Luca Cordero di Montezemolo was a key figure in two historic periods of Ferrari dominance. In 1974, Enzo Ferrari entrusted the then 27-year-old lawyer from Bologna with the position of director of Scuderia Ferrari and together they won two titles with Niki Lauda and another in 1979 with Jodi Sechter.

His second era began in the early 1990s when he took over as chairman of Ferrari and built the Maranello superteam empire, which would win the Formula 1 championship alongside Michael Schumacher from 2000 to 2004.

The second was an era of absolute dominance by Ferrari and “Sumi”, comparable to the current years with Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing. “It was a great honor for me to work with Jean Todt, Stefano Domenicali, Andrea Stella, Massimo Rivola and many others.”said Di Montezemolo.

“Todd became its president FIA, Stefano Domenicali is CEO Liberty Media [F1], Andrea Stella is the managing director McLaren and Rivola is the CEO Aprilia Racing. This means two things: that we had a working group with great dynamism, people who always relied on their virtues, and that they worked in a good environment “Ferrari”.

Di Montezemolo added: “THE formula 1 She is interesting and unpredictable, even after a year of Verstappen and her dominance Red Bull. We had interesting games, even if they always won in the end. When we won, they changed the rules every year to make it happen formula 1 more interesting”.

According to the Italian, one problem with modern Formula 1 is that the program starts and is flooded with races on street circuits. In 2024, 8 of the 24 races will be held on such public road courses. “I like everything about the current thing F1 except paying too much attention to the city tours. That’s not bad, but we shouldn’t overdo it.”

Di Montezemolo said all this at the 58th edition of an event in Italy organized by the ACI Sport Club and the magazine Autosprint. He himself remembers an event from the 1970s: “I am very happy to be taking part in this event again. I still remember convincing Enzo Ferrari to join in the 70sS. It was also a challenge back then to sign Niki Lauda because he didn’t want to talk to reporters.concluded the former Ferrari president.