My first post

burnout (51)in #cars • 8 years ago

For the very first time posting (excluding intro) I have lay my choice on Ferrari..

"We must always have the courage to start again from scratch" - Enzo Ferrari

I have decided it is gonna be Ferrari since I'm big fan after all, but that's not just that. We all know but have a few knowledge on them, yes we know that the Ferrari itself are a giant Italian car manufacturer that are over 7 decade since it was created.

History where it all began

A little known fact that The Prancing Horse logo was never existed until were there event known as 'ignite' on the bodywork of cars in Modena at that time since before, the original logo was a green four-leaf clover like on a white triangle that is we can imagine more like an Alfa Romeo symbol. So the the prancing horse was invented before was never in a car more like in hunting-ship Major Francesco Baraca, a famous italian ace.

^{Count Francesco Baracca, standing by his SPAD XIIIfighter with the prancing horse logo that later became the emblem of Ferrari}

Then something interesting in 1923 is happening, Enzo Ferrari himself had meeting with them (The Baracca) then latter called the "Red" fate that marked the fate of this Whole Ferrari car industry;

"When in 1923 I won the first Savio circuit that ran in Ravenna, I met Count Enrico Baracca and latter the Countess Paolina The heroine was the Countess who told me one day: 'Ferrari, why don't you put my son's prancing horse in your machines?' He will bring you luck. "I still keep the photograph of the aviator with the dedication of the parents in which the horse's emblem us entrusted to me. Th hose was and will remain black, and I added the canary yellow background which is the color of the city of Modena."
-Enzo Ferrari

The first appearance of the Cavallino was july 9, 1932, the 24 hours of Spa, the race is won by the car of the Taruffi and D'ippolito. After the following victory, the Scudetto which represented the Scuderia Ferrari in all of the official participations until the moment when Enzo himself took over the special Alfa Corse department directed by himself, but still managed by the Milanese company

Therefore, the moment of the birth of the Ferrari company involves restyling and also the symbol and the background into rectangular, but then Enzo Ferrari decided to restore into the first classic form with shield, an icon that we know that still accompanies the Ferrari cars in all races. As we all know

- Source regarding the Ferrari History

Since then lots of news just been heard about this company, we mostly know it from race team, well you're not wrong, Enzo Ferrari was all about that speed and raw performance of a car, that he design and re-design all over from time to time.

Most notable memory are still in the past, it is..

Niki Lauda

We all know Niki Lauda are from 2015 Film 'Rush', who are portrayed by Daniel Bruhl. Well not really on this case, we're discussing movies in here, but rather how Niki himself are affected by Ferrari race team. Andreas Nikolaus Lauda born in Vienna as wealthy child from his family social status that are proved both nuisance and good fortune. The thing where he became later interesting in automobile itself are influence by his own interest in car back in his relative where they let him park the car, in his early teen a 1949 Volkswagen Beetle convertible in which he would ride along over relative estate. Thus began his race career though his father insistence, though it didn't stop him to the point where He actually in F1 and actually teamed up with Ferrari

^{More information on how then he crashed and his information as seen in movie can be found more in here}

So here we are discussing most of the point where the most of historical moment in Ferrari it self, I actually had to cut most of it because it took so much time like this one is not long enough already haha, so I think its time to cut it where I actually discuss this into more deeper in this case later then. So then I had to briefly explain the worth mentioning point;

The death of Enzo Ferrari

at the 1988 Enzo Ferrari died at the age of 90. The last new model he commissioned was the specialist F40. Fiat increased its stake in Ferrari to 90% after buying the shares of its founder. Former Sporting Director Luca Cordero di Montezemolo was appointed President in 1991.

The new champion of ferrari in F1

1996 is where the happening of Ferrari in F1 is beginning to rise among fans into the non sports guy alike. In an unprecedented and record-setting fashion, Schumacher and Ferrari dominated F1 winning the World Driver's championship from 2000 through 2004 and the Constructors' Championship from 1999 through 2004.

The spin-off

The point where I had no idea at all where its all about economy so I'm just gonna quote it from Wiki straight away

In October 2014 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced its intentions to separate Ferrari from FCA; as of the announcement FCA owned 90% of Ferrari. The separation began in October 2015 with a restructuring that established Ferrari N.V. as the new holding company of the Ferrari group and the subsequent sale by FCA of a 10% of the shares in an IPO and concurrent listing of common shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Through the remainings steps of the separation, FCA's interest in Ferrari's business was distributed to shareholders of FCA, with a 10% continuing to be owned by Piero Ferrari. On January 3, 2016, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and Ferrari N.V. announced the completion of separation of the Ferrari business from the FCA group on the same day, with trading on the Mercato Telematico Azionario set to begin on January 4, 2016, under the RACE ticker symbol and the ISIN code NL0011585146." - Wiki

2017, The Ferrari 7oth Anniversary

Well I supposed That is all I can described with the Ferrari it self, Turns out Enzo Ferrari was once worked in Alfa Romeo. So much history than it is being seen in the surface ..