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August 24th, 2010 | 
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Drivers (2010):
Fernando Alonso
Filipe Massa
Vital Statistics:
- Founded: 1929 – 1946
- Based: Maranello, Italy
- World Constructors’ Titles: 14
- World Drivers’ Titles: 14
- Grand Prix Victories: 193
- Pole Positions: 189
Enzo Ferrari:Born in 1898, Enzo Ferrari raced in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly for Alfa Romeo, founding the Scuderia Ferrari in 1929 as the Alfa Romeo race team. just before World War II he severed his ties with Alfa Romeo and founded his own company. But the first Ferraris were not built until 1946. After winning Grand Prixs, the Mille Miglia and Le Mans, Ferrari then joined Formula 1 in 1950. its driver, Alberto Ascari, won the title in 1952. Enzo was a charismatic leader with above all a love for cars and racing, but also huge respect for his best drivers, like Tazio Nuvolari and Gilles Villeneuve. Ferrari died in 1988.Jean Todt:Although Michael Schumacher gets most of the credit for turning Ferrari around and making it the dominant team of the past decade, things really began to change when Jean Todt joined the team as sporting director in 1993. After several years worth of creating winning rally and endurance racing teams for Peugeot, Todt joined Ferrari to conquer auto racing at the highest level. his skill was in both hiring the right people – including Schumacher and his technical allies from the Benetton team – and in making the team a cohesive whole, and not the several fighting factions it had become before Todt joined.A brief History:Although the Ferrari company also builds luxury sports cars for the road, the main reason the company has continued to exist since its inception is to race in Formula 1. since the 1950s, the red team was the one where all drivers wanted at some point in their career to race. With most of the greatest drivers from Ascari to Juan Manuel Fangio in the 50s to Phil Hill and John Surtees in the 60s and Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter and Villeneuve in the 70s and even Alain Prost in the 1990s, Ferrari is the Formula 1 team with the greatest pedigree.More recent Times:Even so, Ferrari‘s history in Formula 1 has been marked from the beginning by waves of highs and lows. from its dominant early years, it was somewhat overshadowed in the late 1960s and early 1970s by other more modern teams, such as Lotus. then, in the mid-1970s it returned to the forefront, winning two titles with Lauda in 1975 and 1977 and one with Scheckter in 1979. But with the death of Villeneuve in 1982, and the team’s last constructors’ title in 1983, Ferrari entered the darkest period of its history.The Schumacher Years:It was not until Schumacher joined the team in 1996 that Ferrari began its climb toward domination and a period like none other for any team in F1 history. Todt hired not only Schumacher from the world champion Benetton team, but also Ross Brawn, the technical director, and Rory Byrne, the designer. Together, these three men, along with Todt’s overall management skills, charted a rise that would lead to the longest string of both drivers’ and constructors’ titles by any team and driver in the sport’s history, winning all constructors’ titles from 1999 to 2004 and all drivers’ titles from 2000 to 2004.The Future:Ferrari faces not only a future without the driver that brought it all of its titles, but also a change in roles for various key directors. Brawn is taking at least a year off, in 2007. Byrne has been talking about retirement for years, but accepted to stay, yet with reduced responsibilities. Todt will have less of a hands-on role of the race team. the question is not so much whether Kimi Raikkonen or Felipe Massa can replace Schumacher, but whether the team will fall back into the factional infighting that marked it in the 1980s and early 1990s.
How do you think Ferrari will do this championship season? I imagine that after a poor start they will come into the end of the season very strongly and possibly even have a chance of winning one of the championships, but they are by no means favourties! please feel free to comment your view on Ferrari‘s chance this season, just click the comment button below!
Text from Brad Spurgeon, about.com
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The classic look of the Ferrari is its blazing race red color next to the distinguished black steed on canary yellow background topped by the Italian flag. Colors have been the essence of luxury when it comes to expensive cars. But what’s the Ferrari, and how did its recognition come to be?
The Ferrari essentially began Italian Enzo Ferrari‘s corporation of the Scuderia Ferrari in 1929. he didn’t exactly build the company for the purpose of selling luxury sports vehicles built for the road, but to simply provide sponsorship for the Modena-based newbie automobile racers and fans. Its founder, for a time, successfully raced drivers in Alfa Romeos until he learned of Alfa Romeo‘s desire to purchase Scuderia.
This forced Enzo to inevitably carry on with Scuderia Ferrari on his own. What made this great man begin the massive Ferrari sports car empire? it was a result of the need to finance the Scuderia that he reluctantly sold the very first Ferrari, dubbed the 125 S, in the year 1947.
However, the force that was Ferrari failed to come to be as a consequence of just an image of luxury and prestige, since Enzo did not wish to even begin sales of his racecars. What gave the Ferrari its niche market was its gorgeous design and breakneck driving speeds.
Knowing this particularly fascinating history; speed up to the present and we have the sports auto giant Ferrari still holding true to its reputation of beauty and speed.
The fastest Ferrari sports car to date is the 2002 Ferrari ENZO, designed by the Pininfarina design house. the new-found speed of the Ferrari ENZO comes from the fact that every bit of the design facet of this model serves a specific speed or aerodynamic function.
The Ferrari ENZO is a tribute to its Formula 1 participation, making a statement both on the race track and on the glamorous and fast sports car lists. for one, its sleek and pointed front were built to facilitate the airflow, helping cool the brakes and the engine during the heat of a race. the entire body’s shape is to create effective aerodynamics and reduce drag.
Beginning with the Ferrari ENZO is the option for buyers to personalize the Ferrari‘s cockpit in order to best suit their taste and needs.
Enzo Ferrari built an empire on the statement of beauty and speed. with its continued patronage for these 2 values thru the years, expect Ferrari to resume being a force to be reckoned with.
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Ferrari will appear before the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) next month following their controversial one-two result at July’s German Grand Prix. The Italian team were fined US$100,000 by the Hockenheim race stewards for breaching sporting regulations after Felipe Massa, who had been leading the event, moved aside to allow team mate Fernando Alonso past. The stewards also forwarded their report to the WMSC for further consideration.The disciplinary hearing will take place in Paris on Wednesday, September 8.The FIA statement in full:On 25 July 2010, on the occasion of the Grand Prix of Germany counting towards the 2010 Formula One World Championship, the Stewards of the meeting, after hearing the persons concerned, noted an infringement by the Scuderia Ferrari of: – Article 39.1 of the 2010 Sporting Regulations (“Team orders which interfere with a race result are prohibited”)- and Article 151 c) of the International Sporting Code (“Any of the following offences (…) shall be deemed to be a breach of these rules (…) any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motor sport generally”). In the light of the information in their possession, the Stewards decided to impose a fine of $100,000 on the Scuderia Ferrari and to forward the dossier to the FIA World Motor Sport Council. On the basis of that decision and of the inquiry report, and following the receipt of a report sent by the Stewards to the FIA, the FIA President has decided, in conformity with the new rules of disciplinary procedure adopted at his initiative on 11 March 2010, to submit the case to the judging body of the World Motor Sport Council. The disciplinary hearing of the World Council will be chaired by the FIA Deputy President for Sport and will take place in Paris on 8 September 2010.
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