Ferrari S.p.A.

is aItalian automotive company founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1947 in Maranello in the province of
Modena.

High-end and racing automotive manufacturer engaged in motorsport, she is the most decorated in
Formula One World Championship, where he won fifteen driver titles and sixteen constructor titles, as well as one of the
more successful in competitions for cars Sports, Prototype, Sports Prototype and Gran Turismo like the championship of
world Sports prototypes, with twelve constructor titles obtained and the FIA World Endurance Championship, where it holds
four titles constructors GTe two titles pilots GT. It has established itself several times in classic endurance races such as the 24 Hours of
Le Mans, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Daytona and races on road circuits like the Targa Florio, the Mille
Migliae the Panamerican Race.

Its sporting origins date back to 1929, when Enzo Ferrari founded the Scuderia Ferrari in Modena.
still the main division of Ferrari's racing department, having always been involved in Formula 1 and having raced
in the World Championship for Prototype Sports until 1973. The Ferrari Corse Clienti department, on the other hand, deals with the
support through the GT competitions section to customer teams racing in the GT championships at the international level
international, the FIA World Endurance Championship first of all and the management of Ferrari Challenge, XX
F1 Client Program.

The official symbol is a prancing horse, which originates from the one used during World War I by the aviator.
Italiano Francesco Baracca. Personally given by Baracca's mother as a lucky charm to Enzo Ferrari in 1923.
it would become the emblem of the Ferrari brand and the racing division.

In 2013 and 2014, the brand was recognized as the most influential in the world.[3][4] and in 2015 it was placed at
295th in the ranking 'The most valuable brands of 2015' on the Brand Finance website with a value of 4.8 billion
dollars[5].

Since July 21, 2018, the company, like its parent Ferrari N.V., has been led by Louis Carey Camilleri.
CEO, while John Elkann is the president. Both succeeded Sergio Marchionne shortly.
Days before his death, he had been leading the company since 2014, when he replaced Luca Montezemolo.

Index
• 1 Story
o 1.1 The Scuderia Ferrari
o 1.2 Foundation of Auto Avio Costruzioni
o 1.3 The automotive brand Ferrari
o 1.4 From collaboration, to participation, to control FIAT
o 1.5 From the 1980s to the 21st century
o 1.6 The 2010s
• 2 Competitive activity
• 3 Logo and brand
• 4 Models
o 4.1 Stradali
§ In production
§ 4.1.2 All road models
o 4.2 From competition and exclusive use on track
§ In production
§ [Link] Formula 1
§ [Link] Gran Turismo
§ [Link] Ferrari Challenge
§ 4.2.2 Out of production
§ [Link] Formula 1, Formula 2 and other single-seaters
§ [Link] Sport, Prototype, Sport Prototype and Gran Turismo
§ [Link] Ferrari Challenge
§ [Link] Program XX
o 4.3 Prototypes
o 4.4 Esemplare unico
 • 5 Presidents
• 6 Financial data
• 7 Sales
• 8 Note
• 9 Bibliography
• 10 Related Voices
• 11 Other projects
• 12 External links

History
The Ferrari Team

Enzo Ferrari in one of the rare interviews given, with the prancing horse behind him, the symbol of Ferrari.

Enzo Ferrari founded Scuderia Ferrari, which is still the main division of the racing department of Ferrari, in 1929.
Modena. Until 1932, Scuderia Ferrari served as the technical-competitive branch of Alfa Romeo, while starting from
Since 1933, it became the racing department, starting to take care of the design and management of competition cars.
This commitment continued successfully until the end of 1937, when the racing team was dissolved and Alfa Romeo set up a
new racing department headed by Ferrari.

Foundation of Auto Avio Costruzioni

After leaving this position in 1939, on September 13 of the same year Ferrari founded a company in Modena.
automotive, Auto Avio Costruzioni, in the same place where, until two years earlier, Scuderia Ferrari was located.
The name Ferrari was not used due to contractual clauses that bound Ferrari to Alfa Romeo and that
prevented the use of his surname on the cars he produced. These clauses were valid until the end of
1944.

