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Overview of Ferrari: History, Cars, Racing, and Fans

• Ferrari is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari, and became a public company in 1960.
• Ferrari's cars are known for their symbols of success, wealth, speed, elegance, sportiness, and prestige, and currently offers a large model range including several supercars, grand tourers, and one SUV.
• In 2019, Ferrari was labelled the world's strongest brand by Brand Finance, owing to a combination of its cars, enthusiast culture, and successful licensing deals.
• Ferrari has a long-standing history in racing, especially in Formula One, where its team, Scuderia Ferrari, are the series' single oldest and most successful, racing since 1929.
• Scuderia Ferrari has fielded fifteen champion drivers, won sixteen Constructors' Championships, and accumulated more race victories, 1–2 finishes, podiums, pole positions, fastest laps, and points than any other team in F1 history.
• Ferrari was also highly active in sports car racing, where their cars took many victories in races like the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio, and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• Scuderia Ferrari fans, commonly called tifosi, are known for their passion and loyalty to the team.
• Enzo Ferrari founded Scuderia Ferrari in 1929 and eventually turned it into Alfa Romeo's unofficial representative on the track.
• From its founding until liquidation in 1937, Scuderia Ferrari won 144 races out of the 225 it entered and was absorbed into Alfa Romeo.
• Enzo Ferrari left Alfa Romeo in 1939 and used his settlement to found his own company, "Auto Avio Costruzioni," which produced a single car, the Auto Avio Costruzioni 815.
• During World War II, Enzo's company produced aircraft engines and machine tools for the Italian military, providing the new company with a great deal of capital.
• Ferrari adopted its current name in 1945 and saw success in motorsport almost as soon as it began racing, with early victories helping build its reputation as a high-quality automaker.