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Passion - Passione - Enzo Ferrari and Rudi Caracciola

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Created in 2018

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Enzo Ferrari (1920) und Rudi Caracciola (1933) - Passion am Lenkrad

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Enzo Ferrari an der Targa Florio (1919)

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Enzo Ferrari an der Targa Florio (1920)

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Enzo Ferrari mit dem 125 S im Innenhof der Fabrik (1947)

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Enzo Ferrari mit den Piloten Scarfiotti, Parkes, Surtees und Vaccarella auf dem Flugplatz von Modena während eines Trainings (1964)

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Leopold von Belgien mit Prinzessin Liliana de Rethy und Enzo Ferrari (1957)

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Tests der 246 F1 auf der Modena Rennstrecke (1958)

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Enzo Ferrari und Mike Hawthorn mit der Scuderia Ferrari in Monza 1953

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Enzo Ferrari in Monza 1967

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Rudi Caracciola mit Hund Moritz

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Rudi Caracciola mit Rennbrille

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Rudolf Caracciola (1948)

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Rudolf Caracciola am Semmmering-Rennen am 14.9.1930

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Rudolf Caracciola anlässlich des GP von Monaco am 22. April 1935 - mit Hund Moritz in der Trainingspause

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Rudolf Caracciola und Hermann Lang anlässlich des GP von Deutschland auf dem Nürburgring am 25.7.1937

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Mercedes-Benz SSKL (1931) - Rudolf Caracciola am Avus-Rennen in Berlin am 2.8.1931

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Alfa Romeo 20-30 ES (1922) - Enzo Ferrari in seinem Alfa an der Targa Florio 1922

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Alfa Romeo P3 (1932) - Rudi Caracciola beim Gaisbergrennen 1932

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Alfa Romeo P3 (1932) - Rudi Caracciola im Alfa am Klausenrennen 1932

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Mercedes-Benz SSK (1931) - Rudolf Caracciola und Wilhelm Sebastian überqueren den Appenin an der Mille Miglia 1931

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Mercedes Grand Prix 4,5 Liter (1914) - Rudolf Caracciola mit dem 4,5-Liter und Kompressor beim internationalen Semmeringrennen 1928

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Mercedes-Benz SSK (1930) - Rudolf Caracciola siegt am 19. Juli 1930 beim Grossen Preis von Irland

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Mercedes-Benz W25 (1934) - Rudi Caracciola auf Mercedes Benz W 25 war Klausenrennen-Sieger im Jahr 1934 mit Startnummer 65 bei der Fahrt auf den Klausenpass

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Mercedes-Benz W125 (1937) - Grosser Preis der Schweiz in Bremgarten am 22. August 1937 - der spätere Sieger Rudolf Caracciola

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Mercedes-Benz W154 (1938) - Rudolf Caracciola, Rudolf Uhlenhaut und Hermann Lang am Mercedes-Benz W154 vor dem Start zum GP der Schweiz in Bremgarten/Bern am 21.8.1938

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Ferrari 375 Plus (1954) - Jack McAfees 4,9-Liter-375 Plus nach Unfall bei der Carrera Panamericana 1954

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (1952) - der Unfallwagen von Rudi Caracciola vom GP Bern 1952

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL (W194) (1952) - Rudolf Caracciola am 17./18.5.1952 beim GP Bern

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Mercedes-Benz SSK (1929) - Rudi Caracciola, 1929 als Sieger der Tourist Trophy

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Mercedes-Benz W25 (1936) - Rekordfahrten vom 11. November 1936 mit dem V12-Rekordwagen Rudolf Caracciolas

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Mercedes-Benz S (1928) - Flüelapass - Passione Caracciola 2017

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Ferrari 275 GTB/4 (1966) - Julius Bär Rallye - Passione Engadina 2017

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Summary

They may have hardly ever met, the German racing driver Rudolf Caracciola and the Italian racing car builder Enzo Ferrari, but their lives and lifestyles show more parallels than you might think. This article summarizes the similarities between the two biographies and shows the famous men in many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Early enthusiasm
Successes and setbacks
Alfa Romeo
Great suffering
The will to win
The departure
The passion lives on!

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The birth dates of Enzo Ferrari (February 18, 1898) and Rudolf Caracciola (June 30, 1901) are only around three years apart, but their birthplaces (Modena (Italy), Remagen (Germany)) are separated by around 900 km. While Rudolf grew up in affluent circumstances, Enzo had to be somewhat more modest as the son of a craftsman. Caracciola was gripped by car fever at an early age, obtaining his driver's license at the age of 15 and winning his first motorcycle race at 21. Little Enzo Ferrari began to take an interest in motor racing when his father Alfredo took him to a car race as a boy, where he was able to watch the heroes of the day, such as Felice Nazzaro and Vincenzo Lancia, at the wheel of brutal racing cars. From then on, it was clear to him that racing would be his life.

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