Enzo Ferrari is a founder of the luxury sports car company Ferrari. Originally Enzo is a founder of the Scuderia Ferrari racing team and later became part of Ferrari products. He was born in Modena, but in 1916, his father died of the flu outbreak. He built his company by making a few sports cars that use his name and given the Prancing Horse emblem in 1929. Enzo was born February 18, 1898 and died August 14, 1988 at the age of 90 years.

Enzo Ferrari Biography

Prancing Horse emblem was inspired by a painting that adorn the body of a fighter plane flown by Francesco Baracca in World War I. Ferrari originally put the machine in front of the car, like the other cars. However, since 1961, Ferrari cars the engine is placed behind.

Born in Modena, Enzo Ferrari grew up with little formal education but he has a strong desire to become a racer. During World War I, he served on the front row of the Italian army. His father, Alfredo, died in 1916 due to a widespread flu outbreak in Italy at that time. Ferrari was also stricken with the flu and he was released from his job. When he arrived at his house, he learned that his family's finances in a state threatened. Ferrari tried to get a job at Fiat (a car company in Italy) but failed, then he found a job in a smaller car company called CMN, used truck design into a smaller car. He is also a racer in 1919 at the CMN team, but not so successful.

He left CMN in 1920 and became the team's drivers in Alfa Romeo (a car company in Italy), he managed to achieve success more than ever. In 1923, he followed the car racing in Ravenna and was awarded a badge of The Prancing Horse (Prancing Horse) that decorate the plane Francesco Barraca (a leader of Italian troops). This logo is waiting for 9 years until finally used a symbol of a racing car. In 1924, Ferrari won the Coppa Acerbo (a race car) in Pescara, Italy. He experienced success in local races and encourages Alfa to provide the opportunity to follow a more prestigious race. Ferrari did not take the chance and did not race until 1927. He continued to work directly for alpha Romeo until 1929 before making the Scuderia Ferrari racing team for Alfa.

Ferrari set the company's activities Alfa cars and formed a team consisting of more than 40 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).

Alfa Romeo ended in 1933 when financial problems make alpha withdraw. Therefore, the intervention of Pirelli, Ferrari did not receive the car at all. Because the quality of the Scuderia drivers, then the company has multiple victories (1935 in German is an exception). Brands auto union and mercedeslah that dominate the area.