Enzo Ferrari, Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, 1898-1988

Following the family's carpentry business collapse, Ferrari started searching for a job in the car industry. He unsuccessfully volunteered his services to Fiat in Turin. In 1920, he joined the racing department of Alfa Romeo as a driver and won his first Grand Prix in 1923 in Ravenna on the Savio Circuit. 1924 was his best season, with three wins. Being the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque, Ferraro was widely known as "il Commendatore" or "il Drake". In his final years he was often referred to as "l'Ingegnere" (the Engineer) or "il Grande Vecchio (the Great Old Man)".