David Rosenthal

Because if you look at the fact pattern, it makes sense here.

Like he wanted to spend his last days racing.

He did this not great deal with Fiat.

The only reason this happened is because he truly thought he was about to die.

And he really did just want to spend his last days on Earth racing.

running the racing team, and he wanted to ensure continuity for the company and a role for his son, Piero, going forward.

That's what happened here.

Yes.

I'm glad you brought up Lamborghini.

Lamborghini had just launched the Mira, the Lamborghini Mira at this point in time, which was a truly excellent car, like a better Ferrari than a Ferrari at the time.

So there was real headwinds in the business.

And this is really why Fiat and Gianni Agnelli had to be the buyer to start Ferrari through this period.

Now,

As we said earlier, fate had plans other than death for Enzo.

Right after the sale in 1970, Enzo does go into organ failure and is hospitalized.

He's away from the business for many months, which really makes it incredibly fortuitous that he had already done the deal with Fiat.

So there was management to keep the company running while Enzo is away.

Miraculously, though, he recovers.

And in the spring of 1971, Enzo, the grand old man, is back in Maranello at the head of Ferrari.

But it's a Ferrari that he barely recognizes from when he left.