Editing Enzo Ferrari (section)

==The Great Walkout==
Enzo Ferrari's strong personality and controversial management style became notorious in 1962. Following a rather weak title defence of Phil Hill's 1961 world title, sales manager Girolamo Gardini, together with manager [[Romolo Tavoni]], chief engineer [[Carlo Chiti]], sports car development chief [[Giotto Bizzarrini]] and other key figures in the company left Ferrari to found the rival car manufacturer and racing team [[Automobili Turismo e Sport]] (ATS). Based in Bologna, and financially supported by Count [[Giovanni Volpi]], ATS managed to lure away Phil Hill and [[Giancarlo Baghetti]] from Ferrari, who responded by promoting junior engineers like [[Mauro Forghieri]], [[Sergio Scaglietti]] and [[Giampaolo Dallara]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sergio Scaglietti passes away at 91|url=http://www.oncars.in/Car-News-Detail/Sergio-Scaglietti-dies-at-the-age-of-91/1406|publisher=Oncars India|access-date=22 November 2011|archive-date=25 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425080152/http://www.oncars.in/Car-News-Detail/Sergio-Scaglietti-dies-at-the-age-of-91/1406|url-status=dead}}</ref> and hiring [[Ludovico Scarfiotti]], [[Lorenzo Bandini]], [[Willy Mairesse]] and [[John Surtees]] to drive his Formula One cars.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

The "great walkout" came at an especially difficult time for Ferrari. At the urging of Chiti, the company was developing a new [[Ferrari 250|250]]-based model. Even if the car would be finished, it was unclear if it could be raced successfully. Ferrari's shakeup proved to be successful. The [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[Ferrari Dino|Dino racers]] laid the foundation for Forghieri's dominant 250-powered [[Ferrari P|250 P]]. [[John Surtees]] won the world title in 1964 following a tense battle with [[Jim Clark]] and [[Graham Hill]]. The [[Ferrari Dino|Dino road cars]] sold well, and other models like the [[Ferrari 275|275]] and [[Ferrari Daytona|Daytona]] were on the way. Conversely, ATS, following a troubled Formula One 1963 campaign, with both cars retiring four times in five races, folded at the end of the year.<ref name="McDonough">{{cite journal|last1=McDonough|first1=Ed|title=Road to Nowhere - ex Phil Hill 1963 ATS F1|journal=Vintage Racecar|date=November 2008|volume=11|issue=11|pages=38–48}}</ref>

In 1998, Tavoni declared in an interview that he and the remainder of Ferrari's senior figures did not leave on their initiative, but were ousted following a disagreement with Ferrari over the role of his wife in the company. He said: "Our mistake was to go to a lawyer and write him a letter, instead of openly discussing the issue with him. We knew that his wife wasn't well. We should have been able to deal with it in a different way. When he called the meeting to fire us, he had already nominated our successors."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.motoremotion.it/2016/10/23/tavoni-ed-licenziamento-dei-dirigenti-nel-1961/ |title = Tavoni ed il licenziamento dei dirigenti nel 1961|date = 23 October 2016}}</ref>