1898 Enzo Ferrari born in Modena, Italy
1908 Enzo sees his first motor race and decides he wants to be a racing driver
1919 He enters his first race, finishing ninth. He also gets a job at the Alfa Romeo factory
1929 He launches the Scuderia Ferrari (which means Ferrari Stable) racing team, using Alfa Romeo cars
1932 The famous prancing horse logo makes its first appearance on a racing car
1937 Enzo leaves Alfa Romeo and sets up Auto-Avio Construziono Ferrari to make spare parts for vehicles in Modena
1940 The company produces its first race car, the Tipo 815
1943 Due to fears of bombing during World War II, he moves production to Maranello
1947 Enzo reluctantly agrees for Ferrari to produce its first road car – the 125 S – to fund his racing team
1950 Scuderia Ferrari joins the newly formed Formula One racing circuit
1952 Italian driver Alberto Ascari becomes Ferrari’s first F1 World Champion
1962 Ferrari builds the classic 250 GTO, which dominates the GT racing scene for much of the decade
1979 South African driver Jody Schecker wins the F1 drivers’ championship for Ferrari. It is 21 years before the team wins another one
1988 The Ferrari F40 is released, which, at the time, was the world’s fastest road car
1988 Enzo Ferrari passes away at the grand old age of 90
2000 Michael Schumacher becomes Ferrari’s first F1 champion for more than two decades, winning his first of five successive drivers’ championships
2002 The V12 Enzo supercar is produced, named after the company’s founder
2005 Plans are announced for Ferrari World theme park in Abu Dhabi
2007 Kimi Räikkönen wins Ferrari’s most recent F1 driver’s championship
2007 Construction starts on Ferrari World
2009 A 1957 Ferrari Testarossa sells for $12.1 million, at the time the most expensive car ever sold at auction
2010 Ferrari World opens in the UAE capital
