Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A. competing as Scuderia Ferrari (pronounced [skude?ria fer?rari]) is the official name of the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer, Ferrari, and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing. The team is also nicknamed "The Prancing Horse", with reference to their logo. It is the oldest surviving and most successful Formula One team, having competed in every world championship since the 1950 Formula One season.
The team was founded by Enzo Ferrari, initially to race cars produced by Alfa Romeo, though by 1947 Ferrari had begun building its own cars. Among its important achievements outside Formula One are winning the World Sportscar Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, races for Grand tourer cars and racing on road courses of the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia and the Carrera Panamericana.
As a constructor, Ferrari has a record 16 Constructors' Championships, the last of which was won in 2008. Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen have won a record 15 Drivers' Championships for the team. Since Räikkönen's title in 2007 the team narrowly lost out on the 2008 drivers' title with Felipe Massa and the 2010 and 2012 drivers' titles with Fernando Alonso.
Schumacher is the team's most successful driver. Joining the team in 1996 and departing in 2006 he won five drivers' titles and 72 Grands Prix for the team. His titles came consecutively between 2000 and 2004. Including the constructors' title of 1999 consecutively being won until the end of 2004, this was the team's most successful period.
Currently, World Champions Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel are the two main race drivers.
The team is also known for its passionate support base known as the tifosi. The Italian Grand Prix at Monza is regarded as the team's home race.
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Ferrari has openly tried to employ team orders on Vettel and his new teammate Charles Leclerc this season, with team boss Mattia Binotto repeatedly stating he believes Ferrari will benefit if it can control its drivers.<br>However, this has backfired on occasion, with the Russian Grand Prix providing the biggest flashpoint when Vettel passed Leclerc at the start but failed to give the place back ...
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Leclerc had suffered an oil leak during third practice at the preceding United States Grand Prix, which forced him to revert to an older specification of the engine for the rest of the weekend.<br>This left him “slightly down” on power en route to a distant fourth place in the race.<br>Ferrari theoretically had the option of fixing and re-fitting Leclerc’s oil leak-stricken power unit, but ...
A major revamp of the regulations, including new finance rules and cars that should be better for racing, has been agreed with the hope of making things more unpredictable.<br>But although a future budget cap and a fairer share of revenues may have an impact on long-term performance, Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto thinks for 2021 at least there will not be such a radical shake-up of the ...
The Italian team started the season with a car that had less peak downforce than its chief rival Mercedes as Ferrari pursued a lower-drag concept to give it a straightline speed boost.<br>However, Mercedes’ domination of the opening races of the F1 season – winning the first eight grands prix and starting the year with five one-two finishes – forced Ferrari to focus on adding downforce to ...
Although Sebastian Vettel missed out on pole position to Valtteri Bottas by just 0.012 seconds, in the race Ferrari hit trouble from the start.<br>First Vettel fell down the order complaining of tremendous understeer, while Charles Leclerc could not keep up with the cars ahead as he struggled for grip.<br>Speaking about what happened, neither the team nor the drivers had a clear understanding of ...
Ferrari was at a loss to explain its lack of race pace last weekend, but defended itself aggressively as some – including Red Bull driver Max Verstappen – suggested its reduced qualifying performance was a result of an FIA technical directive regarding fuel-flow legalities.<br>Charles Leclerc was running an older-spec, high-mileage Ferrari engine in qualifying and the race and team boss Mattia ...
Its rivals suspect a technical directive clarification from the FIA about the cars’ fuel-flow meters could have thwarted a trick Ferrari had come up with, and Red Bull's Max Verstappen went as far as saying Ferrari’s drop in pace at Austin was “what happens when you stop cheating”.<br>With no firm evidence to analyse, and Ferrari claiming those accusations are “completely wrong”, Edd ...
With the Italian team upset that rival outfits were linking its drop in top speed to a technical directive issued by the FIA outlawing engine fuel-flow tricks, it is not hiding away from the fact that the performance characteristic of its car was different in Austin.<br>However, Ferrari insists the TD altered "nothing" on its power unit, and said that what was new was how it approached its ...
Verstappen told Dutch TV channel Ziggo Sport after the United States Grand Prix that Ferrari’s lacklustre performance at Austin could be explained by a technical directive that effectively outlawed a clever way of increasing fuel flow.<br>Asked about what happened to Ferrari, Verstappen said: “That’s what happens when you stop cheating, of course. But yeah, they had a good look at it. So now ...
The TD was a response to an enquiry from Red Bull Racing which explored possible loopholes in the measurement of fuel flow. It was intended to test a theory about what Ferrari might be doing, a ploy that teams regularly use when they have questions about rivals.<br>The FIA duly confirmed that the systems proposed by Red Bull would not be legal.<br>On Saturday Valtteri Bottas gave Mercedes its ...
