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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
13 Apr 2026 Acquired Ferrari
“I mean, the cost, the investment that I think most people don't realize to staff the full infrastructure is crazy.”
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- Ben Gilbert
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- Recorded
- 13 Apr 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Ferrari
Transcript context
…It's like a library wine. And they staff it with an engineering team and a set of mechanics and a whole events team. And then they build programs and say, hey, do you want to come race at our private racetrack on this day? Do you want to come race your car? We'll get your team ready to drive it around. And maybe if you want to race it somewhere else, we'll fly the whole team and the car there. So you just roll up and then you can drive your F1 car around that special track. I mean, the cost, the investment that I think most people don't realize to staff the full infrastructure is crazy. It's astounding. And that has always been the core of what Ferrari is and why it is unique, going all the way back to 1947 and Enzo, like we've been talking about all episode. It is the combination of three things under one roof: a world-class racing team, a world-class racing car and racing car heritage construction company, and the suite of services and people needed to operate that available for hire to private clients. No other car company has that.…
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