Ferrari enrolled in the newly-born Formula 1 World Championship and is the only team to remain continuously present since its introduction. The story goes that Enzo cried like a baby when his team finally defeated the mighty Alfetta The first championship came inwith Alberto Ascaria task that was repeated one year later. In Ferrari made his only attempt at the Indianapolis In order to finance his racing endeavours in Formula One as well as in other events Enzo Ferrari: A Life as the Enzo Ferrari: A Life Miglia and Le Mansthe company started selling sports cars. Ferrari's decision to continue racing in the Mille Miglia brought the company new victories and greatly increased public recognition. However, increasing speeds, poor roads, and nonexistent crowd protection eventually spelled disaster for both the race and Ferrari. During the Mille Miglianear the town of Guidizzolo, a 4. In response, Enzo Ferrari and Englebertthe tyre manufacturer, were charged with manslaughter in Enzo Ferrari: A Life lengthy criminal prosecution that was finally dismissed in Deeply unsatisfied with the Enzo Ferrari: A Life motorsports were covered in the Italian press, in Ferrari supported Bologna -based publisher Luciano Conti's decision to start a new publication, Autosprint. Ferrari himself regularly contributed to the magazine for a few years. Many of Ferrari's greatest victories came at Le Mans nine victories, including six in a row in — and in Formula One during the s and s, with the successes of Juan Manuel FangioMike Hawthornand Phil Hill Enzo Ferrari's strong personality and Enzo Ferrari: A Life management style became notorious in Following a Enzo Ferrari: A Life pale title defence of Phil Hill's world title, sales manager Girolamo Gardini, together with manager Romolo Tavoni, chief engineer Carlo Chitisports car development chief Giotto Bizzarrini and other key figures in the company left Ferrari to found a rival car manufacturer and racing team, Automobili Turismo e Sport ATS. The "great walkout" came at an especially difficult time for Ferrari. At the urging of Chiti, the company was developing a new -based model. Even if the car would be finished, it was unclear if it could be raced successfully. Ferrari's shakeup, however, proved to be successful. The mid-engined Dino racers laid the foundation for Forghieri's dominant powered P. The Dino road cars sold well, and other models like the and Daytona were on the way. Conversely, ATS, following a troubled Formula One campaign, with both cars retiring four times in five races, folded at the end of Enzo Ferrari: A Life year. InTavoni declared in an interview that he and the rest of Ferrari's senior figures didn't leave out of their own initiative but were ousted following a disagreement with Ferrari over the role Enzo Ferrari: A Life his wife in the company. We knew that his wife wasn't well. We should have been able to deal Enzo Ferrari: A Life it in a different way. By the end of the s, increasing financial difficulties as well as the problem of racing in many categories and having to meet new safety and clean air emissions requirement for road car production and development, caused Ferrari to start looking for a business partner. Ferrari became a joint- stock company, and Fiat took a small share in Following the agreement with Fiat, Ferrari stepped down as managing director of the road car division in Enzo Ferrari: A Life eventually assumed the presidency of Ferrari ina post he held until September Clay Regazzoni was deputy champion inwhile Niki Lauda won the championship in and According to technical director Mauro Forghieri"When we returned to MaranelloFerrari was ecstatic. I have never seen him so happy for a second place". In the early s, Ferrari, aided and abetted by fellow-Modena constructors Maserati and Automobili Stanguellinidemanded that the Modena Town Council and Automobile Club d'Italia upgrade the Modena Autodromethe reasoning being that the race track was obsolete and inadequate to test modern racing cars. The proposal was initially discussed with interest, but eventually stalled due to lack of political will. Ferrari then proceeded to buy the land adjacent to his factory and build the Fiorano Circuita metres long track still in use these days to test Ferrari racing and road cars. After Jody Scheckter won the title inthe team experienced a disastrous campaign. In Ferrari attempted to revive his Enzo Ferrari: A Life fortunes by switching to turbo engines. Inthe second turbo-powered Ferrari, the C2, showed great promise. However, driver Gilles Enzo Ferrari: A Life was killed in an accident during the last session of free practice for the Belgian Grand Prix in Zolder in May. In August, at Hockenheimteammate Didier Pironi had his career cut short in a violent end over end flip on the misty back straight after hitting the Renault F1 driven by Alain Prost. Pironi was leading the driver's championship at the time; he would lose the lead as he sat out the remaining races. The Scuderia went on to win the Constructors Championship at the end of the season and inbut the team would not see championship glory again before Ferrari's death in The final race win for the team he saw was when Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto scored a finish at the final round of the season in Enzo Ferrari: A Life.