
F1’s Ferrari romanticism: What drives Lewis Hamilton and other legends to the team?
New York Times“Everybody’s a Ferrari fan. Even if they say they’re not, they are a Ferrari fan.” Sebastian Vettel’s quote, from a tongue-in-cheek interview with Channel 4 after the 2016 Canadian Grand Prix, has resonated with many in Formula One. Sebastian Vettel left a successful stint at Red Bull for Ferrari in 2015 Ferrari’s cultural significance also reaches far beyond F1. Enzo Ferrari, the company’s founder, once said that if you asked a child to draw a car, they “certainly will draw it red.” Despite the best efforts of McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull through all their years of F1 success, no team has ever been synonymous with a singular color, one evoking such passion as Ferrari. When Hamilton first arrived at the factory in January and completed his maiden test, Ferrari’s loyal fans, the ‘tifosi’, came out in force to greet him and witness those first laps in the red car.
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