The first car of Auto Avio Costruzioni, the 815, was built in 1940 in only two examples. However, with the advent
During the Second World War, automotive activity was suspended and the company's orders became
mainly the construction of components for military aircraft. In 1943, the headquarters was moved to Maranello and, after that
It was bombed by the Allies in 1944 and was rebuilt in 1945.

The car brand Ferrari

After the end of World War II, thanks to the expiration of the four-year clause, Enzo Ferrari founded, at the beginning of
1947 in Maranello, the automotive brand Ferrari was established. The first car to bear the Ferrari name was the 125 S, which debuted in a race.
On May 11 of the same year. In Piacenza, led by Franco Cortese, the first driver and tester for Ferrari,[6]got the
its first victory in the second race it participated in. In 1960, Auto Costruzioni Ferrari changed its name to
SEFAC (Society for the Operation of Automobile Factories and Races) became simply Ferrari in 1965.

From collaboration, to participation, to control FIAT

Entrance to the Ferrari factory in Maranello

The Fiat Group intervened in favor of Ferrari as early as 1955, financing the development for five years.
Scuderia. This decision, born to curb the technical-economic supremacy of Mercedes which had conquered the
the 1954 and 1955 Formula 1 championships, along with the 1955 Mille Miglia, contributed to Ferrari's victory in the
championships of 1956 and 1958, in addition to the Mille Miglia of 1956 and 1957. In the early fifties, it was also
Attempts were made to revive the agreement with Alfa Romeo, but after some exchanges of proposals, the idea was abandoned.
from the Milan house that now saw Ferrari more as a sports rival than as a possible partner.[7]

Despite the great sporting successes, Ferrari fell into a serious crisis following the abolition of road racing.
declared in much of the world after the Le Mans disaster of 1955 and also in Italy after the tragedy of Guidizzolo
The elimination of such races had effectively reduced Ferrari's clientele, mainly consisting of
wealthygentleman driver- comeAymo MaggioGiannino Marzotto- who competed for the extremely limited production
of competition cars with the prancing horse emblem.

Ferrari 488 GTB from 2015, an example of a road car from Ferrari

In such an economic scenario, Henry Ford II decided to buy Ferrari in order to benefit from its prestige with a
predictable return on image for the company he owned. Conducted by Lee Iacocca, in May 1963 the negotiation
it seemed to be heading towards a quick conclusion when it got stuck on thecondition without which notFerrari's response regarding
the inviolability of his autonomy regarding the decisions to be made within the racing department. To Iacocca's refusal
followed the immediate and definitive break of the negotiations. The shipwreck of the talks for the sale of the company to Ford
triggered a bitter dispute between Ferrari and the American industrial giant that put Ferrari in serious difficulty, until
culminate in the dramatic protest of Enzo Ferrari who, feeling unsupported by the national sports authorities, in
1964 decided to return the Italian sports license.

FIAT intervened in 1965 announcing the collaboration between the two companies for the purpose of implementing a common
program for the construction of sports engines that led to the birth of the new brand Dino. In this way the
Ferrari broke the isolation in which it had been confined and found the necessary support for small-scale production.
delle sue vetture da strada.

In 1969, Ferrari became part of the Fiat Group, but still maintained its own autonomy.8
Following the meeting between Fiat president Dr. Giovanni Agnelli and engineer Enzo Ferrari, it was decided, in
prominent attempt to ensure continuity and development for Ferrari Automobili, which the technical collaboration relationship
In the act with Fiat, it will transform into equal partnership by the end of the year.
(Joint press release from Fiat-Ferrari dated June 21, 1969)[9])

From the eighties to the 21st century

2014 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 at the 24 Hours of Barcelona, an example of a competition car based on a production model.

At the death of Enzo Ferrari in 1988, the share package became 90% of the Fiat Group, while the part
The remainder went to his son Piero Lardi Ferrari. The latter has remained within the company as vice president.
At the same time, starting from this period, the Ferrari and Scuderia Ferrari brands began to be used for a wide
merchandising.

