Sunday, 1 May 2016

Ferrari




Ferrari S.P.A. Is an Italian luxury sports activities automobile producer based totally in Maranello. Founded via Enzo Ferrari in 1939 as car Avio Costruzioni, the employer constructed its first automobile in 1940. However, the agency's inception as an car manufacturer is commonly identified in 1947 when the primary Ferrari-badged vehicle become finished.

Ferrari is the world's maximum effective brand in keeping with emblem Finance. In may additionally 2012 the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO became the maximum luxurious vehicle in history, promoting in a private transaction for $38,115,000 to American communications wealthy person Craig McCaw.

Fiat S.P.A. Received 50% of Ferrari in 1969 and extended its stake to 90% in 1988. In October 2014 Fiat Chrysler automobiles announced its intentions to separate Ferrari from FCA; as of the assertion FCA owned ninety% of Ferrari. The separation started out in October 2015 with a restructuring that established Ferrari N.V. (a corporation included inside the Netherlands) as the brand new keeping enterprise of the Ferrari institution and the subsequent sale via FCA of a 10% of the stocks in an IPO and concurrent list of common stocks at the new york inventory exchange. Through the remainings steps of the separation, FCA's interest in Ferrari's business become distributed to shareholders of FCA, with a 10% continuing to be owned by Piero Ferrari. The spin-off changed into completed on January 3, 2016.

For the duration of its history, the enterprise has been stated for its persisted participation in racing, specifically in formulation One, in which it's miles the most successful racing crew, keeping the maximum constructors championships  and having produced the best variety of winning drivers . Ferrari avenue cars are usually visible as a symbol of velocity, luxury and wealth.

Alberto Ascari gave Ferrari its first Drivers Championship a yr later. Ferrari is the oldest crew in the championship, and the maximum successful: the crew holds almost every system One report. As of 2014, the crew's records consist of 15 global Drivers Championship titles (1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007) sixteen world Constructors Championship titles (1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008), 221 Grand Prix victories, 6736.27 points, 679 podium finishes, 207 pole positions, and 230 fastest laps in 890 Grands Prix contested. Of the 19 tracks used in 2014, 8 have lap records set by the Ferrari F2004, with a further 3 set by using the Ferrari F2003-GA, Ferrari F2008 and Ferrari F10.

Ferrari drivers encompass: Tazio Nuvolari, José Froilán González, Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari, Luigi Chinetti, Maurice Trintignant, Wolfgang von journeys, Phil Hill, Olivier Gendebien, Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins, Giancarlo Baghetti, Ricardo Rodríguez, Chris Amon, John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Jacky Ickx, Mario Andretti, Clay Regazzoni, Niki Lauda, Carlos Reutemann, Jody Scheckter, Gilles Villeneuve, Didier Pironi, Patrick Tambay, René Arnoux, Michele Alboreto, Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Jean Alesi, Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine, Rubens Barrichello, Felipe Massa, Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso, and Sebastian Vettel.

On the end of the 2006 season, the crew courted controversy via continuing to allow Marlboro to sponsor them when they, along side the other F1 teams, made a promise to give up sponsorship deals with tobacco manufacturers. A 5-yr deal became agreed and although this changed into now not because of cease till 2011, in April 2008 Marlboro dropped their on-automobile branding on Ferrari.

The drivers competing for 2009 have been Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen. In 2010 Fernando Alonso began racing for Ferrari after racing for Renault, Minardi and McLaren, filling Kimi Räikkönen's former seat.

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