Ferrari 312B: Where the Revolution Begins Page #2

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as they are today.

Yet the next day

they had to race again.

It took along time to rebuild

those cars in the correct way.

They were not built using

pre-existing equipment

like moulds and things like that.

You could say they were built

using a tape measure and hammer.

Good morning, Ilaria!

- Hello, how are you?

You always come over when it's raining.

I left with the snow

and you with the rain.

I am more satisfied now

than when I had my hands on it.

When you called me and you made me

feel the vibration, I was moved.

And you can feel it, you know?

The engine that vibrates

underneath seems alive.

There is a wire marked red.

- Yes.

I think that it indicates the signal.

Let's ask.

Yes, to make sure.

But it's on the diagram.

Is it on the diagram?

- It should be on there.

Let me take a look.

If we have doubts...

It's on there, right?

The signal...

- There's the earth.

It is indeed the signal.

Wait, let's try something.

Let's start the rev counter

so we can see if...

Do the power curve in this situation.

The less it increases,

the better the engine.

Check if the rev counter

says 10.

Davide, don't get upset,

it's him who's increasing the power.

Yes, don't worry.

Let's do 10 and 5

and see what happens.

It's kicking, eh?

- Oh, yeah!

11 and 3,11 and 4.

Let's put down the curve

at this point.

Should we put it on here?

Ferrari:
a complete car.

Chassis, engine, piece by piece,

with an extraordinary craftsmanship

an extraordinary dexterity,

an accuracy...

For many years there was a rivalry

between Ferrari

and the English teams,

the English mechanics.

There are some cars

that leave their mark on a specific time.

This one certainly did.

Also in terms of form

in terms of design and colour.

A harmony, a grace.

When I travel back

to my childhood...

it was a period where the missile,

the 'rocket' as it was called

fascinated children.

And this car here had that

magic of representing a missile.

In those years, in the 70s

the fact that men

had landed on the moon

was an extraordinary thing.

Many engineers in the racing world

had a desire or passion

for aeronautics.

Aeronautics

may even have been their childhood dream.

The things that I drew most often

were aeroplanes.

Equally, the engines

that attracted me the most

were aeronautical turbines.

The flat 180 V engine

originated with Franklin

who built private planes in America.

And it was Franklin who asked us to build

an engine that could be inserted in the wing.

We would not have built it so flat

for Formula 1.

We used the modern techniques

that came from aeronautics.

Engines like that hadn't existed before.

It doesn't fit, damn.

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