Red swept like the wind, and the fire-like passion filled the air. The screams of passers-by are not only admiration, but also admiration for the passing red. There she is, with her name-Ferrari.
Modena, Italy, a small town in northern Italy with a population of only 6.5438+0.7 million, has too much happiness, because it is a red paradise and a Ferrari city.
History creates culture, and years condense into value. Ferrari was born in Italy, which may be a historical arrangement. Caesar's belief in riding an iron horse across Europe to become a king lasted for thousands of years, surging in the blood of Italians of all ages; Giotto's Madonna on the Throne, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's David ... those are the purest pursuits of art, and they are the glory of life burning; Kyle Poirot, the pioneer of exploring the unknown world, Spartacus, the challenger of fate, and Bruno, who painted the truth with blood in front of the Flower Square. Such a land, such a nation, is qualified to create this red goddess.
People love Ferrari's sexy, amazing, energetic and impulsive, not its purity, the purity that gives everything to pursue a beautiful dream. That dream was like a crystal light shining from the morning dew under the touch of pink sunshine, and as mysterious as the ancient city of Pompeii destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. She is a rainbow that never falls, and she is a fog that never dissipates; She is so perfect that no one can own and control her, but she can only carefully collect her exquisite beauty.
Many people will never have their own Ferrari. What's it like to drive a Ferrari? Think back to the movie that was all the rage ten years ago, 1993 Oscar movie The Smell of Women. Al Pacino plays a frustrated, lame and blind veteran, and a scene at the end of the film may be worth watching again by all Ferrari fans. Pacino's last dream is to drive a Ferrari. He succeeded. Under the command of a friend, his Ferrari galloped in the noisy community. He cheered and exclaimed, although he only felt the cold steering wheel and the oncoming wind. He couldn't see anything, but his heart throbbed with the roar of the engine and was re-injected into his blood by the mottled passion and youth of the years. This feeling is beyond words, perhaps it is the moment when a great dream comes true, or the moment when you stand on the top of a snowy mountain and look at the thin clouds.
Enzo Ferrari, an industrial poet
In the last century, three great writers appeared in the world automobile industry. Henry Ford, a famous American "best-selling novelist". The output of his Model T is 6.5438+0.5 million, which only the Beetle can match today. Enzo Ferrari and ettore Bugatti were "Romantic poets" in the Italian industrial age. Their works are high and low, and their beautiful rhetoric has attracted countless audiences to stop and understand. This paper introduces Enzo Ferrari, one of the romantic poets and the father of Ferrari supercar.
In the era of Alfa Romeo
1February, 89818th, Enzo Ferrari was born in a wealthy family in Modena, Italy. He became famous all his life, but he lived in three cities all the year round: Modena, Ficola and Maranello.
The day Ferrari was born, it snowed heavily, so he didn't declare his name. Ferrari comes from ferro in Italian, which means iron. Ferrari is also related to the word Ferrari, which means to put horseshoes on horses. Such a name can also imply the occupation of Ferrari's father, who is the owner of a small blacksmith company in Modena.
Hitler, the leader of fascism, expected to be a painter when he was young. It was the teachers of Vienna Art School who changed the history of the world. They had two chances to stop the outbreak of World War II, but they didn't recognize Hitler twice. Ferrari is not a natural mechanic. He once aspired to be a sports reporter, but his efforts were overthrown by World War I ... This may be history.
Ferrari's road to success is full of hardships and pains. Because he had only seven years of formal education, he was only responsible for looking after a group of mules for the Ministry of Communications during the First World War.
After Ferrari retired, he found his family devastated, and his father and brother died one after another. He once applied for the position of Fiat, but too many Italian youths were demobilized. Fiat rejected Ferrari. Helpless Ferrari often walks aimlessly in the street, leaving infinite loneliness and desolation in his heart.
Later, Ferrari finally found a job. He entered the automobile industry as a tester in an automobile company, whose main job was to convert Lancia trucks into passenger cars. Ferrari then transferred to CMN (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali), a national machine manufacturing company in Milan, as a racing driver and test driver. His racing career began in 19 19 in the Palma-Bell Cetto Rock Climbing Competition. Ferrari ranked fourth in the same class with a total score of 12. Ferrari joined Alfa Romeo on 1920, and won the second place in the most famous Italian Targa Florio road race held in Sicily in the same year.
1920, Ferrari saw a girl at Turin Railway Station. She is a beautiful, blonde, elegant, lively and meticulous girl. Her name is Laura, and Ferrari soon married her. Their later son was named Dino.
