Editing Enzo Ferrari (section)

==Building Ferrari==
Alfa Romeo agreed to partner with Ferrari's racing team until 1933, when financial constraints forced them to withdraw their support – a decision subsequently retracted thanks to the intervention of [[Pirelli]]. Despite the quality of the Scuderia drivers, the team struggled to compete with [[Auto Union]] and [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]. Although the German manufacturers dominated the era, Ferrari's team achieved a notable victory in 1935 when Tazio Nuvolari beat [[Rudolf Caracciola]] and [[Bernd Rosemeyer]] on their home turf at the German Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite web |title=1935 German Grand Prix |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1935-german-grand-prix/ |website=Motor Sport |publisher=Motor Sport Magazine}}</ref>

In 1937 [[Scuderia Ferrari]] was dissolved and Ferrari returned to Alfa's racing team, named "[[Alfa Corse]]". Alfa Romeo decided to regain full control of its racing division, retaining Ferrari as Sporting Director. After a disagreement with Alfa's managing director [[Ugo Gobbato]], Ferrari left in 1939 and founded Auto-Avio Costruzioni, a company supplying parts to other racing teams. Although a contract clause restricted him from racing or designing cars for four years, Ferrari managed to manufacture two cars for the 1940 [[Mille Miglia]], which were driven by [[Alberto Ascari]] and Lotario Rangoni. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Ferrari's factory was forced to undertake war production for Mussolini's fascist government. Following Allied bombing of the factory, Ferrari relocated from Modena to [[Maranello]]. At the end of the war, Ferrari decided to start making cars bearing his name, and founded Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Machado |first1=Luiz |title=History of Ferrari |url=https://www.petersen.org/blog/history-of-ferarri |website=Petersen Automotive Museum |date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Scuderia Ferrari - Monza, 1953 - Enzo Ferrari & Mike Hawthorn.jpg|thumb|[[Alberto Ascari]] (left), Enzo Ferrari (centre) and [[Mike Hawthorn]] (right) in the box of the [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza Circuit]] in 1953]]
Enzo decided to battle the dominating Alfa Romeos and race with his own team. The team's open-wheel debut took place in Turin in 1948 and the first win came later in the year in Lago di Garda. The first major victory came at the [[1949 24 Hours of Le Mans]], with a Ferrari 166 MM driven by [[Luigi Chinetti]] and (Baron Selsdon of Scotland) Peter Mitchell-Thomson. In 1950 Ferrari enrolled in the newly born Drivers World Championship and is the only team to remain continuously present since its introduction. Ferrari won his first world championship Grand Prix with [[José Froilán González]] at [[1951 British Grand Prix|Silverstone in 1951]]. Apocryphally, Enzo cried like a baby when his team finally defeated the mighty [[Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta|Alfetta 159]]. The first championship came in 1952, with [[Alberto Ascari]], a task that was repeated one year later. In 1953 Ferrari made his only attempt at the [[Indianapolis 500]], but the car driven by Ascari crashed on lap 41 of the race.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferrari Makes First And Only Indy 500 Appearance In 1952 |url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/indycar/a1844556/37-ferrari-makes-first-and-only-indy-500-appearance-1952/ |website=Autoweek |date=22 April 2016 |publisher=Hearst Digital Media |access-date=22 April 2016}}</ref> 

In order to finance his racing endeavors in Formula One as well as in other events such as the [[Mille Miglia]] and [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]], the company started selling sports cars.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

Ferrari's decision to continue racing in the ''Mille Miglia'' brought the company new victories and greatly increased public recognition. However, increasing speeds, poor roads, and nonexistent crowd protection eventually spelled disaster for both the race and Ferrari. During the [[1957 Mille Miglia]], near the town of Guidizzolo, a 4.0-litre Ferrari 335 S driven by [[Alfonso de Portago]] was traveling at {{convert|250|km/h|abbr=on}} when it blew a tyre and crashed into the roadside crowd, killing de Portago, his co-driver and nine spectators, five of whom were children. In response, Enzo Ferrari and [[Englebert (tyre manufacturer)|Englebert]], the tyre manufacturer, were charged with manslaughter in a lengthy criminal prosecution that was finally dismissed in 1961.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = David | first1 = David | url = https://sportscardigest.com/1957-mille-miglia/ | title = 1957 Mille Miglia | date = 2010-09-10 | website = Sports Car Digest | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231228012237/https://sportscardigest.com/1957-mille-miglia/ | archive-date = 2023-12-28 | url-status = live | access-date = 2024-03-28 | df = dmy-all}}</ref>

Deeply unsatisfied with the way motorsports were covered in the Italian press, in 1961 Ferrari supported [[Bologna]]-based publisher Luciano Conti's decision to start a new publication, ''Autosprint''. Ferrari himself regularly contributed to the magazine for a few years.<ref>[[:it:Autosprint]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=October 2017}}

Many of Ferrari's greatest victories came at Le Mans (nine victories, including six in a row in 1960–1965) and in Formula One during the 1950s and 1960s, with the successes of [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] (1956), [[Mike Hawthorn]] (1958), and [[Phil Hill]] (1961).{{fact|date=December 2023}}