Editing Ferrari (section)

=== Early history ===
[[File:1934-07-01 French GP Alfa P3 Varzi Chiron-WINNER Trossi.jpg|thumb|Three Scuderia Ferrari cars in 1934, all [[Alfa Romeo P3]]s. Drivers, left to right: [[Achille Varzi]], [[Louis Chiron]], and [[Carlo Felice Trossi]].]]
[[Enzo Ferrari]], formerly a salesman and racing driver for [[Alfa Romeo]], founded [[Scuderia Ferrari]], a racing team, in 1929. Originally intended to service [[gentleman driver]]s and other amateur racers, Alfa Romeo's withdrawal from racing in 1933, combined with Enzo's connections within the company, turned Scuderia Ferrari into its unofficial representative on the track.<ref name=LudvigsenDec2021>{{cite web |author-last=Ludvigsen |author-first=Karl |website=Forza Magazine |title=The Rise and Fall of Scuderia Ferrari |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/195/articles/the-rise-and-fall-of-scuderia-ferrari |date=2 December 2021 |access-date=19 March 2023 }}</ref> Alfa Romeo supplied racing cars to Ferrari, who eventually amassed some of the best drivers of the 1930s and won many races before the team's liquidation in 1937.<ref name=LudvigsenDec2021 /><ref name=Aversa>{{cite journal |last1=Aversa |first1=Paolo |last2=Schreiter |first2=Katrin |last3=Guerrini |first3=Filippo |title=The Birth of a Business Icon through Cultural Branding: Ferrari and the Prancing Horse, 1923–1947 |journal=Enterprise & Society |date=26 July 2021 |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=28–58 |issn=1467-2227 |eissn=1467-2235 |doi=10.1017/eso.2021.22 |pmid= |s2cid=237737650 |url=https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/25916/3/Aversa_Schreiter_Guerrini_2021_EandS.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2023 |access-date=5 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126045754/https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/25916/3/Aversa_Schreiter_Guerrini_2021_EandS.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|43}}

Late in 1937, Scuderia Ferrari was liquidated and absorbed into Alfa Romeo,<ref name=LudvigsenDec2021 /> but Enzo's disagreements with upper management caused him to leave in 1939. He used his settlement to found his own company, where he intended to produce his own cars. He called the company "Auto Avio Costruzioni", and headquartered it in the facilities of the old Scuderia Ferrari;<ref name="history" /> due to a [[noncompete agreement]] with Alfa Romeo, the company could not use the Ferrari name for another four years. The company produced a single car, the [[Auto Avio Costruzioni 815]], which participated in only one race before the outbreak of [[World War II]]. During the war, Enzo's company produced aircraft engines and machine tools for the Italian military; the contracts for these goods were lucrative, and provided the new company with a great deal of capital. In 1943, under threat of Allied bombing raids, the company's factory was moved to [[Maranello]]. Though the new facility was nonetheless bombed twice, Ferrari remains in Maranello to this day.<ref name="history" /><ref name=Aversa />{{rp|45–47}}<ref name=LudvigsenJul2021>{{cite web |author-last=Ludvigsen |author-first=Karl |website=Forza Magazine |title=The Wilderness Years |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/192/articles/the-wilderness-years |date=19 July 2021 |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616193738/https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/192/articles/the-wilderness-years |url-status=live }}</ref>