Editing Enzo Ferrari (section)

==Racing career==
[[File:Enzo Ferrari - Wheel of a racing car.jpg|thumb|Ferrari in 1920]]

{{blockquote|"Second place is the first loser".<br>(Original: "Il secondo è il primo dei perdenti".)<ref>[https://www.frasimania.it/frasi-enzo-ferrari/ Frasi di Enzo Ferrari] ''Frasimania.it''</ref>}}

After the collapse of his family's carpentry business, Ferrari searched for a job in the car industry. He unsuccessfully volunteered his services to [[Fiat]] in Turin, eventually settling for a job as test-driver for CMN (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali), a car manufacturer in Milan which rebuilt used truck bodies into small passenger cars. He was later promoted to race car driver and made his competitive debut in the 1919 Parma-Poggio di Berceto hillclimb race, where he finished fourth in the three-litre category at the wheel of a 2.3-litre 4-cylinder C.M.N. 15/20. On 23 November of the same year, he took part in the [[Targa Florio]] but had to retire after his car's fuel tank developed a leak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://auto.ferrari.com/en_EN/ongoing-heritage/company/history/history-of-enzo/|title=History of Enzo|work=Ferrari GT - en-EN|date=8 September 2015}}</ref> Due to the large number of retirements, he finished 9th.<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-10-05|title=Enzo Ferrari, il pilota - Amarsport|url=https://wheels.iconmagazine.it/auto-classiche/amarsport/enzo-ferrari-pilota|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Icon Wheels|language=it-IT|archive-date=20 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820235157/https://wheels.iconmagazine.it/auto-classiche/amarsport/enzo-ferrari-pilota|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
[[File:Piloti Alfa Romeo 2.JPG|thumb|Drivers Enzo Ferrari (1st from left), [[Tazio Nuvolari]] (4th) and [[Achille Varzi]] (6th) of Alfa Romeo with Alfa Romeo Managing Director Prospero Gianferrari (3rd) at [[Maddalena Pass|Colle della Maddalena]], {{circa|1933}}]]
In 1920, Ferrari joined the racing department of [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] as a driver. Ferrari won his first Grand Prix in 1923 in [[Ravenna]] on the Savio Circuit. 1924 was his best season, with three wins, including [[Ravenna]], [[Polesine]] and the [[Coppa Acerbo]] in [[Pescara]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW5eCAAAQBAJ&q=Ferrari+won+the+coppa+Acerbo+in+1924&pg=PT11|title=Collection Editions: Ferrari In Formula One|last=Buckland|first=Damien|date=2015-02-04|publisher=Lulu Press, Inc|isbn=9781326174880|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Deeply shocked by the death of [[Ugo Sivocci]] in 1923 and [[Antonio Ascari]] in 1925, Ferrari, by his admission, continued to race half-heartedly. At the same time, he developed a taste for the organisational aspects of Grand Prix racing. Following the birth of his son Alfredo (Dino) in 1932, Ferrari decided to retire and form a team of superstar drivers, including [[Giuseppe Campari]] and [[Tazio Nuvolari]]. This team was called Scuderia Ferrari (founded by Enzo in 1929) and acted as a racing division for Alfa Romeo. The team was very successful, thanks to excellent cars like the [[Alfa Romeo P3]] and to the talented drivers, like Nuvolari. Ferrari retired from competitive driving having participated in 41 Grands Prix with a record of 11 wins.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fathers of Automotive: Enzo Ferrari Spotlight |url=https://www.camincusa.com/blog/fathers-of-the-automotive-industry-enzo-ferrari |website=CAMISASCA AUTOMOTIVE BLOG |date=9 July 2020 |publisher=Camisasca Automotive Manufacturing, Inc. |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>

During this period, the prancing horse emblem appeared on his team's cars. The emblem had been created and sported by Italian fighter plane pilot [[Francesco Baracca]]. During World War I, Baracca's mother gave her son a necklace with the prancing horse on it before takeoff. Baracca was shot down and killed by an Austrian aeroplane in 1918.<ref name=Franks>Franks, N. (2000). ''Nieuport Aces of World War 1.'' Osprey Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|1-85532-961-1}}, {{ISBN|978-1-85532-961-4}}</ref> In memory of his death, Ferrari used the prancing horse to create the emblem that would become the world-famous Ferrari shield. Initially displayed on Ferrari's [[Alfa Romeo]] racing car, the shield was first seen on a factory Ferrari in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |title=THE DÉBUT OF THE PRANCING HORSE |url=https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/magazine/articles/prancing-horse-scuderia-ferrari-first-appearance |website=Ferrari Magazine |publisher=Ferrari S.p.A. |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>