1924, Ferrari represented Alfa Romeo in the European GP Competition held in Lyon, France. The proud Ferrari experienced its first blow here, and his car quit before completing a few laps. Ferrari returned to his hometown of Modena by train with a depressed mood. Ferrari did not give any explanation to the company afterwards, and why Ferrari quit this mystery is still unknown.
Another thing that frustrated Ferrari happened at 193 1. Ferrari was defeated by Novara, which he thought was a great shame in his life. 1929 12 1, the Ferrari team named after itself was established, and it will represent Alfa Romeo. Usually some materials and documents will set 1929 as the initial foundation stone laying time of Ferrari, although Ferrari was only a team at that time. In order to win more victories, Ferrari decided to hire the highest level drivers. One of the drivers is Novara Ferrari, and Novara Ferrari has also created one glory after another under the leadership of Ferrari.
Ferrari hired vittorio Jano, a first-class Italian automobile manufacturing engineer from Fiat Automobile Manufacturing Company, to enhance the technical development strength of Alfa-Romeo Automobile Manufacturing Company. 1935, they designed a single-seat 8-cylinder sports car with two engines (front and rear separated). It is said that this sports car can run 300 km/h, but the tire technology at that time could not bear such speed. During this period, Romeo introduced a car code-named B, which was later commonly called Ferrari B. Novara, the ace driver, drove a B-car in 1935 and defeated German United (a team formed by Dr. Porsche representing Audi, DKW, Hodge, Rover and other car companies), which is also often mentioned in the history of GP competition.
1929- 1936, Ferrari led by Enzo O shined brilliantly in Formula Racing, 24 Hours Sports Car Endurance, Mille Miglia, Targa Floria and other competitions, participated in 39 grand prix and won 19.
Being above the Lord is an embarrassing thing, and Enzo Ferrari's position in Alfa Romeo is becoming more and more subtle. 1939 this long-buried bomb finally broke out. Ferrari left Alfa Romeo with his closest colleagues Luigi Baobao and Alberto Massimino. There are many versions of the reasons why Ferrari broke up with the company, among which the Italian version (the most credible one) is the irreconcilable contradiction between Ferrari and its president Hugo Gobbato. Even so, it was the Spanish Wilfredo Ricart, the chief engineer of Alfa Romeo, who finally set off the bomb. The mutual attacks between Ferrari and Richard never stopped. Faced with Richard's jealousy and ridicule, Ferrari retorted. Ferrari always satirizes Richard's sparse and greasy hair and his behavior like a nouveau riche who has just entered a big city. "When you shake hands with him, you will feel his palm as cold as a zombie." In this case, it can be seen that Ferrari is really not interested in staying. At the age of 30, Ferrari started his own business.
Brilliant again
This is an adventure, a very big adventure. Ferrari knew this, but he left nothing behind. In the first four years, the president of Alfa Romeo did not allow Ferrari to produce cars named after himself, let alone drive cars named after himself to participate in the competition (Ferrari and Romeo promised not to participate). Back in Modena, Ferrari set up its own company Autoavio Costruzioni. Ferrari produced two 8-cylinder 1500ml cars named 8 15S under extremely difficult conditions. The body of this car was completed in Turin, and it also participated in the 1940 Miller Mig race. 1943, Ferrari's factory moved from Modena to Maranello. 1944 was producing ball bearings. 1944 was bombed by the factory in World War II.
After World War II, Auto Avio Costruzioni Company officially changed its name to Ferrari Automobile Manufacturing Company. Since its establishment, Enzo Ferrari has hired Luigi Baobao and Gioacchino Columbo, the best engineers in Italian automobile industry, to take charge of automobile design. Ferrari, on the other hand, focuses on predicting the development trend of models and coordinating company affairs. Enzo Ferrari once said, "I never felt like an engineer, let alone a designer and inventor. At best, I can only be regarded as an agitator. By stimulating the potential of skilled craftsmen, I will continue to develop suitable things and create brilliant things in the coming year. "
1946, Ferrari manufactured a "Ferrari Tipo 125" engine with 12 cylinder, with a displacement of only 1.5 liter and a power of 90 HP. 12 cylinder engine was not popular after the war, which was considered by later experts as Ferrari's gamble in the world car world. At that time, Ferrari won six championships in Rome, Italy, and the curtain of the era when Ferrari Red Tiger swept the championship trophy was opened.
