Scuderia Ferrari. The first, true racing team

Scuderia Ferrari can rightly be considered the first, true racing team. There had been examples of drivers co-operating together to manage race cars such as Nuvolari and Varzi with Bugatti, but these were not genuine organisations with long-term structures and objectives. It was 1929 when Enzo, who was also an excellent driver, realized that his true calling was another: to build an empire in racing with authority and success.

He knew he could build cars, something he had already demonstrated with the Alfa Bimotore single-seater and understood that it was not impossible to dream of becoming a constructor. But it was too early. It was, however, immediately clear to him what the ingredients of success were: a company composed of friendly and loyal people such as the Caniato brothers, wealthy and highly skilled drivers and his friend Ferruccio Testi; the presence in his company, albeit with small holdings, of industrial partners such as Pirelli and even Alfa Romeo. Partners that were soon joined by Shell, Magneti Marelli and others. A structure of this type, based in Modena, an Art Nouveau building that became famous, a fleet of high-quality cars, a great organizational efficiency and a powerful symbol - the Prancing Horse Shield - gave Scuderia Ferrari an authority that was previously unheard of in the motor racing world.