#museo ferrari

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"Those red cars were the bane of my existence" - 2000-2004 Ferraris

When Aidan Millward said something along those lines in a recent video, I felt it, because as a Häkkinen fan in the late 90s and early 2000s, Ferrari and Schumacher were the adversary. And like Aidan does in his videos, I have to admit that, looking back, they were only that insufferable because they were that good. The ultimate adversary of sorts, with generational talents in driving, managing and engineering under one roof: Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt, Ross Brawn, Rory Byrne, Nigel Stepney...

It took a few years and a few attempts, but in 1999, Ferrari won their first Constructors' championship since the early 80s, with Schumacher's first Drivers' title in red, and the first for Ferrari in 21 years, came a year later, with the F1-2000 pictured on the left. The momentum had built up, and for the next four years, the well-oiled machine that was the Scuderia with the aforementioned people in charge, were consistent contenders, always in the conversation to win races and championships... though more often that not, they were the only ones in the conversation. 2001, 2002 and 2004 were write-offs if you weren't Michael Schumacher. 2003 (F2003-GA on the right) was a closer affair, as a tyre war allowed McLaren and Williams to get close to breaking the streak.

But it didn't happen, and Ferrari won Drivers' and Constructors' doubles for five straight years, something no-one had done before, and only an equally dominant Mercedes has done since. All five cars were on display together at the Museo Ferrari in Maranello - the set-up may have changed, but I expect all five to still be shown in some capacity. After all, 2000 to 2004 were Ferrari's best years, even though, as someone who wasn't a Ferrari fan, they didn't feel like F1's best years.

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charles leclerc w beanie + charlos and ferrari headers

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Museum Ferrari, Maranello, Italy (2011)

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Lego Formula One Ferrari SF70H 

349,911 Lego bricks, 750 hours of work, 1 masterpiece.

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maranello headers

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Museum Ferrari, Maranello, Italy (2011)

ぼくは後になって「ああ、恥ずかしい」と思うようなことをするのが、好きではありません。たとえば七〇年代にアフロヘアーをしていた自分の写真を今見ると、「恥ずかしい」と思うようなことです。

一方、昔のデザインなのに今でも少しも古くなくて、当時からすごくモダンだったというものに価値を感じます。ファッションにしても、建築にしてもそうです。人生の中で何度も宗教を変える人がいたら、その人に対してどこか信用が置けないと感じると思います。それと同じように、流行に流されない信念を感じさせるものに強く惹かれるのです。

フェラーリのデザインは、自分にとってそういう存在でした。

「フェラーリと鉄瓶」 奥山清行

2010年刊行の本で当時も読んでいいな〜と思ったが、改めて今読んでもやはりいい！フェラーリ同様、奧山氏の言葉もタイムレス。

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Museum Ferrari, Maranello, Italy

アメリカのすごいところは、人生をいつでもやり直せるところです。アメリカで教壇に立っていた時の生徒に、建築事務所を開いていた人がいるのですが、彼は四十二歳になってから、「やっぱりクルマのデザインがやりたい」と大学に入り直しました。

「フェラーリと鉄瓶」 奥山清行