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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
I don't know much about pre 80s Ferrari, but other than the 2 titles in the 1980s, isn't almost every Ferrari title won under non-Italian management? When Todt and Brawn ran the team? There were a couple in 07/08 when McLaren were busy infighting, but it's always struck me as Ferraris best years were when Italians were not running the team?
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Pre '80s their best results as a constructor were winning the WCC in '75 - '77 and '79, under the guidance of designer Mauro Forghieri, who more or less acted as the Team Principal. '70 and '72 had been promising but '73 was abysmal when Forghieri was sidelined and transferred to the experimental department by FIAT executives. Ferrari didn't turn up to either the Dutch or German GPs and their No 1 driver, the legendary Jacky Ickx, left half-way through the season. Prior to that they won the WCC in '61 and '64.