Ferrari: Race To Immortality – A Look into the Legacy of the Team
Founder Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988) steered the team to unprecedented success during his lifetime.
“Ferrari: Race To Immortality” is a new documentary that delves into the Italian Formula One team’s rise to power in the 1950s. Released in cinemas on November 3 and on Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital platforms on November 6, this film highlights the pivotal moments in the history of Ferrari.
“The Ferrari name is very important to F1 today because it’s a very much a symbol of the history of the sport that was once the most dangerous sport on earth and still trades on those associations of risk and glamor,” says Richard Williams, biographer of Enzo Ferrari and contributor to “Ferrari: Race To Immortality.”Ferrari and British driver Peter Collins, who raced for the Italian team from 1956 to 1958. Ferrari was an autocratic leader who would pit his drivers against one another in the belief that it would improve their performance.Collins was one of four Ferrari drivers to die on track. The Briton suffered a fatal crash at the 1958 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.The 1950s was the most deadly decade in motorsport history. The worst disaster happened at Le Mans in June 1955 when Pierre Levegh’s car crashed before parts of the bodywork flew into the crowd. A total of 82 spectators were killed.
