4. At the age of
10 he
witnessed Fe
lice Nazzaro's
win at
the 1908
Circuito di
Bologna, an
event that
5. During World War I he
served in the 3rd
Mountain Artillery
Regiment of the Italian
He unsuccessfully
volunteered his
services to Fiat in
Turin, eventually
settling for a job as
test-driver for C.M.N.
6. Ferrari won his first Grand
Prix in 1923 in Ravenna on the
Savio Circuit. 1924 was his
best season, with three wins,
Following the birth of his
son in 1932, Ferrari decided
to retire
7. In 1947, the first Ferrari emerged from the
brand’s Italian factory. in Maranello, the 125
S rolled off the production line
11. During the second
World War he was
enrolled into the
Italian Air Force,
working for the
transport
sections, after
1944 he became a
prisoner of war in
the British
military forces
who put him to