Sunday, June 03, 2007 60 Years Of Ferrari - The Legend Will Live Forever The prancing horse motif of Ferrari is one of the best known icons in motor sport. Enzo Ferrari took the emblem from the First World War Italian fighter ace Francesco Baracca. Enzo Ferrari, the godfather of Ferrari, was born in 1898 and in his early years he enjoyed some success as a racing driver. He joined Alfa Romeo in 1920 as a driver but he soon 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, and continued to build what were essentially Alfa Romeo cars. 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. The FIA Formula 1 Championship was launched in 1950 and was initially dominated by Alfa Romeo but in 1951 at the British GP, Ferrari achieved their first win – the first of many Grand Prix victories. The driver was Froilan Gonzalez.Ferrari took the Drivers World Championship in 1952 and 1953 with Alberto Ascari driving one of the all-time classic single seater racing cars – the Ferrari 500. In two seasons – 1952 and 1953 the Ferrari 500 won every Grand Prix except just one race. In the mid 1950s the great Argentinean driver Juan-Manuel Fangio, who won the 1955 Drivers World Championship driving for Mercedes moved to Ferrari. Ferrari took over Lancia's formula 1 car design (Lancia was having financial problems) and this raced as the Lancia-Ferrari and Fangio took the Drivers World Championship for Ferrari in 1956. Fangio however had a strained relationship with Enzo Ferrari and moved to the rival Maserati team the following season. In 1958, Mike Hawthorn driving for Ferrari became the first British World Drivers Champion.But Grand Prix racing was changing – a new formula with a 1.5 litre normally aspirated engine was introduced and rear engined cars became the ‘standard’. Ferrari produced the famous ‘shark nosed’ GP car and Phil Hill of the United States took the 1961 Drivers World Championship with this car, after his team mate Wolfgang von Trips was killed in racing accident at the Italian Grand Prix. Ferrari now had to wait till 1975 for their next Drivers World Champion – Niki Lauda became World Champion in 1975 driving for Ferrari. The following year Lauda had a horrific crash in his Ferrari and suffered major burns, but Lauda recovered from his injuries and in 1977 he took the World Drivers Championship for Ferrari. The South African Jody Schekter took the Drivers World Championship for Ferrari in 1979. But Ferrari would have to wait 21 years for its next championship win. The desire by Ferrari to once again have a World Champion Driver never diminished, and when Michael Schumacher – twice World Drivers Champion – moved to Ferrari in 1996 and a new international management team was assembled including Jean Todt and the British master strategist - Ross Brawn (who had worked with Schumacher at Benetton) things seemed to go in the right direction. Schumachers efforts were rewarded by taking the F1 Drivers Championship in year 2000 (21 years since Jody Schekter took the title for Ferrari). Schumacher has taken the Driver World Championship four more times for Ferrari – including record breaking 6th World Championship in 2003. The credentials of the Scuderia Ferrari are impressive – they are the only F1 team to be continuously active in the current World Championship since its inception over 50 years ago. The team continues to enjoy world wide support and particularly fanatical support in Italy and it has scored the largest number of Grand prix wins of any team. Take a look at some of the Ferraris in todays newsletter, we are sure you will enjoy it. Racingdeal.com provides you with a wide variety of Ferraris on a day by day basis and we are proud to do so. For all your advertising please do not hesitate to call on me at massier@racingdeal.com. I am happy to assist you with all your advertising needs. Sincerely yours Matthias J. Massier racingdeal.com Ferrari 250 Lusso Finished in red with beige trim, this unique car retains its original engine enlarged to 4 litres by renowned Ferrari specialist Terry Hoyle. The result is a good Grand Touring car of exceptional character. Presented in superb condition with extensive history and records. Price:on request Ferrari 365 GTC/4 Ferrari 365 GTC/ 4 Mileage : 76 000 original kms genuine delivery in Pozzi Characteristics : Paris show car in 1971 Commentaries : Major service has been done , new paint . Very pleasant to drive and runs perfectly well . . Vey nice interior patina .Complete with tools and books . For more information please contact MMC Price:80.000,00 EUR * 54.742,21 GBP 108.153,08 US$ Ferrari F 310B/178 M. Schumacher 1997 FERRARI F310B Chassis Number: 178 Ferrari F310B/178 is perhaps one of the most significant racing cars of Michael Schumacher’s long and illustrious career. Not only is chassis 178 a Grand Prix winning car, but it is also the car in which Michael Schumacher tried to force Jacques Villeneuve out of the Championship deciding 1997 European Grand Prix at Jerez. Schumacher was subsequently disqualified from the 1997 Championship for committing that act at Jerez even though it was not d [...] Price:803.767,39 EUR 550.000,00 GBP * 1.086.623,98 US$ Ferrari F 430 F1 Mileage : 13 000 Kms Price : 155 000 € Characteristics : Carnet a Jour Commentaries : GPS couleur, Camera de recul, radars de stationnement AV, Siéges Daytona...... More information through MMC Price:155.000,00 EUR * 106.063,02 GBP 209.546,59 US$ Ferrari 333 SP Barchetta COLOR red ENGINE 3997,1 ccm DESCRIPTION Unmolested Ferrari with an exceptional and continuing racing history reflected in its fantastic palmares! The mechanics are fresh(the car has only run a few laps at Monza this year) and is race ready, bills for over € 180000 are available on request Price:700.000,00 EUR * 478.994,30 GBP 946.339,44 US$ Ferrari 365 GTB/4A Daytona Coupe With the 365 GTB/4 -Daytona, Ferrari began planning the successor to the 275 GT/4 . Pininfarinas stylists were briefed to develop a new Berlinetta based on the chassie of the 330 GTC. The first Prototyp chassie #10278, was completed during the last quarter of 1967. Production of the Daytona ended in 1974. 15 very successful Race-version were built .They came in 3 series of 5 cars each. The first series became available in time for the 1971 Tour de France. The second series made their debut at [...] Price:on request Ferrari 275 GTB /4 # 10911 fly-yellow with leather black This superb restored 275 GTB/4 is one of the few remaining 2-OWNER GTB/4s in the world. The car has all matching numbers and a very short and clean history. Sold new in 1968 to first owner Melani in Italy, then sold late 60s to Dr. Sonderegger USA. With Sonderegger until 2003 and after fully restored until 2005 by most famos Italien restauration shops. The car is in concours condition - simply the best - has all tools and books and one seperate set of Bor [...] Price:on request Ferrari 365 GTB4 Competition Daytona CHASSIS NUMBER: 16617 Ferrari’s 365 GTB/4 Daytona was finally homologated and accepted for Group 4 in 1972 even though Luigi Chinetti had given the potent and reliable Daytona its competition debut at Le Man in 1969. Ferrari never campaigned the cars under works colours, and the specially built competition Daytonas were looked after by the customer Assistenza depot beside the old Scuderia building in Modena’s Viale Trento Trieste, and the cars were all to be run by private owners. 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