02 May 2024, 00:00

Piero Ferrari is the son of Enzo Ferrari and his mistress, Lina Lardi (1911-2006). Enzo had met Lina in the late 1930s when she was working at Carrozzerie Orlandi, a coachbuilder company in Modena. The two became romantically involved soon after and continued their relationship until Ferrari’s death in 1988. As divorce was illegal in Italy until 1975, Piero could not be acknowledged as a Ferrari family member until the death of Enzo’s estranged wife, Laura, in 1978. In 1990 he legally changed his name from Piero Lardi Ferrari to Piero Ferrari.

In 1988, when Enzo Ferrari died, Piero was the sole heir of the Ferrari family and inherited his father’s 10% share of the company and the ownership of the Fiorano Circuit. In 1989 he was nominated vice chairman by Ferrari’s then president Vittorio Ghidella.

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