“Count Carlo Felice Trossi, president of Scuderia Ferrari since 1932, was a singular character,” Enzo Ferrari recalled. “With whimsical and easy-going insouciance, he did things that others would have sworn impossible, both in life and on the track. Tall, lanky, blond, he brought a note of curious, inattentive elegance into the world of motor racing. He was a man on whom the drama bounced like rubber without cracking. And he was a great driver.”
Enzo Ferrari found Count Carlo Felice Trossi one of the most fascinating people he came to know. Here the genial Count massages the foam rubber of his racing-car seat.
When Ferrari set up his own racing stable at Modena in 1929 he had the backing of textile-making brothers from Ferrara, Augusto and Alfredo Caniato, who were enthusiastic amateur racers. An impressive headquarters and workshop were acquired on Modena’s Viale Trento e Trieste, headed by able and experienced mechanic Luigi Bazzi. The new “Scuderia Ferrari” entered both sports and Grand Prix Alfa Romeos in major and minor races.
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