Despite some notable success, perhaps best demonstrated by four Grand Prix wins between 1923 and ‘24, Enzo Ferrari felt he did not have what it took to become a top flight racing driver and instead…
Read MoreFollowing Ferrari’s successful debut campaign as a manufacturer in 1947, the Maranello firm headed into the 1948 season with an enlarged two-litre engine to replace the 1.5 and 1.9-litre units used thus…
Read MoreFerrari’s debut season as a manufacturer in its own right was a great success with seven outright wins from 14 races contested. Initially the Maranello firm began that 1947 campaign with a brand new…
Read MoreFor Scuderia Ferrari to compete in Grand Prix and top flight sports car racing, a sizeable competition budget was required. To generate this money, from late 1948, Enzo Ferrari offered a line of road…
Read MoreFerrari’s 1947 season proved an enormous success. Using the 125 Sport and 159 Sport, Scuderia Ferrari racked up six important victories culminating in a win for Raymond Sommer at the Turin…
Read MoreFerrari’s first car, the 125 Sport, proved itself to be a top class competition machine. Of the ten races it contested between May and July of 1947, the 125 Sport won six. The immediate post World…
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