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Ferrari Cathryn Folsom

In the beginning. Enzo Ferrari was born in 1898, he spent much of his formative years as a racing driver. He joined Alfa Romeo in 1920 as a driver then moved to the technical and design side. In 1929, Alfa Romeo withdrew from motor racing and Ferrari took over their workshops under the name Scuderi

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Ferrari Cathryn Folsom

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    1. Ferrari Cathryn Folsom

    2. In the beginning… Enzo Ferrari was born in 1898, he spent much of his formative years as a racing driver. He joined Alfa Romeo in 1920 as a driver then moved to the technical and design side. In 1929, Alfa Romeo withdrew from motor racing and Ferrari took over their workshops under the name Scuderia Ferrari. It was after World War 2, in 1947 that the first 'true' Ferrari single seater design was produced and Ferrari soon gained a reputation for reliability.

    3. 1949 One of Ferrari’s first racers, Ferrari 125 on it’s way to winning the 1949 Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia.

    4. 1956 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa What a beauty!!

    5. 1959 Tony Brooks at the wheel of his Ferrari 246 F1 during the 1959 Grand Prix of the USA This was the first Grand Prix ever in the US.

    6. 1965

    7. 1975 Land speed record for the flying mile was broken by Robert Horne, 33, who clocked an average 191.64 mph in his Ferrari 512M on the Concorde runway at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    8. 1980

    9. 1985 Enzo Ferrari died in 1989. After his death, Scuderia Ferrari struggled to come to terms with the loss of its founder. They did however, continue to make many road vehicles.

    10. 1990 The late 80’s and early 90’s were lean years for Ferrari racing, but that was about to change…

    11. 1995 In 1995 Michael Schumacher became Ferrari’s #1 driver and went on to win 4 Formula 1 driving titles.

    12. 1995 1995 was also a good year for Ferrari’s road cars, when they produced Ferrari’s most infamous F1 inspired roadster, the F50.

    13. 2004 Ferrari still dominates Formula 1, with first and second place in points. Schumacher currently has twice as many points as the next non-Ferrari driver.

    14. 2004 Ferrari continues to produce cutting edge road cars such as the Enzo which can be purchased for close to $2 million.

    15. References All photographs were retrieved from these sites: http://www.f1ferrari.nl/- http://www.ferraristuff.com/en-us/dept_112.html- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/john_hopkinson/Ferrari.htm http://www.ibeam-net.com/pvr/0652MDTR_back.html http://www.scovato.it/engine/go.php http://www.f1ferrari.nl/ http://www.web-cars.com/f50/styling.html http://www.formula1.com/gallery/722.html Some statistical information and history was retrieved from this site (which is a GREAT site!): http://www.ferrari.com/FWorld/

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