The title of the book is a tribute to the great Tazio Nuvolari, who after a battle to the death with Enzo Ferrari, wrote to a friend that "il sceriffo non teme nulla" ("the sheriff fears nothing").
The subtitle "pensieri, parole, opere e omissioni"("thoughts, words, deeds and omissions") clearly explains how the life of the Drake "contrabbandata come miracolosa normalità"("smuggled in as miraculous normality") has few secrets for the author, a journalist who has had the opportunity to meet and receive the confidences of many witnesses of the Prancing Horse epic, first and foremost Enzo Ferrari.
The last witness of the heroic years of motor racing, Ferrari can keep alive the exploits of famous and lesser-known drivers: among the former Antonio Ascari and Tazio Nuvolari, among the latter Campari and Sivocci.
If for those who took risks, the great old man always had a special consideration, the enemies were mercilessly crushed, and in the case of the Alfa Romeo manager Wifredo Ricart, the adversary was portrayed as a worthy protagonist of a horror film...
If relations with drivers are complex, skirmishes are a daily occurrence with many suppliers, some partners and almost all journalists.
More than thirty years after Enzo Ferrari's death, Stirling Moss's sentence at the beginning of this book ("I can't see anyone who could take his place") is still relevant.
Enzo Ferrari il sceriffo, by Cesare De Agostini - winner of four prizes in the Bancarella Sport section - is made up of eighteen chapters, with a remarkable set of photographs, which cover the most important events of the Modena manufacturer.
The eighteenth chapter is emblematic and evocative, bearing a single sentence of few words but full of the greatness reached by Enzo Ferrari:
Ferrari è Ferrari. E basta (Ferrari is Ferrari. And that's enough)
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