At 21 years old, on October 5, 1919, Enzo Ferrari made his debut as a driver in the Parma-Berceto race. The young engineer and mechanic would take fourth place and attempt to pave his own path in the world of racing, which he would travel for a decade without much glory: in fact, he would win only 13 races out of 47 contested. Legend has it that he would never be able to push the sports cars he drove to the limit for fear of ruining their engines. Then, in 1929, he bid farewell to racing and started his own stable. The prancing horse waved for the first time on Alfa Romeos with drivers such as Nuvolari, Varzi, Campari, Fagioli, and Chiron. After a tumultuous period in the employ of the Milanese manufacturer, one would have to wait until May 1947 to see the first Ferrari-signed car on a sports circuit: the 125-GT, on the Piacenza circuit. When Ferrari died in 1988, his cars had won more than 4,000 races.
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