A number of teams have written to the FIA to seek clarification about design aspects of Ferrari’s powerunit that they want to develop but are unsure about their legality.<br>With an ongoing lack of clarity about the situation, there have been suggestions that rivals could now lodge a protest to get it sorted once and for all – something that Ferrari itself says it would also welcome to prove ...
It was clear that Ferrari did not want matters to go down that route – and said it would be a ‘shame’ if it had to do it – but the option of it using a five working day window to lodge a veto after the rules went through remained on the table.<br>However, with team boss Mattia Binotto voting in favour of the current regulations during Thursday’s World Motor Sport Council meeting, it has ...
Under the terms of its bilateral agreement with F1’s owners, Ferrari has a right to veto new rules that it believes are not in the championship’s best interest.<br>Ferrari has been clear that it would rather not use the veto, but is also adamant that it will not readily accept regulations that it feels will damage the sport.<br>While Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto voted in favour of the ...
A Ferrari has started from pole position in every race since the summer break, while Mercedes last topped a qualifying session in Germany in July.<br>However, Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have still managed to win the last three grands prix between them.<br>Wolff said: “On raw pace they [Ferrari] have the quickest package at the moment. But Sundays don’t seem to come ...
The FIA World Motor Sport Council will vote on Thursday to accept or reject the proposed technical, sporting and financial regulations for 2021, which are intended to mark a significant new era for grand prix racing.<br>Last week in Mexico, Mercedes and Red Bull outlined their desire to delay the new rules to 2022, while still keeping a $175m budget cap in place for 2021, in order to develop ...
As reported by Motorsport.com, a number of Ferrari’s rivals have sought clarification from the FIA over the legitimacy of techniques they believe might be behind Ferrari’s superior engine performance.<br>Ferrari has said it would welcome a formal protest into the matter so it could clear itself and prove its critics wrong.<br>Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com in Mexico, Binotto said ...
Questions over what it has done to be so fast on the straights have prompted rivals to write to the FIA asking for clarification to see if they can pursue similar concepts - but they've not had a response.<br>That has led to speculation someone could lodge a protest against Ferrari, and the response from Maranello to those rumours was somewhat surprising, as this video explains.<br><br>Read ...
Hamilton had a trip across the grass at the start of the race and fell to fifth but executed a one-stop strategy brilliantly to overhaul both Ferraris and score his 10th victory of the season.<br>Sebastian Vettel was unable to attack Hamilton after losing track position through strategy and had to settle for second in lead Ferrari, with Valtteri Bottas third.<br>Poleman and early race leader ...
Before the start of the race rumours were swirling to the effect that a rival team may submit a protest against Ferrari, assuming that the Italian team gets a good result.<br>Speculation about Ferrari’s straightline performance has been mounting for some weeks, with rivals regularly pointing out how much they are losing out.<br>Binotto says a protest would in effect allow the team to clear its ...
Leclerc qualified second for the Mexican race but was promoted to pole following a three-place penalty for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.<br>Ferrari discovered a potential issue after qualifying and this morning Leclerc’s car was on the stands in the garage while checks were carried out on “some hydraulic parts of the gearbox” under supervision from the FIA.<br>No penalty-inducing changes were ...
On the back of Ferrari's current power advantage in Formula 1, Motorsport.com revealed that a number of its rivals had written to the FIA seeking clarification about the legality of some of the concepts behind its power unit.<br>It is understood that these related to its oil intercooler and its energy recovery system, which rivals believe are key to the gains Ferrari has made this ...
The Mercedes driver is 64 points ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas in the standings, and a podium finish this weekend could be enough to secure the title.<br>But while he is aware of the opportunity he has to add another drivers' crown, he knows that Ferrari's straightline speed advantage means his team will be on the back foot this weekend.<br>Speaking about his focus on wrapping up the title in ...
Motorsport.com understands that Ferrari's competitors are seeking clarification over whether they are clear to pursue similar concepts themselves or if the ideas fall foul of the regulations.<br>The requests have come after Ferrari's recent performance breakthrough revealed the full extent of its engine advantage, which is believed to be worth up to 0.8 seconds at some tracks and has been ...
While Ferrari maintained the upper hand in qualifying trim, Valtteri Bottas's commanding win demonstrated the new parts have made Mercedes even stronger on Sundays.<br>Here we take a look at the upgrades added to the W10, and take a look at how the new designs compare to what else we've seen on the grid.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Tech verdict: How Mercedes struck back at Suzuka<br>Japanese GP ...
After a Japanese GP weekend where Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas helped Mercedes seal its sixth consecutive constructors' championship, Vettel thinks the key aspect Ferrari needs to focus on is ensuring it always performs at its best.<br>"I don't think we're lacking anything," said Vettel. "I think we just need to work better.<br>"I think we are very committed, working very hard but it's not ...
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