This film is adapted from AJ Baime's
1. Lee Iaccoca did not go to Maranello to participate in the negotiation of acquiring Ferrari in 1963, and the negotiation was personally in charge of Don Fryer, senior vice president of Ford;
2. Enzo Ferrari refused to be acquired by Ford because of the control of Scuderia Ferrari and humiliated Henry Ford II. The only confirmed humiliation was that Enzo claimed that Hank the Deuce was not comparable to Henry Ford for a lifetime, and the rest was the second art of the screenwriter. creation;
3. After the Ford acquisition and bankruptcy, although there have been rumors that Ferrari used Ford as the capital to raise the price with Fiat, Fiat did not start to invest in Ferrari until 1965, and only obtained a 50% controlling stake in 1969;
4. Carroll Shelby started working with Ford several years before the GT40 project. In 1961, the AC Cobra was equipped with Ford's V8 engine. Shelby first looked for Chevrolet, but Chevy was afraid that supplying Cobra would affect his Corvette. Sales declined;
5. There is evidence that Henry Ford II did try the Ford GT40, but it certainly wasn't like in the movie that Shelby was dragged away by Shelby without a helmet or a suit and shoes;
6. Ken Miles participated in the 24 Heures Le Mans in 1965 and 1966. In 1965, he retired due to a gearbox failure. The teammate he drove in the same car was the McLaren founder Bruce McLaren who took away his championship in the second year; The 1965 race was the only Le Mans race his son Peter Miles watched live; in the film, Miles sat in front of the radio and skipped the 1965 race after listening to the 1964 Ford GT40 being annihilated due to gearbox and brake failures;
7. Therefore, within Ford, especially the plot of executive Leo Beebe's refusal of Miles to participate in the competition is also artistically processed, although Miles and Shelby do find it difficult for many people to get along with Ford because of their philosophy and personality; Shelby or Ford has never had Miles. The statement that Daytona must be won in exchange for Le Mans qualification;
8. So the play of Miles and Shelby on the lawn is also the second creation of the screenwriter;
9. Leo Beebe was hacked in this film. Many of Beebe's and Shelby's opponents were adapted from the conflict between John Wyer and Beebe. Aston Martin won with Shelby as the team manager in 1959. Wyer at Le Mans was 1963-1965. The person in charge of the GT40 project; Beebe did not gloat at Miles at 12 Hours of Sebring; the public relations expert Beebe did, under the acquiescence of Henry Ford II, issued the request for three GT40s to hit the line at the same time, and Carroll Shelby also accepted;
10. Enzo Ferrari did not appear at the 24 Heures Le Mans scene in 1966. After losing his best driver Alberto Ascari and his eldest son Dino Ferrari in 1955 and 1956, Enzo's spirit was hit hard, and he almost never went to the race to watch the race. Ferrari's drivers complained many times if Enzo could be there. Better boost the morale of the team.
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