The 1958 world championship, thanks to the Ferrari 246 F1, ended up in the hands of Mike Hawthorn, a driver who did not shirk the elegance of a bow tie to drive his Formula 1 car.
Queen of power, the drivers’ world champion single-seater had the best engine in F1 demanded by Enzo Ferrari who pushed his engineers to explore new technical solutions. In an historical period of great technical change, Ferrari is at the forefront of the research for new solutions to improve driveability and make its cars fast not only on the straight but above all on the corners.
In reality, it is the drivers that direct the technical choices like Juan Manuel Fangio who pushes to have more powerful brakes and to delay braking.
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