‘In 1923, when competing in the first Circuito del Savio at Ravenna, I made the acquaintance of Count Enrico Baracca’ (the father of Italy’s number one flying ace, Francesco Baracca, who had been shot down after recording 34 German kills). ‘As a result of this meeting, I was subsequently introduced to the ace’s mother, the Countess Paolina Baracca, who one day said to me, “Ferrari, why don’t you put my son’s prancing horse on your car. It will bring you luck.” I still have Baracca’s photograph, with his parents’ dedication in which they entrusted the horse to me. The horse was, and has,
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