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How Schumacher won his toughest Ferrari title

We celebrate the Ferrari F2003-GA in which Michael Schumacher overtook the great Juan Manuel Fangio. Words: Damien Smith. The GA stands for Gianni Agnelli, a fitting memorial to the man who saved Ferrari and kept the Italian tricolore flying proud over Maranello. It was at the end of the 1960s that this titan of Italian business and politics succeeded where Ford had failed by negotiating a controlling interest to keep Ferrari solvent. On the face of it, Enzo maintained power over his scarlet empire - but in truth, it was Fiat's 'kingmaker' who held the keys during the last 20 years of the Old Man's life. Now Agnelli himself was gone, mortal after all, as prostate cancer claimed him at the...
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