From Modena to the world

The true story of Enzo Ferrari is the one we have told you during these twelve episodes that you can find, in sequence, like the chapters of a book, here. True and unknown to those who see Ferrari as an established certainty, as if it had always been there and had not, instead, followed a path as enlightened as it is unique, determined by the lucidity and talent of Enzo Ferrari. A path that began in 1915 when the young Enzo discovered, realizing that nothing was impossible, that an Italian driver – Raffaele Di Palma, Americanized into Ralph De Palma – had won the Indianapolis race, and finished in 1953 after the first two World Titles in Formula 1 and the victories in the world’s most famous races such as the Mille Miglia, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Carrera Panamericana. At the end of 1952 Ferrari, from a young, promising driver to the brilliant inventor of the Scuderia, as a skilful pioneer of the power of symbols, with his Prancing Horse against a yellow background and with the brands of his sponsors in the official photos (something that was unheard of in the 1930s), from the head of Alfa Romeo racing team to a constructor in his own right, had managed to build himself global fame and recognition. Above all, he had become the symbol of success at a time when the world, having emerged from the war with everything to rebuild, had changed gears. The automobile was rapidly becoming the ambition of many and America was fascinated by Europe’s creative brilliance in this field.