Trivia Quiz

Re: Trivia Quiz#256758

By spankyham - 23 May 11, 13:28

- 23 May 11, 13:28#256758

The question is about the Ferrari logo and color. The prancing horse is the well-known logo of Ferrari, along with the name Ferrari in its distinctive font. The first vehicle to carry the prancing horse was a WW1 biplane flown by ace pilot Francesco Baracca (pictured below):-

Enzo Ferrari, met the parents of the ace pilot after his death and it was after that meeting and the mothers suggestion, that Enzo decided to use it as a logo.

The question is, what was the first car to carry the logo and what is the official color of Ferrari and why?

"He was the fastest driver I ever saw - faster even than Fangio"
________________________- Mike Hawthorn on Alberto Ascari

Re: Trivia Quiz#256760

By scotty - 23 May 11, 13:36

- 23 May 11, 13:36#256760

Kubica is still going with that record, if just one victory counts!

Nah, i should have said it doesn't... i think there are several examples of that.

The question is, what was the first car to carry the logo and what is the official color of Ferrari and why?

I know part of that. The official colour is Yellow, to represent the colour of original town Ferrari were based in (not Maranello... Modena?).

Isn't the first car to carry the logo a trick (of sorts) ie it wasn't actually on a Ferrari?

Rising number one of Formula 1, Juan - Juan, one wonders should Juan only win one Formula 1 one year, would Juan have won that one in round one, Juan??

Re: Trivia Quiz#256762

By What's Burning? - 23 May 11, 13:44

- 23 May 11, 13:44#256762

Kubica is still going with that record, if just one victory counts!

Nah, i should have said it doesn't... i think there are several examples of that.

The question is, what was the first car to carry the logo and what is the official color of Ferrari and why?

I know part of that. The official colour is Yellow, to represent the colour of original town Ferrari were based in (not Maranello... Modena?).

Isn't the first car to carry the logo a trick (of sorts) ie it wasn't actually on a Ferrari?

I thought the yellow was just as an homage to the town, but the official color is Corsa Rosso because it was just the official national racing color, like green is to the UK and white with blue stripes was for the US like the Shelby Mustangs.

No clue about the first car though.

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Re: Trivia Quiz#256775

By spankyham - 23 May 11, 16:26

- 23 May 11, 16:26#256775

Pretty good post on this from Scotty. The official color is yellow, as that is the color of Enzo's town of Modena, to represent the gold that came from there. Ferrari races in red because that is the color allocated to Italy, in the early days teams carried the colors of their countries. Italy = red, British = green, France = blue, Germany = grey (silver). These colors still persist (somewhat).

"He was the fastest driver I ever saw - faster even than Fangio"
________________________- Mike Hawthorn on Alberto Ascari

Re: Trivia Quiz#256780

By What's Burning? - 23 May 11, 17:14

- 23 May 11, 17:14#256780

Pretty good post on this from Scotty. The official color is yellow, as that is the color of Enzo's town of Modena, to represent the gold that came from there. Ferrari races in red because that is the color allocated to Italy, in the early days teams carried the colors of their countries. Italy = red, British = green, France = blue, Germany = grey (silver). These colors still persist (somewhat).

So what about the other part of the question the first prancing horse car?

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Re: Trivia Quiz#256783

By spankyham - 23 May 11, 17:41

- 23 May 11, 17:41#256783

Pretty good post on this from Scotty. The official color is yellow, as that is the color of Enzo's town of Modena, to represent the gold that came from there. Ferrari races in red because that is the color allocated to Italy, in the early days teams carried the colors of their countries. Italy = red, British = green, France = blue, Germany = grey (silver). These colors still persist (somewhat).

So what about the other part of the question the first prancing horse car?

OK, a clue, Scotty was right, it wasn't a Ferrari that first carried the prancing horse for Enzo.

"He was the fastest driver I ever saw - faster even than Fangio"
________________________- Mike Hawthorn on Alberto Ascari

Re: Trivia Quiz#256792

By Jabberwocky - 23 May 11, 18:00

- 23 May 11, 18:00#256792

Ferrari Red is because that we the motorsport colour for Italy... Just as it was Green for the UK and silver for German.

There is a list of it somewhere. I think Japan was White

A racing car that does not win, is just art

Re: Trivia Quiz#256801

By What's Burning? - 23 May 11, 19:11

- 23 May 11, 19:11#256801

Ferrari Red is because that we the motorsport colour for Italy... Just as it was Green for the UK and silver for German.

There is a list of it somewhere. I think Japan was White

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_in ... ing_colors

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Re: Trivia Quiz#256804

By darwin dali - 23 May 11, 19:22

- 23 May 11, 19:22#256804

Pretty good post on this from Scotty. The official color is yellow, as that is the color of Enzo's town of Modena, to represent the gold that came from there. Ferrari races in red because that is the color allocated to Italy, in the early days teams carried the colors of their countries. Italy = red, British = green, France = blue, Germany = grey (silver). These colors still persist (somewhat).

So what about the other part of the question the first prancing horse car?

OK, a clue, Scotty was right, it wasn't a Ferrari that first carried the prancing horse for Enzo.

Some Alfa car?

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Re: Trivia Quiz#256815

By Jabberwocky - 23 May 11, 20:21

- 23 May 11, 20:21#256815

Ferrari Red is because that we the motorsport colour for Italy... Just as it was Green for the UK and silver for German.

There is a list of it somewhere. I think Japan was White

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_in ... ing_colors

thats the one :-)

A racing car that does not win, is just art

Re: Trivia Quiz#256876

By spankyham - 24 May 11, 01:46

- 24 May 11, 01:46#256876

Pretty good post on this from Scotty. The official color is yellow, as that is the color of Enzo's town of Modena, to represent the gold that came from there. Ferrari races in red because that is the color allocated to Italy, in the early days teams carried the colors of their countries. Italy = red, British = green, France = blue, Germany = grey (silver). These colors still persist (somewhat).

So what about the other part of the question the first prancing horse car?

OK, a clue, Scotty was right, it wasn't a Ferrari that first carried the prancing horse for Enzo.

Some Alfa car?

Good enough. To be specific, it was an Alfa Bimotore, driven by my absolute favourite driver to read about Tazio Nuvolari. The Bimotore wasn't really a success, but it showed Enzo's design strategy - power, power and more power. As the name suggests, it had 2 straight eights, one in front and one behind the driver. It was hugely thirsty and murdered tyres (yep, they had tyre problems in those days

).

Below are couple of pictures of the car with the prancing horse on the Bimotore. I love the heart shaped Alfa grill. There is also a video of the 1935 Pau GP with Tazio driving, but I'm pretty sure its an Alfa P3 he's in.