Benedetto Vigna is the scientist who landed on the management of Ferrari. The subnuclear physicist took on the role of managing director of the Cavallino from 1 September and has since studied in depth what it means to be the head of a mythical brand that must look to the future of an automotive world that is in full revolution.
The 53-year-old from Potenza has approved an extraordinary quarterly report with record numbers, for which he has taken over the reins of a company that is expressing its best in the product and on the stock market and which in motorsport confirms its excellence in the Gran Turismo world with a a flurry of victories for the 488, also restarting its rise in F1 with third place in the Constructors’ World Championship, after the disastrous 2020.
The Ferrari World Finals, which took place at Mugello in conjunction with the Qatar GP, represented the first public outing of Vigna, who immediately found himself at ease in a circuit that was transformed into the … city of the Prancing Horse where the latest Icon, namely the Daytona P3.
Enrico Galliera, Piero Ferrari, John Elkann, Benedetto Vigna, the Ferrari top management with Antonello Coletta at the Ferrari World Finals
Photo by: AG Photo / Marco Losi
With the president, John Elkann, and the deputy, Piero Ferrari, Benedetto Vigna experienced a true full immersion: he met the drivers who animate the Ferrari Challenge and participated in the closing show of the event, greeting the employees, customers and fans of Ferrari Clubs admitted to the stands.
But what we have been able to discover is that Vigna is not a last-minute Ferrari driver, but manifests a passion that dates back to his youth. We met him in the Mugello paddock and while he was moving from one Hospitality to another he told us a curious episode: “I have not been a Ferrari driver since 1 September when I arrived in Maranello, I have always been a supporter of the Cavallino. I was 14 when I went to Imola on May 1, 1983 to attend the Formula 1 GP and cheer on Ferrari: I left home without my parents knowing and then I took a three-week detention at home without going out “.
And what effect did discovering this fantastic world of the Ferrari Finali Mondiali have on you?
“I gained 38 years, the time that has passed since that day in Imola: my passion is unchanged. And here everything is wonderful, full of thrills, you feel an incredible, beautiful one-way street “.
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