Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari ( / f ə ˈ r ɑːr i / ; Italian: [ˈɛntso anˈsɛlmo ferˈraːri] ; 18 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of Scuderia Ferrari in Grand Prix motor racing , and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. Under his leadership in Formula One , Ferrari won nine World Drivers’ Championships and eight World Constructors’ Championships during his lifetime. He was widely known as il Commendatore or il Drake , a nickname given by British opponents in reference to the English privateer Francis Drake , due to Ferrari’s demonstrated ability and determination in achieving significant sports results with his small company. In his final years, he was often referred to as l’Ingegnere (“the Engineer”), il Grande Vecchio (“the Grand Old Man”), il Cavaliere (“the Knight”), il Mago (“the Wizard”), and il Patriarca (“the Patriarch”). [ 1 ] Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari was born on 18 February 1898 in Modena , Italy, while his birth certificate states 20 February. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] His parents were Alfredo Ferrari and Adalgisa Bisbini; he had an older brother Alfredo Junior (Dino). The family lived in via Paolo Ferrari n°85, next to the mechanical workshop founded by Alfredo, who worked for the nearby railways. This site is now the Enzo Ferrari Museum . [ 4 ] Alfredo Senior was the son of a grocer from Carpi , and began a workshop fabricating metal parts at the family home. [ 5 ] Enzo grew up with little formal education. Unlike his brother, he preferred working in his father’s workshop and participated in the construction of the canopy at the Giulianova station in 1914. He had ambitions of becoming an operetta tenor, sports journalist, or racing driver. When he was 10 he witnessed Felice Nazzaro ‘s win at the 1908 Circuito di Bologna , an event which inspired him to become a racing driver. [ 6 ] During World War I , he served in the 3rd Mountain Artillery Regiment of the Italian Army . His father Alfredo, and his older brother, Alfredo Jr., died in 1916 as a result of a widespread Italian flu outbreak. Ferrari became seriously sick himself during the 1918 flu pandemic and was consequently discharged from the Italian service. [ citation needed ]
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