Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.
The team was founded by Enzo Ferrari, initially to race cars produced by Alfa Romeo, though by 1947 Ferrari had begun building their own cars. It is the oldest surviving team in Grand Prix racing, having competed since 1932, and statistically the most successful Formula One team in history with a record of 15 drivers' championships. As a constructor, Ferrari has 16 constructors' championships.
Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen have all won drivers world championships driving for the team. The team's current drivers are Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
Full name: "Scuderia Ferrari" (1950–1960, 2011–present)
"Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC" (1961–1989)
"Scuderia Ferrari SpA" (1990–1996)
"Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro" (1997–2011)
Base: Maranello, Italy
Team principal(s) Stefano Domenicali
Technical director(s) Pat Fry
Website www.ferrari.com/English/Formula1
2012 Formula One season:
Race drivers: Fernando Alonso Felipe Massa
Test drivers: TBA
Chassis F2012
Engine Ferrari
Tyres Pirelli
Formula One World Championship career:
Debut 1950 Monaco Grand Prix
Latest race 2012 European Grand Prix
Races competed 840 (838 starts)[3]
Constructors Championships 16 (1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2007, 2008)
Drivers Championships 15 (1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)
Race victories 218
Pole positions 205
Fastest laps 227
Ferrari is also the most successful F1 engine manufacturer, with 219 wins.
The team was founded by Enzo Ferrari, initially to race cars produced by Alfa Romeo, though by 1947 Ferrari had begun building their own cars. It is the oldest surviving team in Grand Prix racing, having competed since 1932, and statistically the most successful Formula One team in history with a record of 15 drivers' championships. As a constructor, Ferrari has 16 constructors' championships.
Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen have all won drivers world championships driving for the team. The team's current drivers are Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
Full name: "Scuderia Ferrari" (1950–1960, 2011–present)
"Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC" (1961–1989)
"Scuderia Ferrari SpA" (1990–1996)
"Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro" (1997–2011)
Base: Maranello, Italy
Team principal(s) Stefano Domenicali
Technical director(s) Pat Fry
Website www.ferrari.com/English/Formula1
2012 Formula One season:
Race drivers: Fernando Alonso Felipe Massa
Test drivers: TBA
Chassis F2012
Engine Ferrari
Tyres Pirelli
Formula One World Championship career:
Debut 1950 Monaco Grand Prix
Latest race 2012 European Grand Prix
Races competed 840 (838 starts)[3]
Constructors Championships 16 (1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,2003, 2004, 2007, 2008)
Drivers Championships 15 (1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)
Race victories 218
Pole positions 205
Fastest laps 227
2011 position 3rd (375 pts)
Early history:
The Scuderia Ferrari team was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 and became the racing team of Alfa Romeo, building and racing cars under the Alfa name. In 1938, Alfa Romeo management made the decision to enter racing under its own name, establishing the Alfa Corse organisation, which absorbed what had been Scuderia Ferrari.Enzo Ferrari disagreed with this change in policy and was finally dismissed by Alfa in 1939. The terms of his leaving forbade him from motorsport under his own name, for a period of four years.
In 1939 Ferrari started work a racecar of his own, the Tipo 815 (eight cylinders, 1.5 L displacement). The 815s, designed by Alberto Massimino, were thus the first Ferrari cars. World War II put a temporary end to racing, and Ferrari concentrated on an alternative use for his factory during the war years, doing machine tool work.
After the war, Ferrari recruited several of his former Alfa colleagues and established a new Scuderia Ferrari, which would design and build its own cars.
HeadOffice:
The team was initially based in Modena from its pre-war founding until 1943, when Enzo Ferrari moved the team to a new factory in Maranello in 1943 and both Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari's roadcar factory remain at Maranello to this day. The team owns and operates a test track on the same site, the Fiorano Circuit built in 1972, which is used for testing road and race cars.
Team name and logo:
The team is named after its founder, Enzo Ferrari. Scuderia is Italian for a stable reserved for racing horses and is also commonly applied to Italian motor racing teams.
The prancing horse was the symbol on Italian World War I ace Francesco Baracca's fighter plane, and became the logo of Ferrari after the fallen ace's parents, good friends with Enzo Ferrari, asked him to continue his tradition of sportsmanship, gallantry and boldness.
Current team:
The present Ferrari team competes in Formula One and is managed by team principal Stefano Domenicali. Pat Fry is the 'chassis' director and Luca Colajanni the PR manager.
