Enzo Anselmo Ferrari is born on February 18th, 1898 in Modena, Italy. At ten Enzo's father takes him to his first automobile race, and the young boy is instantly captivated. At the age of 18, Enzo loses both his father and brother to illness. After a brief tour in the Italian Army, Enzo finds work test-driving cars at a small company in Milan. He frequents a tratoria where the racing crowd gathers and uses his charisma to make valuable contacts in the sport. When Enzo is 21 he enters his first race, the Parma-Poggio Di Berceto. He places fourth, and soon develops a reputation for being ruthless behind the wheel. He becomes a factory driver for Alfa Romeo and convinces them to give him cars to run his own race team, Scuderia Ferrari. As director he expects and demands the best of his drivers and engineers, securing win after win with his aggressive tactics. Ferrari leaves Alfa after an insult by their directors and starts his own automobile factory, eventually building the most successful Formula One team ever, and developing a line of the most prized and exotic cars in the world.