I knew Enzo shit on the Ford deal at the last minute but I wondered if he was that big of a turd.
Having never met him, all I can do is point at all the drivers that went One Step over the Line and died, trying to gain his approval.
He would pit drivers on his own team against each other, granting or withholding favors or better cars to push them to perform.
It was a real safety horror show. In a day when crash helmets were one step up from cardboard, no seat belts, no roll cages, "flame retardant" was dipping a cotton onesy in a borax solution, racing tires were only a little bit lighter than street tires, racing crowds could and did stand on the edge of the track, curbs were square and if you tapped one it was a trip into the trees, real ones, on the edge of the course, track crash crews were volunteers with no training, Ferrari could be seen as ruthless, even for the time.