Headquarters
The team was 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 road car 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.
Since its debut in 1950, Ferrari has become a byword for Formula One. For many, Ferrari and Formula One racing have become inseparable, being the only team to have competed in every season since the world championship began.
In 1956, Ferrari partnered with Lancia . This was immediately successful, as Juan Manuel Fangio immediately became world champion. Because Fangio didn’t get along well with Enzo Ferrari , he left after one season. Ferrari endured a disastrous year, failing to achieve a single victory. In 1958, everything was redeemed. With only one victory, but five second-place finishes, Mike Hawthorn surprisingly became Ferrari’s third world champion. The following two years saw some minor successes, but no more championships.
In 1961, Ferrari won the constructors’ title for the first time. The drivers’ title seemed destined for Ferrari driver Wolfgang von Trips , but he was killed in a crash at Monza , leaving his teammate Phil Hill to become world champion. The following season was a poor one for Ferrari. A second-place finish for Hill in Monaco was their best result. In 1963, John Surtees took Ferrari’s only victory, and the following year Surtees became world champion.
Alberto Ascari
Alberto Ascari (13 July 1918 – 26 May 1955) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1955. Ascari won two Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles, which he won in 1952 and 1953 with Ferrari, and won 13 Grands Prix across six seasons. In endurance racing, Ascari won the Mille Miglia in 1954 with Lancia.
Juan Manuel Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio ( 24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995) was an Argentine racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1958. Nicknamed “el Chueco” and “el Maestro”, Fangio won five Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most wins (24), pole positions (29), fastest laps (23), and podium finishes (35), among others.
John Michael Hawthorn
John Michael Hawthorn (10 April 1929 – 22 January 1959) was a British racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1952 to 1958. Hawthorn won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 1958 with Ferrari, and won three Grands Prix across seven seasons. In endurance racing, Hawthorn won both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1955 with Jaguar.
Phillip Toll Hill Jr.
Philip Toll Hill Jr. (April 20, 1927 – August 28, 2008) was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1966. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 1961 with Ferrari, and won three Grands Prix across eight seasons. In endurance racing, Hill was a three-time winner of both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring, all with Ferrari. Upon winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1964 with NART, Hill became the first driver to complete the Triple Crown of endurance racing
John Norman Surtees
John Norman Surtees (11 February 1934 – 10 March 2017) was a British racing driver and motorcycle road racer who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1952 to 1960, and Formula One from 1960 to 1972. Surtees was a seven-time Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion, with four titles in the premier 500cc class with MV Agusta. Surtees won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 1964 with Ferrari, and remains the only driver to win World Championships on both two- and four-wheels; he won 38 motorcycle Grands Prix and six Formula One Grands Prix.
Andreas Nikolaus Lauda
Andreas Nikolaus “Niki” Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive, and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1985. Lauda won three Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes; he won 25 Grands Prix across 13 seasons, and remains the only driver to have won a World Drivers’ Championship with both Ferrari and McLaren.
Jody David Scheckter
Jody David Scheckter (born 29 January 1950) is a South African former racing driver and businessman who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980. Scheckter won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 1979 with Ferrari, and remains the only African driver to have won a Formula One Grand Prix or the World Drivers’ Championship; he won 10 Grands Prix across nine seasons.
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles, tied by Lewis Hamilton in 2020, and—at the time of his retirement—held the records for most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155), while he maintains the record for fastest laps (77), among others.
Kimi Matias Räikkönen
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (born 17 October 1979) is a Finnish racing and rally driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021,[a] and the World Rally Championship from 2009 to 2011. Nicknamed “the Iceman”,[b] Räikkönen won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 2007 with Ferrari, and won 21 Grands Prix across 19 seasons.