The race drivers are Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, with Davide Rigon as the third/reserve driver. Alonso is contracted for seven seasons (2010–2016), having signed a four-year contract extension to his original three-year deal in May 2011.
The team's current car for the 2012 season, the Ferrari F2012, was launched on 3 February 2012.
Engine supply:
Ferrari have always produced engines for their own Formula One cars, and have also supplied engines to other teams. In 2012 the Scuderia Toro Rosso and Sauber teams are using Ferrari engines. It has previously supplied engines to Minardi (1991), Scuderia Italia SpA (1992–1993), Sauber (1997–2005 with engines badged as 'Petronas' and 2010–2012), Prost Grand Prix (2001, engines badges 'Acer'), Red Bull Racing (2006), Spyker F1 (2007), Force India (2008).
Formula One results:
The Ferrari team has achieved unparalleled success in Formula One and holds many significant records including:
Early history:
The Scuderia Ferrari team was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 and became the racing team of Alfa Romeo, building and racing cars under the Alfa name. In 1938, Alfa Romeo management made the decision to enter racing under its own name, establishing the Alfa Corse organisation, which absorbed what had been Scuderia Ferrari.Enzo Ferrari disagreed with this change in policy and was finally dismissed by Alfa in 1939. The terms of his leaving forbade him from motorsport under his own name, for a period of four years.
In 1939 Ferrari started work a racecar of his own, the Tipo 815 (eight cylinders, 1.5 L displacement). The 815s, designed by Alberto Massimino, were thus the first Ferrari cars. World War II put a temporary end to racing, and Ferrari concentrated on an alternative use for his factory during the war years, doing machine tool work.
After the war, Ferrari recruited several of his former Alfa colleagues and established a new Scuderia Ferrari, which would design and build its own cars.
HeadOffice:
The team was initially based in Modena from its pre-war founding until 1943, when Enzo Ferrari moved the team to a new factory in Maranello in 1943 and both Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari's roadcar factory remain at Maranello to this day. The team owns and operates a test track on the same site, the Fiorano Circuit built in 1972, which is used for testing road and race cars.
Team name and logo:
The team is named after its founder, Enzo Ferrari. Scuderia is Italian for a stable reserved for racing horses and is also commonly applied to Italian motor racing teams.
The prancing horse was the symbol on Italian World War I ace Francesco Baracca's fighter plane, and became the logo of Ferrari after the fallen ace's parents, good friends with Enzo Ferrari, asked him to continue his tradition of sportsmanship, gallantry and boldness.
Current team:
The present Ferrari team competes in Formula One and is managed by team principal Stefano Domenicali. Pat Fry is the 'chassis' director and Luca Colajanni the PR manager.
The race drivers are Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, with Davide Rigon as the third/reserve driver. Alonso is contracted for seven seasons (2010–2016), having signed a four-year contract extension to his original three-year deal in May 2011.
The team's current car for the 2012 season, the Ferrari F2012, was launched on 3 February 2012.
Engine supply:
Ferrari have always produced engines for their own Formula One cars, and have also supplied engines to other teams. In 2012 the Scuderia Toro Rosso and Sauber teams are using Ferrari engines. It has previously supplied engines to Minardi (1991), Scuderia Italia SpA (1992–1993), Sauber (1997–2005 with engines badged as 'Petronas' and 2010–2012), Prost Grand Prix (2001, engines badges 'Acer'), Red Bull Racing (2006), Spyker F1 (2007), Force India (2008).
Formula One results:
The Ferrari team has achieved unparalleled success in Formula One and holds many significant records including:
- Most constructor championships: 16
- Most driver championships: 15
- Most Grands Prix participated (all-time): 840
- Most Grands Prix started (all-time): 838
- Most wins (all-time): 218
- Most wins (season): 15 (shared with McLaren)
- Most podiums (all-time): 657
- Most podiums (season): 29
- Most one-two finishes (all-time): 81
- Most pole positions (all-time): 205
- Most WCC points (all-time): 4,986.5
- Most WDC points (all-time): 5,888.27
- Most fastest laps (all-time): 227
- Highest winning percentage (for teams with at least 10 wins): ~26%
Ferrari is also the most successful F1 engine manufacturer, with 219 wins.
Ferrar iOver The Years:
Phil Hill 1962
Lorenzo Bandini 1966
Niki Lauda 1976
Michele Alboreto 1985
Jean Alesi 1995
Michael Schumacher 2005
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