Enzo Ferrari

The Ferrari name is linked with Grand Prix and Sports Car Racing, Enzo Ferrari made his mark in the Twenties as a team driver, then team manager for Alfa Romeo, and from 1930 to 1937 as the driving force behind Scuderia Ferrari, an independent concern that built and raced modified Alfas and it was on these cars that the famous emblem first appeared. After World War II, he began moving toward dual-purpose sports-racing cars of his own design, assisted by the patronage of Enrico Nardi. Ferrari had set up shop in Maranello, near Modena, but his facilities were small so his early cars were produced in very limited numbers. In fact, they were virtually handcrafted customs. Just three Ferraris were built in all of 1947, followed by nine in 1948 and 30 in 1949.

The prancing horse was the symbol of the First World War Ace, Francesco Baracca, whose family had connections with Farrari. The deep yellow background being the colour of Modena where the cars were produced and the red, white and green representing the Italian flag.