Ferrari celebrates 125 years since the birth of its founder

This year, all over Italy, and especially in Ferrari, they celebrate the 125th birthday of its founder, the legendary Commendatore Enzo Ferrari. The question is, on which day is it more correct to celebrate this event?

All encyclopedias indicate that he was born on February 20, 1898, but we quote Ferrari’s biography, written more than twenty years ago by British journalist Richard Williams:

“On the birth certificate obtained from the Municipality of Modena, it is stated that Enzo Ferrari was born on February 20, 1898. In fact, he was born two days earlier, just on the day of his birth a terrible snowstorm broke out in the city, so his father , Alfredo, chose not to risk the risk and only went to register the baby after the weather subsided. .

Ferrari celebrates this historic day on February 18 and today presented a new short film dedicated to Enzo Ferrari’s 125th birthday. It tells the history of the iconic brand in pictures in 125 seconds, counting down from the childhood of this great man, because even in his last years he kept claiming that everything he and the company he founded started with a childhood dream to become a racer to become.

Enzo was 24 years old when he started his first race, a hill climb event near Parma. In 1923 he won his first victory, in 1929 he founded the Scuderia Ferrari, after which there was an incredible variety of achievements, making him one of the greatest Italians alive in the 20th century. In the film dedicated to the memory of Enzo Ferrari, only the most important of his achievements are mentioned, and in the annotation it is emphasized that what the Commendatore did would be enough for a dozen lives …