Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy.

Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947. During its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has had great success.

In 1923, Enzo Ferrari won a race at the Savio track in Ravenna where he met the Countess Paolina, mother of Count Francesco Baracca, an ace of the Italian air force and national hero of World War I, who used to paint a horse on the side of his planes. The Countess asked Enzo to use this horse on his cars, suggesting that it would bring him good luck. The famous symbol of the Ferrari race team is the Cavallino Rampante ("prancing horse"), black prancing stallion on a yellow shield, usually with the letters S F, for Scuderia Ferrari, with three stripes of green, white and red, the Italian national colors, at the top.

Enzo Ferrari never intended to produce road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari in 1928 as a sponsor for amateur drivers headquartered in Modena. Ferrari prepared, and successfully raced, various drivers in Alfa Romeo cars until 1938, when he was hired by Alfa Romeo to head their motor racing department.

In 1940, Enzo Ferrari parted ways with Alfa Romeo and put up a new company he named Auto-Avio Costruzioni Ferrari. The Ferrari workshop moved from Modena to Maranello during the Second World War.
Ferraris workshop fell victim to the war in 1944 completely annihilated by bombs. Rebuilding of the shop was done a year after the war in 1946, and this was when the first Ferrari motorcar was worked on: the 125 Sport.

Since then, company cars, driven by the best drivers, have racked up over 5,000 successes on race tracks and roads all over the world, creating a legend. The most important achievements have been:
9 Formula 1 Drivers World titles; 14 Manufacturers World titles; 8 Formula 1 Constructors World Championships; 9 wins at the Le Mans 24 Hours race; 8 at the Mille Miglia; 7 at the Targa Florio; 113 wins in Formula 1 Grand Prix.

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