Ferrari racing cars that win the championship all have the sign of "galloping horse". This story goes back to 1923. The 25-year-old Ferrari was fortunate to meet the mother of an outstanding Italian pilot who died in World War I-Ms. Candice Bericha. She told Ferrari that her son shot down 34 enemy planes in the battle, and the flying badges on both sides of his fighter plane were a "galloping horse". It will bring good luck if Ferrari paints it on the racing car. Ferrari listened to this mother and it really worked. After the death of the pilot, Ferrari changed the color of the horse to black, with the hind feet upright and the tail erect. The background color of the logo is canary color in Modena where the company is located.
For Enzo Ferrari, civilian cars are just a by-product of racing cars. His hobby has always been single-seater racing. 1950, the Formula One World Championship was formally established and became his main interest.
1951July14th, the red Ferrari 375F 10 driven by Argentine driver Jose Froilan Gonzalez defeated the invincible Romeo Alfetta (159) in the GP race in England. Ferrari made no secret of its pride. "I killed my mother!" " I killed my own mother! )。 Although this sentence is a bit abusive, it can be seen from a resentment that has been suppressed in the chest for more than ten years.
1952 Ferrari hired legendary designer Pininfalini as the chief designer of Ferrari automobile manufacturing company. Under Pininfalini's command, new Ferrari sports cars emerge one after another-250, 330, 365, 365GT/4, 400 automatic transmission and 400I sports cars.
1963, Ford tried to buy Ferrari, but Enzo Ferrari refused to sell the car factory to Americans. Then, 1969, the Italian state-owned automobile group Fiat acquired the control of Ferrari, while Enzo Ferrari retained the management of the racing department. This allows him to concentrate on the racing team. He will go back to his office at 7: 30 every morning, and (even though he is 90 years old) he knows the names of every employee in the racing department (he always hired 200 people before he died). According to Michele Alboreto, his driver, every victory of f 1 is "like changing blood for Enzo Ferrari". His love for racing undoubtedly prolonged his life.
At the 40th anniversary celebration of 1987 Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari said, "I'm coming to an end!" In this case, although depressed, but extremely emotional. Driver and journalist Sannucci is a 60-year-old friend of Ferrari. At the time of Ferrari's death, he wrote: "Enzo Ferrari will always be an example, whether as a racing driver, team manager or company chairman".
Enzo Ferrari devoted himself to the automobile manufacturing industry with the passion of "pursuing perfection and leaving no regrets". He has dedicated countless beautiful works and exciting moments to us. 1On August 4th, 988, Enzo Ferrari died in his sleep. At that time, he had ruled the racing world for nearly 70 years. The racing car he built has won more than 5,000 races around the world and won 27 World Cups. It is because of Enzo Ferrari's persistence that today's Ferrari and its immortal legend are created.
Red sadness
There are some little-known stories about Ferrari. A creative person must be more or less melancholy in character. 1956, Ferrari's son Dino died of leukemia. What a sad thing it is to lose a child in old age. Ferrari has never recovered from this sadness in his life. In memory of his son, many engines and models produced by Ferrari are named after Dino.
"I wake up every morning and death is in my pocket!" After Dino's funeral, Ferrari will go to his graveyard alone every morning, and then he will pray in a church specially built for his son. After the death of his wife Laura, he began to approach his illegitimate child Piero Lardy Ferrari.
The sport of racing is often a joke about one's own life. Cheers and applause can't hide the accident. Although most Ferrari drivers have nothing to do with the design of the Ferrari car itself, Ferrari itself has to bear the pressure of the news media. In his later years, Ferrari often lived in Modena, lived a hermit's life, and was able to have his own sky in the silence away from the crowd.
Enzo Ferrari loves his car, and he also likes the drivers he worked with. Many of them died in Ferrari racing, and Enzo Ferrari felt deeply guilty about their departure.
Finally, we ended our introduction to Enzo Ferrari with some short and sad stories of his friends, which I think is also the best comfort for him.
Giuseppe Campari Cambari, a major member of Alfa Romeo Ferrari. 1920, Campari drove a classic Romeo sports car and won the 230-mile racing championship in Mugello, Italy, which was the first trophy ever won by Alfa Romeo.
1933 10 June10, Cambari died in Monza, northeast of Milan, Italy.
Alberto ascari askari won the first driver's world championship for Ferrari in 1952, and won it again in 1953. Askari set a record of nine consecutive victories in 1952 and 1953 seasons, which no one can break so far. In the past 50 years, only Schumacher has become a driver with six consecutive victories.
On May 26th, 1955, askari of Monza racetrack crashed in a corner.
Eugenio Castellotti Castro, who succeeded askari as the chief racing driver of Ferrari after his death. 1950, 20-year-old Castro started driving Ferrari cars. Castro won many championships in a few years, including GP, Endurance and Slope Race.
