David Rosenthal: belief

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…But almost does, remarkably. If you're interested in this, go watch the movie Rush. It's awesome. Yes. So good. Enzo, though, remember, he's very experienced with these race car drivers and their brushes with death. Enzo, I think, kind of loses faith in Lauda as a driver after that. He's like, "Oh no, he fears death now." Mm-hmm. Luca still believes in him though. So there's, you know, some conflict there. Again, it never gets personal. I think they truly do always kind of love and respect each other. But all of this combines. Luca can't stay at Ferrari, so they ultimately decide it's better if Luca leaves the F1 team, leaves day-to-day at Ferrari, and goes to work for Fiat. In turn, he remains on the board of Ferrari. Luca does, but he goes day to day to Turin and kinda closer to the Agnelli empire. And I think Enzo thinks that he's gonna still have a spy now in Fiat with Luca, which maybe he does, maybe he doesn't. But sadly, this is another tragedy. This is kinda the end of the glory for Ferrari in racing during Enzo's life. They had this great moment together, and for the rest of Enzo's life, there's some ups and downs, but mostly the Ferrari glory on the racetrack is gone and doesn't return until Luca returns after Enzo's death. Much later. And there's this glorious, amazing return of Luca, and there's this unbelievable run in Formula 1, and the Ferrari road car business becomes stronger than ever. But basically none of it in Enzo's lifetime. In fact, the last 10+ years of his life is a real whimper in the history of Ferrari. The road car business falls on some real ugly times.…

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