“[…] But if on the one hand Ferrari recognized the merits, on the other was inflexible in criticizing what he did not like to see written in the newspapers. After the Formula 1 world championship, Drake used to organize a press conference to discuss the season just passed with reporters. The Engineer arrived very prepared because a month before he gathered his men – technicians, sports management and press office – and organized a meeting in which he put together, analyzing the articles written in season by Italian journalists, about five thousand questions and their answers, in a way to avoid surprises. In reality, rather than answering the questions of the envoys, the Drake at the press conference he enjoyed upsetting the authors of articles he didn’t like. For example, to a journalist who asked him why the Ferraris were not too competitive, the Drake replied: “You, dear sir, had the audacity to write that my cars are turtles. Perhaps he is unaware that on the shirt of Tazio Nuvolari, the greatest Italian driver ever, there was a turtle embroidered. The meaning of which was the exact opposite of what you wrote “.
In doing so, Enzo Ferrari was trying to remedy some flop in his cars while at the same time amusing the audience and giving journalists material to write peppery articles. Of course, those who were targeted, had little fun because there was always some publication that did not omit names and surnames in recounting these hits by Flobert. In the press conference following the 1981 World Cup, I had bothered to sit at the back of the room, not intending to ask questions. Because? Because I had written something about the performance of the cars that the engineer Ferrari was not polite to. And I figured if I asked a question, the Drake would “slaughter” me. The questions followed one another. I always shut up. Gozzi invited me to ask questions and I shut up. After a couple of hours Ferrari, who was a fox from which no hen could escape, said loudly: “Well, isn’t Morosini here?”. A line with a tremendous hidden bait. I got up and said: “I’m here engineer, but I have nothing to ask you”. I thought I screwed him. In half a second Ferrari took away all illusions: “You have nothing to ask me, but I have something to tell you ”. And he slaughtered me for about ten minutes. […]. “
Nestore Morosini
Adapted from Machina. 3 – “70X1 Formula 1 1950 2020 ″
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