Who is the most famous Ferrari driver?
Schumacher is the team’s most successful driver. Joining the team in 1996 and driving for them until his first retirement in 2006, he won five consecutive drivers’ titles and 72 Grands Prix for the team. Michael Schumacher: 91 wins, 7 WC (1994,95 for Benetton, 2000,01,02,03,04 for Ferrari). Niki Lauda: 25 wins, 3 WC (1975,77 for Ferrari, 84 for McLaren).Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton hold the record for the most World Drivers’ championships, both having won the title on seven occasions. Juan Manuel Fangio is third with five titles. Schumacher also holds the record for the most consecutive World Drivers’ titles with five between the 2000 and the 2004 seasons.Mansell is also the driver with the most wins among those who never won at Monaco (31, having surpassed Jim Clark’s previous record of 25 with his 26th win at the 1992 San Marino Grand Prix). He won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award again in 1992, one of only four people to have won the award twice.
Who was Enzo Ferrari’s favourite driver?
Enzo loved Gilles: it is said he reminded the great man of his original favourite, Tazio Nuvolari. Both drivers were fast, spectacular, thrilling and passionate about the sport. However, he survived and recovered enough to race again just six weeks later at the Italian Grand Prix. Although he narrowly lost the title to James Hunt that year, he won his second Ferrari crown the year after during his final season at the team. He was the founder of Lauda Air.As a man who expected his drivers to sacrifice everything to racing, it should come as no real shock that the relationship between Enzo Ferrari and Niki Lauda broke down in the wake of the Austrian’s accident at the Nürburgring in 1976.Fellow driver Guy Edwards managed to avoid the blazing wreckage but Harald Ertl and Brett Lunger both hit it. All three drivers raced to the burning Ferrari and, with the help of the Italian driver Arturo Merzario, who also stopped, eventually managed to pull 27-year-old Lauda from his vehicle.
Who owns the $70 million Ferrari?
The current record for world’s most expensive Ferrari was set in June 2018 when a 1963 250 GTO (chassis 4153GT) was sold to David MacNeil in a private sale for $70 million. David MacNeil now holds the unofficial record for his $70 million Ferrari 250 GTO.