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Q. When was Enzo Ferrari born and when did he die?
A. Enzo Ferrari was born in February the 18th 1898 in the town of Modeno, Italy. The great man passed away on August the 14th 1988 in the town of his birth.

Q. Where and when were Ferrari formed?
A. Ferrari were founded in 1929 by Enzo Ferrari in Modeno, Italy.

Q. Where and when did Ferrari win their first ever Grand Prix?
A. Ferrari's first ever grand prix victory came in the 1951 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Argentina's Froilan Josè Gonzalez at the wheel.

Q. When did Ferrari win their first Constructor's Title?
A. Ferrari's first world constructor's title was won in the 1961 season with 40 points being enough to secure success.

Q. When did Ferrari win their first Drivers Title and who was the driver?
A. Alberto Ascari was the first driver to secure a drivers title for the Scuderia in 1952 with a total of six wins.

Q. What's the story behind the Prancing Horse emblem?
A. The emblem dates back to a world war one pilot by the name of Francesco Baracca who died in action. In a meeting after a race win with the pilots family they asked Enzo to use the emblem to bring him luck in races, and that's what he did, although he changed the background to canary yellow to signify the colour of Modena.

Q. What does the word Scuderia mean?
A. The term Scuderia dates back to the Middle Ages in the Italian language, it used to refer to a place where racing horses were kept. Now these racing horses are racing cars and the term Scuderia Ferrari remains.

Q. Why are Ferrari's red?
A. Ferrari's red comes about due to the way the sport began, where each country was assigned a colour and the red for Ferrari has remained. Red was assigned to Italian cars, Green to English, Blue to France and so on. Canary yellow as seen on the Prancing Horse emblem could be classed as Ferrari's official colour as it symbolised the town of Modena.

Q. What does 'Tifosi' mean?
A. Tifosi is an Italian word to describe a group of fans that are deeply passionate about their team. A single fan would be described as Tifoso. Also used is a female version of the word with Tifosa being the singular version and Tifose being the plural.

Q. What is the record number of podium positions in a row for the Ferrari team?
A. 53 races saw a Ferrari at least take a place on the podium. Between the Malaysian GP in 1999 through to the Japanese Grand Prix of 2002. A record that surely will never be bettered!

Q. Drivers titles and Constructor's title's, how many have belonged to Ferrari?
A. Currently Ferrari has taken 16 constructor championships, with 15 driver titles also to their name.

Q. What has been the worst and best season's in Ferrari's history?
A. 1980 will probably be remembered as the worst season for Ferrari, finishing the season in 10th place with a total of 8 points, although in 1969 they scored just seven points which remains the lowest total of points scored by the team in any single season. Best season for Ferrari in terms of constructor points came in the 2004 season when they took the title by amassing a total of 262 points.

Q. What is the current lap record for the Fiorano test track?
A. The lap record for modern times is 55.999 set by Michael Schumacher in the F2004 on February 1st 2004.

Q. How do I contact Ferrari?
A. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
Ferrari S.p.A.
Caselle Postale 589
Via Emilia 1163
I-41100 Modena, Italy

Q. I am planning a visit to Maranello do you have any information on what to expect?
A: Map and guide to Maranello from SuffolkBen - here

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Jody Scheckter

Jody Scheckter born in East London, South Africa January 29, 1950 was to become world champion for the Scuderia in 1979. He rapidly ascended to the ranks of Formula One after moving to Britain in 1970. He debuted in Formula One at Watkins Glen in 1972 with McLaren and ran as high as 3rd place before spinning and finishing 9th. Immediately becoming a name to watch, he continued his development the following year, winning the Formula 5000 championship and racing 5 times in F1. In France, he almost won in his third start in F1 before crashing into Emerson Fittipaldi. In his next start, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Scheckter was involved in a big accident which took nearly a dozen cars out of the race. ...

Niki Lauda

Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda born February 22nd, 1949 in Vienna is a double world champion for Ferrari in 1975 and 1977. Lauda became a racing driver despite his family's disapproval. After starting out with a Mini, Lauda moved on into Formula Vee, as was normal in Central Europe, but rapidly moved up to drive in private Porsche and Chevron sports cars. His career seemed to be going nowhere in particular until he took out a large bank loan, secured by a life insurance policy, to buy his way into the fledgling March team as a Formula 2 driver in 1971. ...

John Surtees

John Surtees was born on 11th February 1934 in Tatsfield, Surrey. Surtees would become champion for Ferrari in 1964. Surtees has began his racing career on motorbikes were he won the 500cc world championship. In 1960, at the age of 26, Surtees switched from motorcycles to cars full time, making his Formula 1 debut racing for Lotus in the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo. He made an immediate impact with a second place finish in only his second Formula One race, at the 1960 British Grand Prix, and a pole position at his third race, the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix. ...

Phil Hill

Philip Toll Hill born on April 20th 1927 in Miama, USA would become Ferrari champion in 1961. Hill was raised in Santa Monica, California, where he lived until his death. He studied business administration at the University of Southern California from 1945-47 where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Hill left early to pursue auto racing, working as a mechanic on other drivers' cars Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to England as a Jaguar trainee in 1949 and signing with Enzo Ferrari’s team in 1956. He made his debut in the French Grand Prix at Reims France in 1958 driving a Maserati. ...

Mike Hawthorn

John Michael Hawthorn born on 10th April 1929 in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England would become world champion for Ferrari in 1958. Hawthorn made his competition debut driving his 1934 Riley Ulster Imp, KV 9475, winning the 1,100 c.c. sports car class at the Brighton Speed Trials on September 2, 1950. In 1951 he won the Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy, a season-long contest run at Goodwood, driving his 1½-litre T.T. Riley, by one point. He also won the Ulster Trophy Handicap at Dundrod and the Leinster Trophy at Wicklow that year.
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Juan Manuel Fangio

Juan Manuel Fangio born on June 24th 1911 would become champion for Ferrari in 1956. Fangio dominated the first decade of Formula One racing. He won five Formula One World Driver's Championships — a record which stood for 46 years until eventually beaten by Michael Schumacher — with four different teams (Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati), a feat that has not been repeated since. He is the only Argentine driver to have won the Argentine Grand Prix, having won it four times in his career.
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Alberto Ascari

Alberto Ascari was born July 13th in Milan he would become Ferrari's 1st ever champion driver and remains the only Italian to have won the championship with Ferrari, he won two titles with Ferrari in 1952 and 1953. Ascari was the son of Antonio Ascari, a talented Grand Prix motor racing star in the 1920s, racing Alfa Romeos. Antonio was killed while leading the French Grand Prix in 1925 but the younger Ascari had an interest in racing in spite of it. He raced motorcycles in his earlier years it was after he entered the prestigious Mille Miglia in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly.
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