During 1957, Castro's name appeared more frequently in gossip magazines, and his story with opera star Delia Scala was hyped by the media. One day, while on holiday in Florence, the headquarters instructed him to return to Modena for a test drive. They will break the new speed record set by Masarati 250F.
Just after three laps, Castro unfortunately ran into the stands and died on the spot. He is 27 years old.
Luigi Musso, the main member of the first Ferrari F 1 team, led Ferrari to win the second place in the Formula One Manufacturers Championship with 1958. After Castro's death, he became the spokesman of Ferrari racing, and he won numerous championships in his life.
1958 On July 6th, Samui participated in the Reims Grand Prix in France. Unfortunately, when overtaking teammate Mike Hawthorn, he drove into the ditch. The man flew out of the car and was seriously injured. He died in Lance Hospital soon after. In the same year, Koko became the third racing driver to win the world championship for Ferrari, which was a little comfort to the troubled Ferrari.
Peter Collins, the main member of the first Ferrari F 1 team, won the second place in the Formula One Manufacturers Championship with the score of 1958. Collins 1956 joined Ferrari. He and world champion Hooke are best friends. 1958 Collins won the GP championship at Silverstone circuit in England, which showed the potential of young people.
On August 3 of the same year, Collins died at the New Boglin Circuit in Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. He is only 27 years old this year.
Alfonso de Portago Putago, a Spaniard with great sports talent. When Putago was a teenager, he flew a plane under a bridge and bet with others. He is also a member of the sled team of the President of the Spanish Olympic Games, and participated in equestrian steeplechase in France and Britain. 1953, with the encouragement of Luigi Chinetti, winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and American importer of Ferrari, Putago took part in the official racing competition. After a series of achievements, Putago was invited by Ferrari to become the fifth driver of Ferrari 1956. Putago won the second place in British GP that year, and the first place was Corinth. 1957 65438+ 10 Collins won the fifth place in Argentina, which was his last good result.
1957 March 12, a week before the GP competition in Monaco, Putago was killed in a car accident in millemig. His navigator Edmund Nelson and ten spectators (five of whom were children) were killed and more than 20 people were injured. Ferrari accused of murder, Miller Mig game suspended. Putago is 29 years old.
Wolfgang von Triputz was born in Germany on May 4th, 1928. 1957, first time to participate in Argentine GP. 196 1 GP champion in the Netherlands and Britain. He was the main member of 196 1 who won the second place in the Formula One Manufacturers Championship.
196 1 year1October 10 day, Kupcz died unexpectedly in GP, Italy. His teammate Phil Hill won the individual championship for Ferrari.
Lorenzo Bandini, Bandini, was born in the North African country of Libya, 1935+2 1 February. Bandini's most brilliant moment was 1964. He defeated many masters and won the Austrian GP championship.
1967 10 On the Monte Carlo circuit in Monaco 10 In June, the Ferrari racing car in Bandini crashed into a haystack and caught fire, resulting in being burned alive in the car. "That accident was the worst scene I witnessed on the track!" Philp Hill wrote in his autobiography Extreme Life.
Gilles Villeneuve, the father of world champion jacques villeneuv, is a famous Canadian hot-blooded driver. Villeneuve's locking Ferrari T4 in the corner is one of the most classic moves in Formula One. Ferrari himself was impressed by him: "I love him as much as my own son." Villeneuve led Ferrari to win the championship of Formula One manufacturer with 1979 and 1982, and he personally won the GP championship six times.
1982 villeneuve died unexpectedly in a practice match in Belgium. Villeneuve once left us a famous racing quote: "If I can realize three wishes, the first one I hope is to be able to race;" The second one I hope is to participate in F1; The third one drives a Ferrari. "But in the whole 15 years after that, Ferrari didn't win a championship.
Michael schumacher 1996 came here. After three seasons of running-in, Schumacher began to show his strength. From 1999 to 2002, Schumacher and his Ferrari monopolized almost all the honors of F 1 car for four consecutive years.
2003 was a crucial year for Ferrari, and its monopoly advantage on the track made them the target of public criticism. At the beginning of the year, the FIA made various rules amendments, mostly aimed at Ferrari teams, trying to reduce their monopoly position. Schumacher has said many times that he is still greedy for honor, but he is 34 years old after all. Rookie Massa signed up as the third Ferrari driver. Schumacher and Barrichello's contracts with Ferrari will both expire in 2004. For Ferrari, whether to renew the contract to maintain the current champion team or support the future of the new team is a decision this year.
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