Editing Enzo Ferrari (section)

==Auto racing and management controversies==
Ferrari's management style was autocratic and he was known to pit drivers against each other in the hope of improving their performance. Some critics believe that Ferrari deliberately increased psychological pressure on his drivers, encouraging intra-team rivalries and fostering an atmosphere of intense competition for the position of number one driver. "He thought that psychological pressure would produce better results for the drivers", said Ferrari team driver [[Tony Brooks (racing driver)|Tony Brooks]]. "He would expect a driver to go beyond reasonable limits... You can drive to the maximum of your ability, but once you start psyching yourself up to do things that you don't feel are within your ability it gets stupid. There was enough danger at that time without going over the limit." According to [[Mario Andretti]], "[Ferrari] just demanded results. But he was a guy that also understood when the cars had shortcomings. He was one that could always appreciate the effort that a driver made, when you were just busting your butt, flat out, flinging the car, and all that. He knew and saw that. He was all-in. Had no other interest in life outside of motor racing and all of the intricacies of it. Somewhat misunderstood in many ways because he was so demanding, so tough on everyone, but at the end of the day he was correct. Always correct. And that’s why you had the respect that you had for him."<ref>{{cite web|last=Gushue |first=Ted |url=https://petrolicious.com/articles/mario-andretti-on-enzo-ferrari-colin-chapman-and-growing-up-on-the-race-track |title=Mario Andretti On Enzo Ferrari, Colin Chapman, And Growing Up On The Race Track • Petrolicious |publisher=Petrolicious.com |date=2016-03-01 |accessdate=2022-08-02}}</ref>
[[File:Ilario Bandini ed Enzo Ferrari.jpg|thumb|Enzo Ferrari (left) with [[Ilario Bandini]] in 1964]]

Between 1955 and 1971 eight Ferrari drivers were killed driving Ferrari racing cars: [[Alberto Ascari]], [[Eugenio Castellotti]], [[Alfonso de Portago]], [[Luigi Musso]], [[Peter Collins (racing driver)|Peter Collins]], [[Wolfgang von Trips]], [[Lorenzo Bandini]] and [[Ignazio Giunti]]. Although such a high death toll was not unusual in motor racing in those days, the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] newspaper ''[[L'Osservatore Romano]]'' described Ferrari as being like the god [[Saturn (mythology)|Saturn]], who consumed his own sons. In Ferrari's defence, contemporary F1 race car driver [[Stirling Moss]] commented: "I can't think of a single occasion where a (Ferrari) driver's life was taken because of mechanical failure."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enzo Ferrari – a great inspiration |url=https://sfcriga.com/enzo-ferrari-a-great-inspiration |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=sfcriga.com}}</ref>

In public Ferrari was careful to acknowledge the drivers who risked their life for his team, insisting that praise should be shared equally between car and driver for any race won. However, his longtime friend and company accountant, Carlo Benzi, related that privately Ferrari would say that "the car was the reason for any success".<ref>Dunn, Joseph, ''Legends: Write his legend in red'', The Sunday Times, 18 January 2004</ref>

Following the deaths of Giuseppe Campari in 1933 and Alberto Ascari in 1955, both of whom he had a strong personal relationship with, he chose not to get too close to his drivers, out of fear of emotionally hurting himself. Later in life, he relented his position and grew very close to [[Clay Regazzoni]] and especially [[Gilles Villeneuve]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://magazine.ferrari.com/en/passion/2019/01/07/news/picture-story-when-enzo-ferrari-shared-laugh-gilles-villeneuve-51730/|title=Picture story: When Enzo shared a laugh with Gilles|website=magazine.ferrari.com|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref>