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==Personal life== Enzo Ferrari lived a reserved life and rarely granted interviews. He seldom left [[Modena]] and [[Maranello]] and never went to any Grands Prix outside of Italy after the 1950s (because his passport was confiscated while he was on trial following the Guidozzolo tragedy<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pillow |date=2023-08-14 |title=F1: quando Enzo Ferrari rischiò la galera per un'accusa di omicidio |url=https://cupofgreentea.it/enzo-ferrari-accusato-di-omicidio/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |language=it-IT}}</ref>). He was usually seen at the Grands Prix at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], near Milan, and [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari|Imola]], not far from the Ferrari factory, where the circuit was named after the late Dino.<ref>Noble, Jonathon, and Hughes, Mark. ''Formula One Racing for Dummies'' (John Wiley & Sons, 2004), p.81.</ref> His last known trip abroad was in 1982, when he went to Paris to broker a compromise between the [[FISA–FOCA war|warring FISA and FOCA parties]]. He never flew in an aeroplane and never set foot in a [[Elevator|lift]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.luca-di-montezemolo-on-working-with-enzo-ferrari-signing-ayrton-senna-and.7hhmgkfPwO5GLQOegxHBSo.html|title=F1 Beyond The Grid Podcast with former Ferrari President Luca Di Montezemolo|website=Formula 1®|language=en|access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> Ferrari met his future wife, Laura Dominica Garello ({{circa|1900–1978}}) in Turin. They lived together for two years, and married on 28 April 1923.<ref name=Time12.25.23>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/6548845/the-true-story-behind-ferrari/|title=The True Story Behind Michael Mann's ''Ferrari''|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|author=Waxman, Olivia B.|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=December 25, 2023|access-date=December 26, 2023|archive-date=December 26, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231226160139/https://time.com/6548845/the-true-story-behind-ferrari/}}</ref><ref>Williams, p. 28</ref> According to Brock Yates' 1991 book ''Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine'', Ferrari married to keep up appearances for the sake of his career, as divorce was frowned upon in the predominantly Catholic Italy, and sought sexual conquests not so much for pleasure but for the gratification of his ego. According to Yates, Ferrari once remarked to racing manager Romolo Tavoni that "a man should always have two wives", and at one point in 1961, when he was dating three women simultaneously, he wrote, "I am convinced that when a man tells a woman he loves her, he only means that he desires her and that the only perfect love in this world is that of a father for his son", a comment that came several years after the death of his first son.<ref name=Time12.25.23/> [[File:1947 Enzo e Dino Ferrari.jpg|thumb|[[Alfredo Ferrari|Dino Ferrari]], aged 15, and his father, Enzo Ferrari, photographed in 1947]] Ferrari and Laura's one son, [[Alfredo Ferrari|Alfredo "Dino"]], who was born in 1932 and groomed as Enzo's successor, suffered from ill-health and died from [[muscular dystrophy]] in 1956.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pritchard|first=Anthony|title=Ferrari: Men from Maranello|publisher=Haynes Publishing|year=2009|page=98|isbn=978-1-84425-414-9}}</ref> According to ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, Ferrari and Laura's love for their son is what kept them together. Although Dino never raced competitively, his father provided him with a fleet of cars that he raced for pleasure. He also designed engine parts while bedridden. Ferrari and Laura remained married until her death in 1978. John Nikas, writer and expert on the history of cars who founded the British Sports Car Hall of Fame, said of Ferrari, "His real loves in life were racing and Dino."<ref name=Time12.25.23/> Enzo had a second son, [[Piero Ferrari|Piero]], with his mistress Lina Lardi in 1945. As divorce was illegal in Italy until 1970, Piero could only be recognized as Enzo's son after Laura's death in 1978. Piero Lardi's existence was kept a secret known only to a few of his father's confidantes. According to Yates, "There is no question that at some point in the late 1950s, Laura Ferrari discovered her husband's second life", and openly derided him as a "bastard" when she saw him in a factory. After Laura's death, Ferrari adopted Piero, who took the name Piero Lardi Ferrari. As of 2023, he is vice chairman of the company,<ref name=Time12.25.23/><ref name="PritchardBook">{{cite book |last=Pritchard |first=Anthony |title=Ferrari: Men from Maranello |publisher=Haynes Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-84425-414-9 |page=100}}</ref> and owns a 10% share of it.<ref name=PritchardBook/> Piero told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' that [[Michael Mann]]'s 2023 biographical film ''[[Ferrari (2023 film)|Ferrari]]'' was accurate, in particular in its depiction of his father's drive, saying, "My father was a person who was always looking ahead, moving forward, never going back."<ref name=Time12.25.23/> Ferrari was made a [[Order of Merit for Labour|Cavaliere del Lavoro]] in 1952, to add to his honours of Cavaliere and [[Commander (order)|Commendatore]] in the 1920s. He also received several honorary degrees, including the Hammarskjöld Prize in 1962, the Columbus Prize in 1965, and the De Gasperi Award in 1987. He was posthumously inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] (1994)<ref>{{cite web |title=International Motorsports Hall of Fame |url=https://us.motorsport.com/general/news/international-motorsports-hall-of-fame/951534/ |website=Motorsport.com |date=8 May 1994 |publisher=Motorsport Network |access-date=8 May 2001 |archive-date=1 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101145221/https://us.motorsport.com/general/news/international-motorsports-hall-of-fame/951534/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Automotive Hall of Fame]] (2000).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shahini |first1=Alex |title=Ferrucio Lamborghini joins Enzo Ferrari in Automotive Hall of Fame |url=https://www.carmag.co.za/news/ferrucio-lamborghini-hall-fame/ |website=CarMag Za |date=28 July 2022 |publisher=CarMag |access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref>
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