David Rosenthal

His dad says something to him which sticks with Enzo for the rest of his life.

A company is perfect when the number of partners in it is odd and less than three.

I don't take on partners.

Always be self-sufficient.

It's a great quote.

We should say that much of this history, this whole episode comes from the fantastic, really definitive biography of Enzo called Enzo Ferrari, written by Luca Del Monte, who worked at Ferrari and Maserati for many years.

And then after he retired, dedicated about a decade of his life to researching and writing this definitive biography.

It's really excellent.

So anyway, his mother and his father are always fighting.

They're always yelling, arguing, swearing.

And this has a very different effect on each of their two children.

For Enzo's older brother, who is named after his father, he's also named Alfredo, nicknamed Dino to tell them apart.

He, Dino, becomes like the golden child.

He's the peacemaker, the pleaser, the striver, the smart and successful one.

He's going to make his parents proud and he's going to take over everything.

the family business.

Enzo, on the other hand, as the younger brother, he just takes right after all the sort of less savory parts of mom and dad.

He's mischievous.

He doesn't apply himself in school or pay any attention.

And, you know, why should he?