In November 1991, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, previously the sports director of Scuderia Ferrari from 1974 to
In 1977, he was appointed president of the company. He also held the position of CEO until 2006, when he was
replaced by Amedeo Felisa.

In 2006, 5% of the shares was acquired by a financial company from the United Arab Emirates, Mubadala, which in the
Abu Dhabi capital also promoted the construction of Ferrari World, the largest theme park in the world. The Group
Fiat regained possession of this 5% during 2010.[10]

The 2010s
In May 2013, Ferrari was incorporated into the Dutch law company New Business Netherlands N.V.
renamed Ferrari N.V., in October 2015 when it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In January 2016, Ferrari N.V.
it was spun off from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the automotive group born from the merger between Fiat S.p.A. and Chrysler
Group, to list on the Italian Stock Exchange and thus become part of the Exor N.V. group.

Competitive activity
The same subject in detail:Scuderia Ferrari.
Brand and prancing horse on the body of a Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari started its activity in 1929 in Modena as the technical and competitive branch of Alfa Romeo.
Starting from 1933, it instead became the racing department of Alfa Romeo, a collaboration that lasted until the end of 1937.
During these years, the team was involved in the design and management of Alfa Romeo's competition cars.
facing competition from brands like Auto Union, Bugatti, Mercedes-Benz achieving numerous successes both
in the context of the grand premises in that of the Sports prototype races.

At the end of 1937, Scuderia Ferrari was dissolved, as in 1938 Alfa Romeo created a new racing department.
called Alfa Corse with Enzo Ferrari at the helm: he carried out this role until 1939, when he decided to give the
resignation. The definitive separation from Alfa Romeo led to the aforementioned interlude of Auto Avio Costruzioni.

Scuderia Ferrari resumed operations at the end of World War II in Maranello, when in 1947 Enzo
Ferrari founded its namesake car company. The first car built was the 125 S, which was brought for the first...
Race return of Franco Cortese. The first single-seater was the 125 C: it debuted at the Italian Grand Prix on September 5.
In 1948 in Turin, it was led by Raymond Sommer, who finished in third place behind Jean-Pierre Wimille (Alfa)
Romeo e Gigi Villoresi (Maserati).

A Ferrari 125 S on board Nuvolari on the Montenero circuit in Livorno on August 24, 1947, the first car
made absolutely by Ferrari, which was used both on the road and in competitions

Scuderia Ferrari focused, after the end of World War II, on the newly established world championship.
Formula 1. Ferrari then became the most successful racing team in the history of this category, as it has
conquered sixteen Formula 1 Constructors' Championships, to which fifteen world championships were added
pilots[11].

The debut of Scuderia Ferrari in the Formula 1 World Championship dates back to 1950 at the Monaco Grand Prix.
second seasonal test, where he finished second thanks to Alberto Ascari[11]. In the same season, she also finished second.
in the Italian Grand Prix, always thanks to Alberto Ascari[11]. The pole position and the first victory arrived
instead the following year at the British Grand Prix thanks to José Froilán González[11] .

The first drivers' world championship won by Ferrari (the constructors' championship did not exist at that time) was
in the 1952 season, when Alberto Ascari became world champion in a Ferrari 500 F2[11]Alberto Ascari
won the championship again in 1953. In the 1954 and 1955 seasons, Scuderia Ferrari did not repeat due to
he fierce competition from the Mercedes cars won the world drivers' championship title in both years[11]The Ferrari returned
to win the drivers' championship in 1956 thanks to the victory of Juan Manuel Fangio on a Lancia D50, a car sold
to Cavallino from the namesake Italian car manufacturer due to its withdrawal from racing, which was caused by
death of its leading driver, Alberto Ascari, who had meanwhile moved to Lancia[11]The success in the drivers' championship was
repeated in 1958 thanks to Mike Hawthorn; in the same season the constructors' championship was established, which, however, was won
from Vanwall.